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Man unable to find car calls for emergency backup
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • April 8, 2025
Man unable to find car calls for emergency backup

The man first presumed the car was stolen, and officers showed up to search for the missing vehicle. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • November 28, 2012
Social Studies: Eduardo Anaya

Hometown: San Juan Del Rio Queretaro, Mexico

  • Arts + Culture
Kandi Kerekes's original logo for Three Island Monkeys.
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • December 4, 2024
Anna Maria Gift Boutique reopens on Longboat Key

Brigette Kubin brings whimsical art and gifts to lighten up Longboaters as they recover after hurricanes Helene and Milton.

  • Longboat Key
  • Business
The Riverview Kilties march in the Sarasota Veterans Day Parade. The band will travel to Chicago to participate in the city’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • November 15, 2017
Riverview band marches to a new beat

Riverview will be marching down the streets of Chicago this Thanksgiving with a new director in the lead.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch's Nick Racanelli brings his home remodeling experience to a retail operation, The Kitchen Source. It focuses on cabinetry and remodels of bathrooms and kitchens, as well as other storage-related needs.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 9, 2019
EYE ON BUSINESS : Remodel business new resource in Lakewood Ranch

The Kitchen Source offers services for bathroom and kitchen remodels.

  • East County
  • Business
Justin Bieber prefers to keep a low profile wherever he goes, but police believe that his leopard-print Audi R8 and washboard abs will make him easy to spot on Longboat Key. Courtesy photo
  • By Kelsey Grau |
  • April 2, 2014
Justin Bieber's new baby: Ohana estate

APRIL FOOLS' - There's gonna be one less empty house on Longboat Key, following a universally acclaimed musician's purchase of the blinged out $22 million Ohana estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota's David Farr picks up 21-month-old Henry Farr, who is dazzled by the giant ornaments on the tree on The Green during the Mall at UTC's ongoing holiday celebration.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • December 1, 2025
Families flock to UTC for the holidays

The entertainment and attractions are open through Jan. 4.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • August 27, 2009
My View

The $100 million high school

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • October 24, 2013
Sarasota's crime rate raises alarm

FBI crime statistics expose disparities between the city of Sarasota and the rest of the county and place Sarasota in the same league as major crime hot spots nationwide.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Craig Daily, Kenny Goldstone, Shawn Rinehart, Brad Thompson, Jason Capobianco and many others make up the Grouper Cheeks.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • December 3, 2021
Grouper Cheeks band plays tribute to Sarasota

The Grouper Cheeks band has been making music through the pandemic — most recently with a tribute song to Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
CONTEMPORARY PICK: R. Luke Dubois "Now"
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 2, 2014
A&E Season in Picks

A&E Editor Mallory Gnaegy discusses the events you shouldn't miss in 2014.

  • Arts + Culture
The world’s largest picnic table blocks the Autobahn for a day.
  • By Stuart and Lois Scheyer |
  • September 22, 2010
Three cities/One capital

The European Capital of Culture featured three city sites: Pecs, Hungary; Essen and the Ruhr Valley, Germany; and Istanbul, Turkey. Essen was elegant; Istanbul was a turkey.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Braden River Library is one of seven locations in the Manatee County Public Library System.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 15, 2024
Don't be a knucklehead. Take an eBay class at the Braden River Library.

Mike Ivankovich, an eBay guru, offers free seminar about how to buy and sell online.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • August 18, 2010
Film Review: 'Eat Pray Love'

I was pleasantly surprised that the big screen adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's best-seller, "Eat Pray Love," was chock-full of little gems.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 7, 2012
Key Club property sells for $32 million

Sales recorded in the Sarasota County Clerk of Circuit reveal that Delray Beach-based Ocean Properties Ltd. purchased Oct. 31 the Longboat Key Club and Resort property through nine sales totaling $32 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Manager Carla Ayres and owner Bob Wright have taken over a UPS franchise in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 29, 2018
Mill Creek resident takes over UPS franchise in Lakewood Ranch

New owner looks to deliver service.

  • East County
  • Business
Jono Miller speaks at a public forum on an ordinance that would allow for backyard chicken keeping Tuesday, June 2 in Sarasota, Florida.
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • August 4, 2016
County incubates new chicken regulations

As Sarasota County considers an ordinance that would allow residents to keep backyard chickens, supporters of the change hope the new rules will protect the animals from neighborhood squawks.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Good news, bad news: no more powerlines in 2018, but sidewalks take a hit.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 23, 2017
APRIL FOOLS -- Underground utilities project takes aim at Longboat sidewalks, bike paths

Contractor said he was told to avoid tying up traffic

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Amanda Simon of Pineview School
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 1, 2013
The Good News: Amanda Simon of Pine View School

Amanda Simon is a fourth grade teacher at Pine View School. Read more about her and watch a video in this week's Good News.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
The Ladd Brothers are in town for the Scrollathon event. (Photo by Spencer Fordin)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • October 14, 2022
The best things to do in Sarasota: Oct. 13-19

The fall entertainment season is underway in Sarasota, bringing theater, comedy, art exhibits and dance to a hungry audience.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
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