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"God's love for us is a million times more," Fr. Dan Smith said. "I want to help (families) feel that love and get that love to the kids."
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 30, 2011
Our Lady of the Angels welcomes new priest

Fr. Dan Smith now will lead the congregation at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Community.

  • East County
  • News
Courtesy photo
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 23, 2014
Team of Triumph

The MBC Elite ninth-grade boys basketball team went 7-0 to win the AAU National Championship.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 27, 2010
Hidden treasure

Jewfish Key is home to 13 lots, and, if you believe the legend, buried treasure.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 17, 2010
HISTORIC REVIVAL

SemCon 2010 brings together community visionaries to discuss ideas for downtown improvement.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 21, 2009
Olympian: Rowing site 'world class'

Rowing Olympic gold medalist Jason Read told local business owners the rowing site being planned by Benderson Development and Sarasota County would be an economic catalyst for the area.

  • East County
  • News
Gloria Schroeder
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 27, 2013
Looking for things to do? Concierges list their top picks

These hotel concierges on Longboat Key and in Sarasota list their top recommendations for the area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 20, 2011
McGonegal a finalist for tech-savvy award

Manatee County Public Schools Superintendent Tim McGonegal is a finalist for eSchool News' national Tech-Savvy Superintendent award.

  • East County
  • News
Donna and Wellington Chen enjoy a happy moment. Courtesy photo.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • December 22, 2012
Year in review: January 2012, 'Chen remembered as selfless'

Friends of the Siesta runner killed Saturday say she was always thinking of other people.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The town wants to make sure its beach plan, which requires renourishment every six to eight years, is still appropriate.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 6, 2011
Longboat commission schedules beach meeting

The Longboat Key Town Commission will review its beach plan and a Bayfront Park concept plan this month.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Commissioners decided parking will be prohibited on the north side of Old Stickney Point Road.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • March 8, 2018
County blocks parking on part of Old Stickney Point Road

Safety issues outweighed the three spots being debated for the commission, but a proposed lot could provide more parking nearby.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • September 27, 2017
Community marches in honor of Betty Schoenbaum's birthday

The city of Sarasota declared Sept. 27 Heart to Heart Hug Day in honor of Betty Schoenbaum’s famous hugs.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Longboat Key attorney lobbies against local water noise ordinance opinion from Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • October 5, 2016
Longboat Key Town attorney lobbies for local noise control

Maggie Mooney-Portale lobbies against Florida attorney general opinion.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Alexander enjoys helping make buckeyes, peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate, though he oddly enough doesn’t eat them when they’re done.
  • By Columnist . |
  • May 21, 2020
The Jolly Rancher: Happy Making Pies

Ranch Dad gives us insight into his passion for making pies with his son and his dream of owning a pie shop in retirement.

  • LWR Life
  • By Katie Johns |
  • March 24, 2018
Longboat Library thanks volunteers

Volunteers gathered in the clubhouse of Bayport Beach and Tennis Club on March 24.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • October 2, 2017
Van Wezel hosts rowing championship

Visitors and community members gathered at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall at the close of the World Rowing Championships.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Jerry Pireaux, the owner, with his wife Kelly, of the Bee Ridge Pharmacy in Sarasota along with the Lakewood Ranch Pharmacy, said it is imperative to get rid of out-of-date medications.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 21, 2019
Medicine cabinet up to date?

Lakewood Ranch pharmacists suggest a spring cleaning might be in order.

  • Health
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 29, 2014
ULI group targets Bayfront Park

County money could be available to improve the park, including funding for a community center building.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
East County resident Cheryl Brady shows off her Vet Care Express animal ambulance Monday to 9-year-old black Labrador Faucett. Photo by Kurt Schultheis
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 13, 2014
Pet Care 911

Creekwood resident Cheryl Brady's Vet Care Express Animal Ambulance company struck up a partnership with East Manatee Fire Rescue this week that will soon expand countywide.

  • East County
  • News
Longboat Key Town Manager Dave Bullock has proposed $16.3 million in spending.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 1, 2016
Longboat property values rise 4.5%

The latest Key numbers are more than one percentage point greater than town staff estimated.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
"I believe circus people are the unsung heroes of entertainment," Joseph Dominick Bauer Jr. says. "We risk our lives and hope there isn’t a mishap every time we work."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • January 26, 2011
Lord of the ring

After more than two decades of touring the world with his "Wheel of Thrills," Circus Sarasota ringmaster Joseph Dominick Bauer Jr. performs his signature stunt before a hometown crowd.

  • Arts + Culture
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