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Siesta Key residents rally to open Midnight Pass by shovel. File photo.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • November 29, 2012
Court accepts Midnight Pass lawsuit

The Midnight Pass Society received letters with the news about 20 years after members of the group tried to open the inlet by hand.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Water Club’s maidenberry plants represent are the northern-most population of the species in the world. Photo courtesy of Bruce Holst.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 31, 2012
Selby Gardens' efforts could preserve rare plants

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens officials are working with the town and the Water Club in hopes of propagating three species of rare plants found on the Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Between state and city funding, $445,422 is going toward improvements to the Federal Building.
  • By David Conway |
  • July 24, 2017
State issues historic preservation grant for Federal Building

The city received nearly $300,000 in state funding for improvements to the downtown building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 5, 2009
ACLU requests 2,600 police e-mails

The civil-liberties group is asking for all e-mails pertaining to the June 26 videotaped beating of a handcuffed suspect.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • June 24, 2009
Aquatic Explanation

Lakewood Ranch must comply with watering restrictions the same way residents do. Then why doesn't it seem like it?

  • East County
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 1, 2012
Marvin Danto leaves lasting local legacy

Marvin Danto and his wife, Betty, were avid supporters of local organizations such as the Sarasota Ballet.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Eva Schaal left Berlin during the Holocaust on the Kindertransport, a rescue mission to get Jewish children out of Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Free City of Danzig.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • May 9, 2013
Your Neighbor: Eva Schaal

Eva Schaal remembers the night Adolf Hitler came to power.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Actress Anna Paquin. Courtesy photo.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 12, 2011
Scene & Heard

Anna Paquin indie slated to shoot in Sarasota; 'Whimsical' demolition under way on the North Trail; One man's dead palm is another man's tiki pole; Blanco's 'Zephyrus' makes waves in South Carolina

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • August 6, 2014
Home and Garden: Resize and remodel

More than 1,000 square feet was added to the existing floor plan during the renovation process at Trevor and Nikki Taylor's new home in Southside Village.

  • Arts + Culture
  • In Memoriam |
  • November 27, 2018
Irwin Palmer Starr

Irwin Palmer Starr, an internationally known broadcasting and media executive and beloved figure in the Sarasota, Florida community, died on Nov. 14, 2018 from lung cancer. Irwin was born in Detroit, Michigan; his obituary tribute is in Siesta Key/Sarasot

  • Sarasota
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Rachel S. O'Hara
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • January 16, 2013
Social Studies: Lee Peterson

Lee Peterson's story could only have happened in Sarasota, where she moved with her husband, the late J. Robert Peterson, around 1993 ...

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 19, 2017
Braden River football rolls in spring game

The Pirates downed Lakeland 42-13 after an 80-minute rain delay.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 3, 2013
Key Club offers summer membership for residents

General Manager Jeff Mayers hopes to attract families to the Key Club with five-month summer memberships.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Speed tables installed on Harbourside were too steep and are being replaced with ones built to a different specification.
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • March 12, 2019
Bay Isles speed tables remade to right size

Right size speed tables will be put in

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The town of Longboat Key hired Bruce St. Denis as assistant town manager in October 1996.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 17, 2011
St. Denis submits resignation offer

The Longboat Key Town Commission will meet Monday to discuss St. Denis' offer, the selection of a town manager and appointment of an acting town manager.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Rick Rogala survived 11 months as a prisoner of war in North Korea.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • May 22, 2013
Veteran regains love for country

Rick Rogala lost faith in his country as a prisoner of war in North Korea in 1968. Now, he cherishes his country.

  • East County
  • News
David Bullock is Longboat Key town manager.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 8, 2012
Bullock talks Key issues to PIC

The new town manager discussed ongoing Longboat Key issues at a Public Interest Committee forum.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
In addition to prohibiting commercial development, residents want the city to consider purchasing the Hampton Road property and turning it into parkland.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 4, 2016
City delays decision on North Trail health spa

Commissioners also postponed any changes to the city’s traffic study requirements for new development in response to concerns from residents.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sign on Gulf of Mexico Drive advertising the St. Regis.
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • January 16, 2019
Unicorp request for Longboat sales office moves forward

Sales office could be on site in six months

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • February 18, 2017
Phillippi Shores second graders measure up to the compeition

The elementary school held its annual Measurement Olympics on Feb. 17.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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