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Quarterback Dominic Caldwell is one of Riverview's top players to watch this season.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 17, 2015
Football Preview: Riverview High

After failing to win a district game last season, the Rams are looking to get back to the playoffs for only the second time in seven years.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Having used public transit most of her life in New York, Watercrest resident Kathleen Grant didn't own a car until moving to Florida in 2004.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 4, 2015
Former Ranch CDD supervisor to run for commission seat

Lakewood Ranch's Kathleen Grant will vie for the Manatee County Commission District 5 seat in November 2016.

  • East County
  • News
Kevin Daves presented this conceptual drawing for a project Fruitville and U.S. 41. The 18-story segment is limited to land already entitled to that height.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 10, 2016
Downtown land swap highlights divide on growth

A proposed deal between the city and a developer could help the construction of a roundabout at U.S. 41 and Fruitville Road — and an 18 story, 80-unit condominium nearby.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Would you like to see a traffic light installed at the main entrance of GreyHawk Landing on State Road 64?
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • April 13, 2016
GreyHawk Landing traffic signal may get green light

FDOT studies Greyhawk Boulevard and State Road 64 intersection for possible traffic signal.

  • East County
  • News
Since the Coon Key Bridge construction began, westbound traffic on the John Ringling Causeway has been stop-and-go during midday hours. Residents said conditions improve in the early morning and late afternoon.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 14, 2016
Troubled waters over Coon Key bridge construction

As residents express consternation over repairs to the Coon Key Bridge, a dispute has arisen over the timing of the project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Looking west from Lakewood Ranch Boulevard, just north of Rosedale, you can see where the future 44th Avenue East will reach across Interstate 75.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 27, 2016
County drives 44th Avenue extension

The two easternmost segments of the 44th Avenue East extension both are under design.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 4, 2016
Longboat Key: Obituaries

Patricia Cassady Castell, Charles McKinney and Anne Stovall Timm died.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Country Club Shores residents, both human and canine, rally in support of their crosswalk.
  • By Jack Short |
  • May 4, 2016
Crosswalks: Should they stay or should they go?

For many residents, the answer is ‘stay.’ Now, the commission is hitting the brakes on a plan to ask FDOT to remove the safety features.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
David Pilston became CEO of Save Our Seabirds in 2012.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • September 16, 2015
Conversation with David Pilston

In three short years, Save Our Seabirds CEO David Pilston has turned the center from run-down to exemplary.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Senior middle infielder Nicolas Torres receives individual hitting instruction from Oscar Despada and Michael Rivera.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 16, 2015
FIBA offers elite level training

The Florida International Baseball Academy is now enrolling students for both the fall and spring seasons.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Since being hired in 2012, City Manager Tom Barwin has not been formally evaluated by the City Commission.
  • By David Conway |
  • November 25, 2015
Sarasota officials go without evaluations from commissioners

The city charter requires a formal assessment of three key officials on an annual basis, but the City Commission hasn’t conducted a review since 2011.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Longboat Key’s registered voters will decide March 15 whether to power up or cut the power to a $20.5 million neighborhood and side street power pole and utilities undergrounding project.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 9, 2015
Neighborhood undergrounding referendum surges forward

The future of Gulf of Mexico Drive utilities is on the line for a March ballot, but some worry about the funding split.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 10, 2015
Developer plans upscale Rosemary hotel

Boston-based developer Jason Cincotta is moving ahead with plans for a 76-room hotel at 599 Cocoanut Ave.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Severe sand erosion on the south end of Longboat Key means there’s not much recreational beach left at high tide behind condominiums like L’Ambiance.
  • By Jack Short |
  • November 11, 2015
Welcome Back: Shoreline projects to watch this season

How much sand will upcoming local beach projects bring? Enough to fill the Empire State Building’s 1.37 million cubic yards — nearly twice. Read on to learn plans for your favorite beach this season.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Joan Haver and Ron Kalka play at Sarasota Alliance Church.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • November 13, 2015
Move over, tennis. It's Pickleball

It’s easy. It’s fun. And it is taking over courts all over Sarasota and Manatee counties as its popularity surges.

  • Health
Rod Thomas and his wife speak on "Chamber Chat," a weekly podcast.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • March 19, 2015
Q+A with Rod Thomas

Rod Thomas is the president of the Osprey-Nokomis Chamber of Commerce.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • April 1, 2015
FDOT project will cause Siesta bridge closures

FDOT project will cause Siesta bridge closures

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • April 1, 2015
Festival promoters scout Phillippi Creek for concert site

Festival promoters scout Phillippi Creek for concert site

  • Sarasota
  • News
Back row: Jillian McClone, Royston Smith, Tracey Viviano and Gillian Francis. Front row: Mary Heck, Kara Pallin, John Mason, Jane Glennan and Mary Lou Moulton. Photo by Cliff Roles.
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • April 8, 2015
Black Tie & Tales 4.9.15

A Fair Legacy Fares Well; Tidbits; and Black Tie Affair

  • Black Tie
Janet Hunter
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • April 8, 2015
People with Purpose: Janet Hunter

Janet Hunter, a longtime volunteer in Sarasota, discusses where her passions lie after 24 years of involvement in the community — as well as why she feels a personal obligation to pay it back.

  • Black Tie
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