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Bicyclists take the ceremonial inaugural ride on the Ringling Trail bike lane starting at Legacy Trail.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 15, 2022
Ringling Trail complete street officially opens to bicyclists

The $2.7 million project to convert Ringling Boulevard from Lime to Pineapple avenues into a "complete street" is now open, providing a protected bike lane from Legacy Trail to downtown.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The all-white kitchen is enlivened with a colorful painting to add a cheerful note. A desk adds a secondary workspace.
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • May 19, 2023
Country Club East home provides a perfect live/work balance

At Jeff and Katie Goldstein’s home in Country Club East, working from home has never looked — or felt — this good.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • October 4, 2022
The best things to do around Sarasota for Oct. 6-12

Hurricane Ian hit Sarasota with a roundhouse right, but entertainment comes back with a flourish this week as the city begins to rebuild.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
The newly renovated boardwalk features benches so that visitors can sit in the shade and enjoy the birds.
  • By Maria Amodio |
  • April 13, 2011
Class project

The 2010-11 class of the Leadership Sarasota Adult Program have spent more than 1,000 volunteer hours rebuilding, refurbishing and bringing awareness to the mission of Save Our Seabirds.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Officials discuss the proposed budget for fiscal year 2022 at a special City Commission meeting Tuesday, July 13.
  • By David Conway |
  • July 14, 2021
City set to lower property tax rate in 2022 budget

City Manager Marlon Brown hopes his first budget will serve as a model for long-term financial management.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Rick Konsavage and Gail Loefgren
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • December 12, 2022
Off the Clock goes to Harry's for the holidays

The monthly networking event was held Thursday at Harry's Continental Kitchens.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Protecting our natural resources is a moral responsibility
  • By Rusty Chinnis |
  • March 16, 2023
Protecting our natural resources is a moral responsibility

We can have all the rules protecting nature we want. Until we enforce them, red tide and other nature degradation will continue.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Manatee County Emergency Management Chief Steve Litschauer stands with Lakewood Ranch CERT President Jim Emanuelson,  his "eyes and ears."
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • March 17, 2022
Manatee County Emergency Management provides behind-the-scenes tour in Bradenton

Manatee County's Emergency Management presents a behind-the-scenes look to Lakewood Ranch's CERT.

  • East County
  • News
Jim Wolohan and Alice Green play pickleball at Bayfront Park Tuesday morning.
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • February 8, 2023
Pickleball demand continues to see speedy growth

Bayfront Park pickleball courts are typically full with upwards of 40 people waiting their turn at peak play times.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Volunteer Brenda Terihay taps rackets with Bryanna Schmidt after a successful point in a 2022 session of Tennis for Fun on Longboat Key.
  • By Dariela Delgado |
  • January 19, 2023
Tennis clinic for athletes with disabilities heads to Arlington Park

The Tennis For Fun program is making a move to the Sarasota mainland after a stint on Longboat Key.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Longboat Key Town Commission is waiting for the Longboat Key Fire Rescue union to ratify a new three-year contract.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 8, 2013
Longboat Key Town Commission establishes election date

The Longboat Key Town Commission will move its election date to March 12.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat police enforce rules to keep dogs off the beach
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • May 23, 2023
Longboat police enforce rules to keep dogs off the beach

After multiple warnings, an officer wrote the dog owner a citation for continued violation. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
The Staatsoper Hamburg performance of Falstaff played at the Sarasota Opera House on July 10. (Courtesy photo: Monika Rittershaus)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • July 11, 2022
Enjoy world-class performances all summer with HD at the Opera

Live performances might be out of season at the Sarasota Opera House, but you can still catch world-class caliber artistry at the HD at the Opera series.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • April 26, 2023
Edwards leaves a lasting legacy at Asolo Rep

During his 18-year-run in Sarasota, Michael Donald Edwards profoundly transformed the Asolo Repertory Company.

  • Arts + Culture
Olivia Schaedler-Luera, Tornado and Karen Barbosa celebrate Bookerfest at Booker Middle.
  • By Dariela Delgado |
  • February 6, 2023
Booker nation brings a tornado celebration

Emma E. Booker, Booker Middle and Booker High School joined together to celebrate Bookerfest on February 4.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Chief Medical Officer Jennifer Bocker, Skipper and Chief Operations Officer Kelly Malloy
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • July 18, 2023
Guide dog-in-training brings joy to Sarasota Doctors Hospital

Skipper, a black Labrador retriever from Southeastern Guide Dogs, is being raised by the hospital’s Chief Medical Officer Jennifer Bocker and Chief Operations Officer Kelly Malloy.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Three weeks ago, Goodwill backed out of a contract to purchase the former gas station property that’s been vacant since 2007.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 16, 2015
Goodwill still searching for Key location

Goodwill Manasota Inc. is considering a Longboat Key drop-off location on Longboat Key and seeks a zoning determination by the Planning, Zoning and Building Department.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 8, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: It was lost, then it was found

Police reports from around the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Superintendent Brennan Asplen began his role in August 2020 and now school board members will evaluate his effectiveness in his first year on the job.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • May 6, 2021
Board members consider how best to evaluate superintendent

Superintendent Brennan Asplen has been on the job for nearly a year. Now board members will evaluate his effectiveness.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Manatee County workers evaluate a leaking major water pipe on Jan. 4.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • January 10, 2023
Manatee workers evaluate how to deal with major waterline break

The county still has 12 miles of similar aging waterlines that need to be replaced.

  • East County
  • News
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