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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 5, 2010
Residents mobilize to battle Tara plans

The Twelve Oaks Advisory Committee has collected about 1,300 signatures in opposition to approvals sought by developer Lake Lincoln.

  • East County
  • News
Humphrey
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 27, 2014
Football preview: Out-of-Door Academy

Todd Humphrey has been playing offensive and defensive line for The Out-of-Door Academy since he was in the seventh grade.

  • East County
  • Sports
Tamara Stefanovich
  • By June LeBell |
  • January 10, 2015
MUSIC REVIEW: Sarasota Orchestra's Masterworks III

Every now and then we attend a concert that, like a perfect storm, all comes together to make perfectly glorious music.

  • Arts + Culture
The turbo, pictured here, shot out of the exhaust. Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 29, 2016
Smoke billows roll from generator break-down

Braden River High staff followed protocol to address a fire at the school Aug. 26.

  • East County
  • News
copsweb
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 14, 2015
BUSTED: This week in police reports: Thursday, May 14

BUSTED: This week in police reports: Thursday, May 14

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
James Slavin judges a student’s submission.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • January 30, 2014
The Regional Science Fair judging begins

The event is co-sponsored by the Dart Foundation and the Faulhaber Foundation. The Education Foundation and community sponsors fund the fair's expenses.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • November 14, 2016
Longboat Key Club Tennis Association honors Larry Straff

For the last 18 years, Straff has been a dedicated member of the association.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 28, 2018
Cops Corner: A mysterious light

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • January 21, 2017
Women’s March defies expectations

Thousands of people march across the Ringling Bridge during the Women’s Solidarity March.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Courtesy of Suncoast Science Center. Mitch Ruzek examines the mystery meteor that landed on campus at Emma Booker Elementary School Monday, Jan. 11.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • January 14, 2016
Making an impact at Emma Booker

Suncoast Science Center partners with Emma Booker Elementary School for out-of-this-world experiment in learning.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Cops Corner for Sept. 6-10, 2016, from the Longboat Key Police Department.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • September 14, 2016
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 9.13.16

Enjoy this week’s edition of Cops Corner!

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Robin Roy |
  • April 1, 2010
Referendum leads to GOP infighting

Upset that the Republican Party of Sarasota County did not oppose the school-tax extension, one prominent member accused the party of supporting big government and higher taxes.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The building at 19C N. Blvd. of the Presidents on St. Armands Circle sold for $1.6 million. ScoopDaddy's Gourmet Ice Cream will remain as the building's tenant.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 6, 2010
Key Real Estate: ScoopDaddy's building sells for $1.6 million

The building at 19C N. Blvd. of the Presidents on St. Armands Circle sold for $1.6 million. ScoopDaddy's Gourmet Ice Cream will remain as the building's tenant.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
South Key residents were alarmed over the New Year’s holiday when they saw residents building a concrete wall on top of a seawall at Point of Rocks Circle. The wall was removed after county staff intervened. Courtesy photos.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • January 12, 2012
Island Beat: County officials quickly handle a zoning violation

Thanks to quick action from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office and Sarasota County staff, a serious zoning violation was halted near Point of Rocks during the New Year's celebration, Siesta Key Association President Catherine Luckner told members during their Jan. 5 regular meeting.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 6, 2017
Dec. 7, 1941

Longboat's Pearl Harbor hero

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Sarasota County emergency personnel begin picking through the rubble after a car crashed through the front of a south Sarasota business last Thursday.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 22, 2017
Car crashes into Sarasota gym

The owners of Personalized Fitness & Massage Center estimate about $40,000 in damage to their South Tamiami Trail business.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Bud Collins and his wife, Anita Ruthling Klaussen, at the U.S. Tennis Association's U.S. Open’s media center, which was named in Collins' honor.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • March 7, 2016
Former Colony owner and tennis journalist Bud Collins dies

Bud Collins, 86, of Brookline, Mass. and former owner of a unit at the Colony Beach and Tennis Resort, died March 4. He was known nationally for his work as a tennis journalist.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Katie Johns |
  • December 6, 2017
Longboat Key Obituaries: Dec. 7, 2017

Patricia Ericson and Blair Wolfson died.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Dave and Kyla Weiner with Billy and Liebe Gamble
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • October 31, 2010
Safe Sex: Halloween Bash

Safe Sex: Halloween Bash

  • Black Tie
Piles of shell line the banks of a future lake.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 7, 2016
From shell pits to shorelines

SMR will conclude its shell mining operations over the next year.

  • East County
  • News
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