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  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • April 15, 2015
Expo tests, educates residents on health

Find free screenings, discussions and demonstrations on healthy lifestyle how-tos at the annual Health & Wellness Expo.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • August 1, 2014
Weekend's best bets: Friday, Aug. 1

Weekend's best bets: Friday, Aug. 1

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • March 29, 2012
Friction-free foundations

How do Florida's two largest community foundations co-exist in the same community? Pretty well - now.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 16, 2009
Christ Church project approved

Christ Church of Longboat Key's building project was forwarded to the Town Commission for review by the Planning & Zoning Board, but some residents still have project concerns.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Meet this week's athlete, Eric Traver
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • February 2, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Eric Traver

Eric Traver not only holds down a 4.7 grade point average as a student in the prestigious International Baccalaureate program at Riverview High School, but he also is leading the Rams' boys' basketball team in every statistical category.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
The application nominating 1150 S. Orange Ave. to become a park indicated it contained wetlands and rare or listed species.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 26, 2010
TOP STORY, APRIL: Neighbors want park proposal rescinded

A group of Hudson Bayou residents nominated a vacant property for park acquisition, but that property is located in Harbor Acres.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Members of Boy Scout Troop 181 are pictured during a cookout and awards ceremony in 2002.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 14, 2013
Trio honored with Eagle Scout ceremony

The accomplishments of three members of Boy Scout Troop 181 were celebrated Aug. 12 with a Court of Honor ceremony.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Patti O'Berg and Allen Kretschmar in "Harvey." Courtesy.
  • By Paula Atwell |
  • April 3, 2013
Theater Review: 'Harvey'

"Harvey" is probably best known as a 1950 film starring Jimmy Stewart and Josephine Hull. Mary Chase, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for drama as a result, wrote the play. The Players' production captures all the old-fashioned quaintness of a slower, simpler time.

  • Arts + Culture
Gloria Musicae (Courtesy photo)
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 15, 2014
Gloria Musicae announces 2014/15 Season

Professional choral ensemble Gloria Musicae's Artistic Director Joseph Holt announced its 2014/2015 season at its annual meeting Sunday, April 12. In addition to announcing the season, Holt announced a new partnership between Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota and Gloria Musicae.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • August 16, 2016
Colony demolition marks ‘baby steps’

Unicorp National Developments plans to demolish five deteriorating buildings at shuttered resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Tom Hanks and Halle Berry in "Cloud Atlas"
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • November 2, 2012
Film Review: 'Cloud Atlas'

Everything is connected.

  • Arts + Culture
Everything is connected.
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • November 2, 2012
Film Review: 'Detropia'

Everything is Connected

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota County deputies investigate the scene of a plane crash on Caspersen Beach Sunday.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 29, 2014
Nine-year-old dies following plane crash

Oceana Irizarry has died two days after a plane crash that killed her father on Caspersen Beach.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mikhail Baryshnikov and David Neumann performed in front of sold-out crowds at the Ringling International Arts Festival.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2010
Dance Review: 'Solos with Mikhail Baryshnikov & David Neumann'

Famed dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov demonstrated at the Ringling International Arts Festival (RIAF) that a dance career is not just for the young.

  • Arts + Culture
Lakewood Ranch's Talia Falco won the high jump and finished second in the triple jump.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 24, 2015
Lady Mustangs win regional crown

The Lakewood Ranch High girls track team scored 85.50 points to win the Class 3A-Region 3 meet April 23, at Charlotte High.

  • East County
  • Sports
Lakewood Ranch senior Anthony Suarez treats every practice as if it were a game.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 3, 2016
Senior makes point with perseverance

Lakewood Ranch guard transitions from student assistant to varsity team captain.

  • East County
  • Sports
The city removed benches from Five Points Park in 2011, a move intended to curtail problems associated with gatherings of homeless individuals in the area.
  • By David Conway |
  • December 8, 2015
City Commission OKs effort to activate Five Points Park

In addition to bringing back some form of seating to Five Points, city staff will experiment with other opportunities to increase activity at the downtown park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The future of Gulf of Mexico Drive utilities is on the line for a March ballot but some commissioners and residents worry if it’s being funded correctly.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 8, 2015
Commission flips switch on neighborhood undergrounding referendum

The future of Gulf of Mexico Drive utilities is on the line for a March ballot but some commissioners and residents worry if it’s being funded correctly.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Mark Smith, president of the board of directors of All Faiths Food Bank.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • October 21, 2011
IN THE PUBLIC EYE: Mark Smith

President of the board of directors of All Faiths Food Bank; he has been a member of the board since 2006.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
"We're on the homestretch," said Nancy's BBQ owner Nancy Krohngold. The final touches are wrapping up at her new Lakewood Ranch location, Li'l Nancy's at the Ranch.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • December 10, 2015
Barbecue and beer opening on Lakewood Ranch Main Street

Li’l Nancy’s Barbecue is slated to open before Christmas; Craft Growlers to Go will open in January.

  • East County
  • News
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