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A 630-square-foot space at the visitors center at Historic Spanish Point will house a library to serve the Osprey community.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 27, 2011
County checks out library service for Osprey

The community of Osprey will soon begin a new chapter.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Trainer Bobby Wynarczuk gives the Music on Main crowd a hard-hitting demonstration of what you get at Sarasota's Title Boxing Club.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 2, 2017
Main attraction in Lakewood Ranch

Music on Main provides final celebration of summer in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Bill Wise
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • September 21, 2017
Sarasota's Bill Wise dies at 92

'That love at first sight thing — that’s what it was,' his wife says.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Chef Judi Gallagher |
  • November 19, 2012
TWIS = This Week Is Sweet

TWIS = This Week Is Sweet

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Keith Fitzgerald
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • February 22, 2012
Candidate Fitzgerald: Can he teach and run?

New College professor Keith Fitzgerald's candidacy for Congress has raised questions among administrators and trustees about his ability to maintain his teaching duties.

  • East County
  • News
Join Emily Walsh for today's headlines.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • February 22, 2012
FEB. 22: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota, and Siesta Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • April 12, 2018
All Angels bids farewell to snowbirds

About 70 congregants gathered for an end-of-season barbecue April 12.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
layers included Connor Krug, Jake Krug, Nicolas Hadad, Chase Yniguez, Austin Jenkins, Rylan Buck, Christopher Short, Andrew Huxtable, Logan McGinnes, Carter Chapin and Logan Fiedler.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 8, 2010
Sports Briefs 12.08.10

The Manatee East Little League Titans finished the season undefeated, capturing the Minors division championship Dec. 2.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • November 13, 2016
Larry Miller performs at Laugh Your Paws off Gala

The 24th-annual "Hot Dogs and Cool Cats" event raised funds for the Humane Society of Sarasota County.

  • Black Tie
Courtesy "All these kids work hard. The (majority of the time) their problem is that they work too hard," Toby Perlman says. "And when those kids don't get something it’s almost always the fault of the teacher."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • December 19, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Nothing to fear

Founder of Perlman Music Program and its Sarasota Winter Residency, Toby Perlman, talks about her fearful inspiration for creating her ideal program.

  • Arts + Culture
lips
  • By Ashley Pawelczyk |
  • November 22, 2014
Let's Talk Looks: Holiday face time

Let's Talk Looks: Holiday face time

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 26, 2017
Braden River football races past North Port

Senior running back Deshaun Fenwick led the Pirates' onslaught.

  • East County
  • Sports
Don’t Visit Sarasota County spent $200,000 on a billboard concept that will skirt major roadways throughout the northeast.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 28, 2016
Tourism bureau rebrands as Don’t Visit Sarasota County

The agency formerly known as Visit Sarasota County now aims to scare would-be tourists.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • August 11, 2016
Developer pitches Siesta Key mini-golf course

Par for the course: Parking is the main concern about a proposed Siesta Key Village project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Senior defenseman Max Drewett was named to the 2017 All-American team.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 23, 2017
US Lacrosse honors two Riverview players, coach

The school's lacrosse program has existed for just two seasons.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • August 30, 2016
Lone Longboat Key voting machine crashes

Elections clerk unruffled awaiting working replacement

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Gary Amig, access management/safety program manager for District One of the Florida Department of Transportation, talks Tuesday evening with Kathy Bell, a resident of the Excelsior condominium complex.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • December 8, 2011
Poll shows opposition to pedestrian islands plan

The majority of Key residents attending a public meeting Tuesday indicated they preferred no action out of five options for improved pedestrian safety on Midnight Pass Road.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • March 15, 2010
Sarasota Film Festival Sponsor and Press Kick-Off Party

Sarasota Film Festival Sponsor and Press Kick-Off Party

  • Black Tie
File photo.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • May 30, 2012
Fundraiser dedicated to restoring the bay

Scallopalooza is a night of fun that also does a lot of good.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Five beach hot spots are targeted for renourishment in the next five years.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 21, 2019
Town presses ahead with beach-borrowing ballot issue

Commissioners would formally discuss, take first of two votes in early November on language.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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