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This rendering showcases the planned design of the redeveloped Sandcastle Resort.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 18, 2017
Lido hotel plans draw questions

Although residents aren’t objecting to plans to redevelop the Sandcastle Resort at Lido Beach, they have some concerns about the project’s impact on traffic and more.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mark Krucke'  s art proposal used sea animals as the basis for a wayfinding system at the State Street parking garage.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 25, 2017
City could scrap State Street garage art

Following a controversy that led to demotions for three employees, the city attorney thinks the commission should throw away a batch of public art proposals.

  • Sarasota
  • News
YPG  board members Shantel Norman, Ashley Leon, Anna Foster and YPG Coordinator Mimi Cirbusova
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • May 31, 2017
Blast from the Past: YPG gala will boast timeless theme

Sarasota Young Professionals Group's throwback gala will take guests back in time — to the decade of their choosing.

  • Black Tie
Abby Hite has won the St. Anthony'   s Meek and Mighty Triathlon four times.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 31, 2017
Braden River fifth grader finds the fun in triathlons

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • East County
  • Sports
To apply, interested applicants must attend a mandatory workshop about the 7-month-long application process.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • June 11, 2017
County grants give neighborhoods opportunity for improvement

Groups of residents can apply for up to $10,000 to improve aspects of their community on the county's dime.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Brett Mitchell
  • By Edward Alley |
  • June 18, 2017
Music review: Music Festival Weekend Two

Students and faculty continue to impress in Sarasota Music Festival's second weekend.

  • Arts + Culture
June LeBell was the first female announcer on a major commercial classical music radio station. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • June 28, 2017
Voices of Freedom concert will honor familiar voice

Choral Artists of Sarasota will honor June LeBell at its annual Fourth of July concert.

  • Arts + Culture
A walk-in saltwater pool.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • June 30, 2017
Beachfront estate offers lots of features, privacy

North Longboat property listed on the market for $14.75 million

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The attraction costs $15 an hour for participants to use. No one under 6 is allowed.
  • By John McGuire |
  • July 11, 2017
Longboat keeps an eye on floating attraction

Police see a decrease in illegal activity over the holiday weekend.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
River Club's Bethany Lynch, with the American Cancer Society in Sarasota, is excited to see the venue from a different view. Her Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk will be held at Nathan Benderson Park this fall.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 19, 2017
Benderson Park facility towers above competition

Ideas for finish tower just getting started.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • July 22, 2017
City rededicates, renames Pineapple Park for Paul Thorpe

The park will now be called Paul N. Thorpe Jr. Park .

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • December 30, 2015
A Taste of Home

Kurtos brings a taste of Hungary to Sarasota

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Barbara and Ryan Ackerman
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • January 13, 2016
Ackerman Group ranks No. 1

Coldwell Banker’s Ackerman Group sold $77.7 million worth of real estate in 2014, more than any local agent.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
To help boost the local economy, Manatee County schools must develop career-ready students, EDC officials said.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • January 13, 2016
Manatee County School Board agrees to keep school start times, plans for economic growth

The majority of teachers, students, teachers and community members who took a survey said middle and high school start and end times should not be changed.

  • East County
  • News
The remaining dunes and vegetation that serves as the last line of shoreline defense for L’Ambiance and other nearby condominiums, pictured on Monday, after a strong cold front.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 27, 2016
El Nino steals sand from eroded shoreline

OK, so it’s not exactly Snowpocalypse 2016. But for officials dealing with sand loss, the Key’s cold fronts are no day at the beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Nancie Woods brings an extensive background in professional dance and teaching to lead the Margaret Barbieri Conservatory
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • June 30, 2015
Nancie Woods named principal for the Sarasota Ballet's Margaret Barbieri Conservatory

Woods, former artistic director of the BalletNova Center for Dance in Arlington, VA, will be the first full-time principal of the pre-professional dance program.

  • Arts + Culture
sparklersweb
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 30, 2015
Do This: Fourth of July in Sarasota

Do This: Fourth of July in Sarasota

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 4, 2015
Promenade condo tops sales at $1,275,000

A condominium in The Promenade tops all transactions in this week’s real estate

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 5, 2015
Three-bedroom Promenade condo sells for $1.95 million

The home at 1211 Gulf of Mexico Drive has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,273 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Jeffery Kin, artistic director of the Players Centre for Performing Arts, Katya De Luisa, Robyn Faucy, of the Neuro Challenge Foundation, and Elisabeth Trostli. Above: “Last Train” is indicative of De Luisa’s collage-based work.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 11, 2017
Collaborative art exhibit to benefit Neuro Challenge Foundation

In ‘Infinite Mind,’ artists team up with Players and Neuro Challenge to focus on mental health

  • Arts + Culture
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