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This map shows the location of the future improvement.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 28, 2015
Ranch boulevard expansion approved

Sarasota County commissioners voted Wednesday to further advance plans for extending Lakewood Ranch Boulevard to Fruitville Road.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Martin Maag, MD |
  • August 7, 2019
Permanent Treatment for Hair Loss

Permanent Treatment for Hair Loss

  • Health
Sponsored Content
The county is still working on the building design, but preliminary renderings show what the building along School Avenue could look like.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 27, 2018
County plots $17 million downtown facility

The county plans to construct a new industrial building on what is currently a Ringling Boulevard parking lot.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The announcement of new polling places in Sarasota comes four days before Florida’s presidential primary election.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 13, 2020
Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections announces polling place changes

Sixteen polling places are being relocated for Tuesday’s primary election as an emergency measure because of concerns about COVID-19.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Co-Chairs Emily Tack and Emily Stroud
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • May 12, 2011
Wine, Women and Shoes Kick-Off Party

Wine, Women and Shoes Kick-Off Party

  • Black Tie
City Manager Tom Barwin said the city will hear feedback at a public forum before making a decision about the future of the Payne Park Auditorium.
  • By David Conway |
  • December 9, 2013
Public forum planned to discuss Payne Park's future

At a community workshop tonight, city staff and residents will talk about the future of Payne Park - including the Payne Park Auditorium, which the city is considering demolishing.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Travante S. Baker, Andrés Acosta, and James Gregory Jeffery in Asolo Repertory Theatre's opening production in its fourth year of the "American Character" project: the explosive "West Side Story," running Nov. 10 through Dec. 27.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • October 28, 2015
Looking for America at Asolo Rep

Starting with ‘West Side Story,’ Asolo Repertory Theatre explores what it means to be American and how to address one of our most sensitive subjects: race.

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota football roundup: 08.24.18
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 24, 2018
Sarasota football roundup: 08.24.18

The start of the regular season brings two area teams joy and two pain

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Braden River High students approach a budget station.
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 24, 2014
MY VIEW: 'Like, wait, should we pay our bills first?'

Braden River High School seniors show off their budgetary skills. Smart choices beat out short-term indulgences at the event.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 27, 2010
Sports in Brief

Pairs figure skaters will compete in 2010 Olympics; Mustang grapplers finish fifth at 10-team duals; and more.

  • East County
  • Sports
The Florida Department of Transportation is finishing a $5.3 million bridge rehabilitation project on south Siesta Key.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • April 21, 2016
Stickney Point Bridge lane closures coming next week

The Florida Department of Transportation aims to finish the $5.3 million rehab project by the end of May.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Theresa Rickrode, Angel Birch, Joy Jensen, Linda Benedict and Kathy Wright all will walk in this year's 3-Day for the Cure.
  • By Michael Eng |
  • October 13, 2010
East County women prep for 3-Day

Four teams from Manatee and Sarasota have raised more than $216,000 for the 2010 Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure walk.

  • East County
  • News
Pat Ringley, a cabinet maker and artist, works on a miniature race car made of paper at a desk in his East County home. Ringley has hundreds of his cars on display throughout his house. Photos by Amanda Sebastiano and Pam Eubanks
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • September 24, 2014
Playing with paper

Pat Ringley uses his lifetime love of IndyCar racing to create vehicles of his own - miniature paper race cars.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Sarasota Police investigate a boating accident Sunday, June 30, near the 10th Street boat ramp.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 1, 2013
Boat capsizes in Sarasota Bay

Sarasota Police did not report any injuries to the four adults on board the 15-foot vessel.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 3, 2014
News Briefs

Artspace proposal gains momentum; Siesta Key property values outpace county; New Pass closed Sunday for Grand Prix boat race

  • Sarasota
  • News
Although businesses say the palm grove is the source of constant flooding in the area, commissioners said the historic value of the trees should be considered before taking action.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 19, 2014
City to revisit Palm Avenue landscaping plans

After a number of residents spoke at Monday's City Commission meeting in support of saving a palm grove slated for removal, city staff will reconsider its options for improving the street.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2011
Cops Corner

7:52 p.m. - 6300 block of Rosefinch Court. Robbery by sudden snatching. The victim was robbed of $1,000 cash by sudden snatching. The victim received a telephone call from the suspect, who is a co-worker. The suspect told the victim he had two 54-inch TVs that he would sell to him for $500 each. The victim met the suspect, who asked to see the money. The victim pulled out the money to show him. The suspect snatched the money from the victim's hands and took off running. The victim got into his vehicle and chased after the suspect vehicle. The victim chased the suspect into Harbour Pointe Apartments before losing sight of the suspect.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 20, 2014
Monumental milestone

Sarasota Christian basketball players Heidi Miller and McKenzie Lantz both reached the 1,000-point milestone in their careers last week.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 10, 2016
Heritage Harbour assessments remain stagnant

Supervisors say future budgets must better address the community's pending infrastructure needs.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The 10-acre space, located on the northeast corner of Caruso Road and State Road 70, will eventually be home a PDQ restaurant. A typical PDQ restaurant is shown above. (Photo courtesy Michael Payne Photography)
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • June 11, 2014
Chicken chain to roost

As PDQ scouts for real estate to house new locations, the restaurant says land near schools provides an ideal match. A site near Braden River High School could be next.

  • East County
  • News
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