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McNeal won first-place in the accuracy division of the catapult competition.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • December 9, 2015
Your Town

McNeal Elementary students win at TSA competition; School of Russian Ballet brings in ballerina; Sheridan at Lakewood Ranch opens Welcome Center

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Julie Fazio, pictured with her 12-year-old twin daughters, Sarah and Emma, will run in the New York City Marathon for Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy in honor of her son, Frankie.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 27, 2012
Mom races in son's memory

Julie Fazio will run the New York City Marathon for Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy in honor of her son, Frankie, who died from the disease when he was 9 days old.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Skylar Ead |
  • January 14, 2013
The Players Theatre opens Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard

The Players Theatre opens Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard

  • Arts + Culture
Pension ordinances that freeze current pension plans are on the commission's agenda next week.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 14, 2013
Pension plans top Longboat Key town workshop agenda

The Town Commission will review ordinances next week that freeze both the firefighter and general employees' pension plans.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • August 3, 2011
Real Estate Reports

Michael Saunders & Co. welcomes new employee to St. Armands location

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A county surveyor's photo showing part of the property owned by the Ginsberg-Klemmt.
  • By Jack Short |
  • December 8, 2015
Parking resolution a blow to submerged land owners

The owners of submerged lots off Siesta Circle hoped required parking for a proposed dock could be satisfied by space on the right of way.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • July 13, 2016
More than tweaking needed

Longboat neighborhood associations appear poised to go to court over the town’s underground assessments. It’ll be worth the effort to review the methodology.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 12, 2014
ULI: The final report

An eight-member panel completed the report after a five-day study in October.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Sarasota County has removed more than 140 tons of seaweed from beaches since July 1, according to a news release.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • August 9, 2012
Cost is key in beach cleanup

Algae clumps lose mass when left to dry out, which pares the cost of disposal for Sarasota County. But, piles of marine flora baking in the sun can hurt tourism.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
"I'm slowly being able to fly with my aunt, which is a great honor. And to be able to wade in the footsteps of my legacy - they all have this special place in the heart of circus," Julia Barreda says.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • July 2, 2013
Performance posterity

Summer Circus Spectacular performer Julia Jacobs Barreda hopes to have a circus career much like her famed circus clown grandfather, Lou Jacobs, and her aunt, aerialist Dolly Jacobs. But first, she has to graduate from college.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 11, 2014
ULI issues final Longboat Key report

An eight-member panel completed the report after a five-day study of Longboat Key in October.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Fabrizio Di Marco, right, sits with his father, Matt, sister, Arianna, and mother, Gina.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • September 20, 2012
Heart Walk to feature heart-disease survivor

At the age of 10, while walking to a neighbor's house with a group of friends, Fabrizio Di Marco realized something wasn't right. He was dizzy and tired, and he fainted on the lawn.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Planning consultant Bo Medred addresses attendees during a public meeting at St. Boniface Episcopal Church Wednesday.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 9, 2016
Lack of details big hurdle for Siesta Key hotel

Siesta Key residents decried murky plans for a hotel on the barrier island during the first public meeting on the proposal.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Nik Wallenda spoke to the crowd during his walk.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 7, 2014
MONDAY EVENT MASHUP: Weekend photo events

Nik Wallenda's latest wire walk; Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party; Diamond and Crystal Ball; and MORE!

  • Longboat Key
  • News
"If you throw a party, your friends come and you know everybody's had a great time. Then you go, 'That was great!'" Georgia Court says about owning Bookstore1Sarasota. "You feel really good about having done that. Well, I get to do that every day."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • May 1, 2013
With Rhyme and Reason: Georgia Court

Georgia Court, owner of Bookstore1Sarasota, initiated a visit from U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin and poet Naomi Shihab Nye for a new weekend event called PoetryLife.

  • Arts + Culture
The area along Bayside Drive in the Longbeach Village has been a popular place to store boats since before the town incorporated 60 years ago.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 13, 2016
Boat discussion resurfaces in Village

A debate over the storage of boats along Bayside Drive floats to the surface for a discussion this season.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Renée Sheade’s tasty, easy meatballs
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • November 20, 2012
Entertaining on Easy Street

'Tis the season to have company, which makes it time to dust off the tried-and-true recipes that are easy to prepare and sure to disappear.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 19, 2010
Our View

Destructive threats

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Three of the four cast members practice the reading of "nine/eleven": Michael Phelan, Brooke Wagstaff and Players Theatre Artistic Director Jeffery Kin. "This is going to be a tough one," Kin says. Linda MacCluggage not pictured.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 5, 2012
Linda MacCluggage: 'nine/eleven'

Local actor, director and playwright Linda MacCluggage wrote her response to 9/11 in a documentary-style, one-act script 10 years ago. A recent trip to the 9/11 Memorial beckoned her to dust off the script she hadn't touched since then.

  • Arts + Culture
Booker High School teacher Hellen Harvey, student Chandler Powell, poet Cedric Hameed and student Franchesca Alvarado at their weekly Slam spoken word club.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 30, 2014
The Power of Poems

PoetryLife strives to spark a resurgence of poetry education. But students, teachers and school board employees say it teaches more than language.

  • Arts + Culture
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