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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 15, 2010
Consultant supports Fishkind's findings

A report by Dr. Tim Chapin of Florida State University released this week supports the feasibility study conducted by Fishkind & Associates regarding Lakewood Ranch's incorporation.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 10, 2012
Interchange proposal will be removed

All references to an interchange at Central Sarasota Parkway will be removed from Sarasota County's Comprehensive Plan.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Samantha Bisceglia submitted this sunrise photo, taken from Siesta Key Beach.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2013
Weather: Sarasota

Samantha Bisceglia submitted this sunrise photo, taken from Siesta Key Beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo. Dr. John Ratey, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, will speak on “How Exercise Optimizes Brain Function and Performance” next week in Sarasota.
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • November 6, 2013
Aerobic grandma: Can exercise protect your brain from aging?

Although long known to benefit your body, exercise may also protect and rejuvinate your mind, research suggests.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 8, 2014
Issues to Watch 2014: Cell towers

The Town Commission will review ordinance language this year that states the town is not interested in cellular towers as a reception fix.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 29, 2014
Our View: The word for 2015: Aspire

Each year, you make resolutions. A variation on that is to select a word, one word to live by for the next 12 months.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Event co-chairs Stacy Dillard-Spahn and Robert Lincoln flanking New College Foundation President and CEO Andrew Walker
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • November 9, 2011
New England Clambake

New England Clambake

  • Black Tie
Officer Patrick Schurr told Siesta Key Association members March 1 that he had written two citations over the past week, during three patrol periods at Beach Accesses 3 and 10.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • March 8, 2012
Officers watch for loose dogs

Sarasota County Sheriff's Office personnel have stepped up enforcement of the county's ordinance forbidding dogs on most public beaches.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Niki Muller submitted this sunset photo, taken on Holmes Beach.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2013
Weather: Longboat Key

Niki Muller submitted this sunset photo, taken on Holmes Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Todd Garrett submitted this sunrise photo, taken at Myakka Head.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2013
Weather: East County

Todd Garrett submitted this sunrise photo, taken at Myakka Head.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Freddy's offices said the store's opening is slated for late April.
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 3, 2013
Steakburger chain makes state debut

Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers will move into an empty Arby's building.

  • East County
  • News
Randy Langley
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 21, 2018
The Langley dilemma

Town Commission candidate Randy Langley knew his criminal past would be resurrected. But it’s 30 years old. How relevant is it?

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The Vitale family has donated a total of $80,000 for scholarships in the last 16 years to the Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota County.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • August 1, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : Dick Vitale gives scholarships

Hundreds of children shouted 'awesome baby' as ESPN Television sports analyst, writer and philanthropist, Dick Vitale walked into the gymnasium Thursday, Aug 1, at the Lee Wetherington Boys and Girls Club to present five $1,000 scholarships to Sarasota County students. All five scholarship recipients have been with the Boys and Girls Club since childhood.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A map showing the Bayfront property in Sarasota. (Image courtesy SBPO).
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • July 19, 2017
Bayfront redevelopment reaches major milestone

The Sarasota Bayfront Planning Organization issued requests for qualification on July 18.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sue Ashby and Rhonda Browning
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • April 5, 2014
ABWA Spring Bling Runway Party

ABWA Spring Bling Runway Party

  • Black Tie
This pictures shows the intersection of University Parkway and Interstate 75 in December 2015. File photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 16, 2017
Vehicles to drive diverging diamond traffic pattern this weekend

FDOT officials say the new traffic pattern for University Parkway at Interstate 75 is almost coming.

  • East County
  • News
An image of the baby scallops printed from the microscope. The pickle-looking shape from the image on the right is what the scallops use to attach themselves to the sea grass.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • December 14, 2011
Saving the bay, one scallop at a time

When the microscopic baby scallops begin to develop the ability to attach, it is time to release them.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Front: Suzanne Dameron, Kathryn Young, Jeanne Dubi, Betty Matthews, Linda Verceles. Back: Ray Young, Mike Dubi, Wade Matthews and Fred Verceles.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • October 18, 2015
Conservation Foundation honors Audubon Society

The Sarasota Audubon Society received the 2015 Conservation Partner of the Year award from the Conservation Foundation.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • April 5, 2013
Sarasota Police identify Newtown shooting suspect

The Sarasota Police Department seek a convicted felon in connection with an April 3 shooting that caused school lockdowns.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Longboat Key Foundation Chairman Bob Simmons with board members David Brenner, Warren Simonds, Jeff Mayers, Jim Brown and Tom Aposporos. File
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • December 6, 2016
Longboat Key Arts Center begins to take shape

The Longboat Key Foundation will reveal details at the Longboat Key Town Commission workshop at 2 p.m. Dec. 12.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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