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  • By Robin Roy |
  • September 16, 2009
Event fees hit St. Armands Circle

St. Armands Circle events organizers are afraid they will have to cancel many events on the Circle this year, because the city is starting to implement new charges for park use.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Ed Zunz is running for the District 5 commission seat his wife, Pat, seeks to step down from in March.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 13, 2015
Ed Zunz files for wife's commission seat

Longboat Key District 5 Commissioner Pat Zunz seeks a break from her 13 years of consecutive service to the town. Her husband, Ed, is filing to run for her commission seat.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lakewood Ranch Town Hall is searching for a new utilities supervisor.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • October 13, 2015
Lakewood Ranch Town Hall searches for utilities supervisor

Former supervisor Tom Merrell was promoted to Assistant Director of Operations Sept. 29.

  • East County
  • News
Luisa Goldman, SPARCC board president, pets Lilly. Photo by Jessica Salmond
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • December 25, 2014
SPARCC dedicates animal kennel

From dogs to hamsters, the emergency shelter can now house family pets.

  • Sarasota
  • News
VFW Post 12055 members Dave Daily, George Johnston and Denny King hope the post can find a new home. They are sitting in a 1953 Korean War Jeep.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 25, 2017
Lakewood Ranch VFW post needs new home

Side of Ranch: Jay Heater

  • East County
  • News
The proposed 20-acre Lost Lagoon waterpark will feature a coaster slide, 20,000-square-foot wave pool with a simulated beach and 2,667-foot-long lazy river.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 27, 2015
Who’s behind efforts to construct the Lost Lagoon in Manatee County?

Who’s behind efforts to construct a regional water park in Manatee County?

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 14, 2011
Commission plugs into north-end power issues

Commissioner Pat Zunz questioned the frequent power failures that occur at the north end of the island and affect hundreds.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 27, 2015
Longboat Observer to host candidate debate

All four town commission candidates will attend the Feb. 9 debate at Bayfront Park Recreation Center.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota Opera's production of Turandot is the most highly-anticipated of the season
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 8, 2013
Weekend Best Bet: Sarasota Opera Festival Kicks-off with Turandot

The biggest production in Sarasota Opera's history, Giacomo Puccini's 'Turnadot,' starts at 7 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 9 as the kick-off to Sarasota Opera Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
Capt. Nick Froelich shows off the 692-pound shark's giant set of jaws.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 23, 2014
Top Stories - Siesta Key: March

Tony Musca, Ryan Roberts and Sam Von Duhn caught the giant shark during a Double Nickel Charters fishing trip with their families.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 2, 2013
Aging in Paradise hires new executive director

Donna Dunio will become the first paid employee of the Longboat Island Chapel organization that was created in 2010 to help seniors and their families.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Entrepreneur Mike Evanoff recently revamped storefronts on Main Street in downtown Sarasota.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 21, 2015
Top Story — January: White Buffalo owner mulls plans for nearby property

Entrepreneur Mike Evanoff is considering an upscale gun range or gun shop near the successful White Buffalo Saloon.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mary Ann Robinson
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • February 1, 2012
Black Tie & Tales

Mirror, mirror on the wall ...; The parties' parties; 'Sexy Back' to 'Sexy Face'

  • Arts + Culture
A section of 44th Avenue has been constructed in East County. It starts north of Rosedale and heads east past Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 20, 2016
Commission's initiative leads to bond

A $36 million bond will help move the 44th Avenue East project forward.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • October 19, 2016
Longboat Key bus service changes: All aboard?

Want to hop on the bus? Soon, you could have to call first as part of an on-demand service MCAT will roll out in April.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Chef Judi Gallagher |
  • January 2, 2013
TWISS = This Week is Savory ... and Saucy!

TWISS = This Week is Savory ... and Saucy!

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • January 28, 2010
Local medical professionals plan trip to Haiti

Dr. Steve Newman, of Sarasota Memorial Hospital, will bring relief to Haiti earthquake victims, along with other Sarasota medical professionals, in February.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • May 13, 2010
GOP to oppose sex education

The Republican Party of Sarasota County will vote this week to reject a move toward a standard sex-education curriculum in all Florida public schools.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lakewood Ranch softball players Quillan Toler, Dana Hutchins and Amber Ozment all announced their college intentions Nov. 16.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 22, 2011
Ranch athletes announce college choices

Six Lakewood Ranch High seniors either signed national letters-of-intent or verbally committed to play at the next level during a signing day ceremony Nov. 16, in the school's media center.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • April 24, 2014
County looks to simplify special-event restrictions

The County Commission agreed Tuesday to consider adding Halloween to the list of holidays covered by a special-event permit available to businesses on Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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