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Nelle Miller will start as CEO of All Faiths Food Bank in January 2024.
  • By Jim Stinson |
  • October 20, 2023
Sarasota-area food bank chooses prominent community leader as new CEO

All Faiths Food Bank CEO's appointment comes after a national search.

  • Sarasota
  • Business
Laurel Park residents near the Sarasota County Administration building are concerned about Benderson Development's plans for the site.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 2, 2023
Benderson to host stakeholder meeting for county administrative site

The three-day planning event will incorporate input from Laurel Park residents about the redevelopment project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Ben Baldwin was part architect, part decorator, part horticulturalist — an elegant gentleman whose goal in life was to create beauty to live in.
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • February 1, 2024
Owners of Siesta Key home preserve its modern lineage

Designer Ben Baldwin had a vision for his Siesta Key home that remains safe with its current owners — down to every detail.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Andy Sandberg on stage with playwright Paula Vogel at a Hermitage event earlier this year. (Photo: Spencer Fordin)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • April 11, 2022
Hermitage aims for national footprint nurturing artists

Artistic Director and CEO Andy Sandberg wasn't content to steer the Hermitage Artist Retreat through the troubled waters of COVID-19. He wanted to double down.

  • Arts + Culture
Members of the city’s ad-hoc committee on the penny tax extension shared information with the public and solicited feedback at a Sept. 16 meeting at Arlington Park.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 22, 2021
Sarasota city, county leaders out to sell voters on optional sales tax

Officials are conducting public outreach as a precursor to a planned referendum on a 15-year extension of Sarasota’s infrastructure sales tax.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Henry Fioriglio (53) should have a big senior season for Riverview High.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 14, 2023
The most intriguing rising senior football players in Sarasota

These players should have a major impact on their teams in the fall.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
The town of Longboat Key is due to spend $120,000 to update the fencing at the Public Tennis Center. (Photo by Nat Kaemmerer)
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • January 21, 2022
Longboat Key adjusts plan to move up capital projects

Longboat Key is due to spend $120,000 this year to replace fencing at the Public Tennis Center.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • July 26, 2022
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Trouble with two kinds of alarms

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
David Novak prepares to release Chuck in November 2022.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • March 8, 2023
Longboat Key Kiwanis Club shares swan stories

"The Swan Guy" David Novak spoke at the Kiwanis Club meeting on March 2 at the Lazy Lobster.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
City staff has spent months reviewing the specifics of a site plan for the first phase of The Bay Sarasota’s park project.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 6, 2020
The Bay seeks changes to city code

The group planning a public park project on city-owned waterfront land is requesting regulatory changes to accommodate its vision.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Existing sea wall surfaces at Bayfront Park will be reenvisioned with Sarasota Bay Estuary Program's new project that addresses habitat loss and sea level rise.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • November 19, 2023
Longboat Key maps out 5 years of environmental initiatives

The town’s first cohesive environmental action plan sets the groundwork for years of initiatives and education campaigns.

  • Longboat Key
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Lakewood Ranch's Grayson Tullio and Monika Oberer have built a friendship on trust, honesty and a passion for helping others.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • October 10, 2023
Unconditional friendship raises money for Duchenne muscular dystrophy research

Monika Oberer and Grayson Tullio's 10-year friendship has meant not only supporting each other but also raising funds to find a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 5, 2019
Apartment plans for Town Center Parkway in Lakewood Ranch

Manatee County commissioners approve zoning changes in Lakewood Ranch area.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • June 29, 2023
Opportunities for all

The American dream is alive and well in Sarasota and Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Opinion
The groundbreaking is commemorated.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • November 1, 2023
Groundbreaking held for Sarasota’s first veterans housing development

The community celebrated the project, a collaborative effort that involved the Gulf Coast Community Foundation and St. Vincent de Paul Cares.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The root of it all: Education
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • November 1, 2023
The root of it all: Education

The high-voltage, sometimes violent, anti-Israel protests on college campuses are one of the inevitable results of state-run education. It shows how little college students know about history and how easily they are "manipulated and mobilized."

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Cardinal Mooney boys soccer senior Owen Clough.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 18, 2023
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Owen Clough

The Cardinal Mooney goalkeeper kept a clean sheet against Clearwater Central Catholic on Tuesday.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 11, 2015
Mustangs to hold basketball camp

Registration is now underway for Lakewood Ranch High’s annual Summer Basketball Camp.

  • East County
  • Sports
Lily Wojtkowski self-published her first book of comics, “Pretzel Rat,” at the end of 2021. (Photo by Lori Sax)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • November 17, 2022
Pet rat inspires tween's first published book of comics

Twelve-year-old Lily Wojtkowski’s whimsical book, "Pretzel Rat," was inspired by her pet rat, Pretzel.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
A Key location could have a small book store, like this Goodwill Manasota book store on 55th Avenue East, but would not have a major retail component. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 22, 2015
Goodwill still shopping for Longboat Key location

The nonprofit’s interest in the Key hasn’t dropped off. Now, it’s seeking goodwill from the town in hopes of building a donation center.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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