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  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • September 1, 2010
GALLERY AROUND THE CORNER: madeby

madeby is owned by Ringling College of Art and Design and stocked with fine-art photos, prints, posters, paintings, screen-printed T-shirts and stationary produced by current and former Ringling students.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 7, 2014
Race organizers aim to create iconic event

A trio of successful sports business leaders takes a shot at a new event, where the spotlight will be bright. Their process could be a blueprint for how executives overcome logistics hurdles.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Lisa Nisenson |
  • May 6, 2013
Smart Growth America shows how to build a city's tech industry

Smart Growth America shows how to build a city's tech industry

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 11, 2010
Hockey Open House

The Ellenton Ice and Sports Complex will host an open house for its hockey programs from 6:30-9 p.m., today.

  • East County
  • Sports
Ian Segneri co-founded the Missing Link Junior Golf Academy at the Legacy Golf Club in Lakewood Ranch about 10 years ago.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 17, 2011
COMMUNITY SPORTS TIPS: Improving your short game

This week, Missing Link Junior Golf Academy instructor Ian Segneri shares tips for making more shot putts.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Lucy Nicandri, executive director of Suncoast Charities for Children, is happy with the potential new site for Thunder by the Bay.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 21, 2016
City reaches agreement on new Thunder by the Bay site

After the motorcycle festival generated complaints from businesses and residents, city officials believe they’ve negotiated a more palatable layout for the event.

  • Sarasota
  • News
James Ranson, Esther Dickmann, Alan Corey, Trine Bolling and Lynne Mesky of Gloria Musicae
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 29, 2014
Sarasota Orchestra and Gloria Musicae give a behind-the-scenes look

Sarasota Orchestra and Gloria Musicae give a behind-the-scenes look

  • Arts + Culture
Nikki Yanez, won the USTA Girls 12 hard court national championship this past August.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 18, 2016
Making a mark on the competition

Sarasota 12-year-old has been playing in the Girls’ 18s singles division for the past year.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Miller (Photo by Kelsey Grau)
  • By Kelsey Grau |
  • April 9, 2014
YOUR NEIGHBOR | Martha Miller

For Martha Miller, the love of cooking runs through her veins.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Hatchlings head toward the Gulf after hatching. Nests often contain between 100 and 120 eggs, but only one in 1,000 hatchlings typically survives to maturity. (File photo)
  • By Kelsey Grau |
  • April 9, 2014
Key organizations prepare for turtle-nesting season

Beginning May 1, members and volunteers of Longboat Key Turtle Watch as well as Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Patrol will be out before dawn each morning, walking the sandy shores in search of nests.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo. Cardinal Mooney freshman Vince Sellers scored a 5-yard touchdown and had an interception in the Cougars 35-10 victory over Fort Myers Bishop Verot Nov. 1.ÂÂ
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 6, 2013
District champs

The Cardinal Mooney High football team captured its first district title since 2006 with a 35-10 victory over Fort Myers Bishop Verot Nov. 1.

  • East County
  • Sports
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
  • News
A total 1,136 votes were cast on the island, with 390 cast in Manatee County Precinct 95 at Longboat Island Chapel and 746 cast in Sarasota County Precinct 201 at Longboat Key Town Hall.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 15, 2012
Primary elections: How Longboat voted

A total 1,136 Key residents voted in the Aug. 14 election.

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  • News
Photo by Kristen Herbold
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • November 18, 2014
YOUR NEIGHBOR | Mary Elizabeth Carey

Some people bounce from place to place as they work their way up the corporate ladder. Not Mary Elizabeth Carey.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Roy |
  • February 25, 2010
Sparks fly as city hires new auditor and clerk

Pamela Nadalini was named the first black city auditor and clerk and first female charter official in Sarasota's history, but not before a bit of testiness arose from the City Commission and the audience.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Nicole Kaney, Beth Bobb, Emily Stroud and Sepi Ackerman at Designing Daughter's Girlfriends Night. Photo by Cliff Roles
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • April 20, 2016
Black Tie & Tales 04.21.16

Alec Baldwin was in town, Designing Daughters hit one out of the park, brides are showered with love and more...

  • Black Tie
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 20, 2016
Tiffany Plaza condo sells for $1,375,000

The Unit 604 condo at 4325 Gulf of Mexico Drive has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,747 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Colony Lender Attorney Michael Assaf told a bankruptcy judge the Colony Association has let the Colony buildings deteriorate “and now seeks to benefit from that by trying to get the property for a third of the actual value."
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 27, 2014
Colony ruling delayed until Feb. 10

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May wants more time to digest arguments before he rules on a Colony settlement.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Edith Barr Dunn attended the Catholic Charities Ball in February 2007. File photo
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 10, 2015
The lady from Longboat Key

Restaurateur, philanthropist and Stetson hat lady Edith Barr Dunn died Feb. 4. She was 94.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 17, 2010
Cops Corner

Traffic Violation. Police pulled over a woman for passing two cars in a right-turn-only lane. Another driver stopped and told police that he was glad she got caught, because she tailgated him and forced him into the emergency lane when she attempted to pass him on the right and come back onto the road. The driver, who received a ticket for reckless driving, told police she was late for an art show at Coquina Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
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