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  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 28, 2022
Golf pros Rickie Fowler, Paula Creamer fall in PopStroke's $25K Showdown

The event, held at the venue's UTC location, saw the golf pros lose by four strokes to putting pros Chris Johnson and Jacob Stasiulewicz.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • July 15, 2021
Kill the noise with kindness

When things go wrong, we call for government intervention. Perhaps some neighborly kindness can squelch the boisterous noise near Jewfish Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Students from the Margaret Barbieri Conservatory dance in a past edition of the Images of Dance program. (Photo Courtesy of Frank Atura)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • July 20, 2022
Summer intensive molds ballet dancers of tomorrow

The Sarasota Ballet auditioned more than 1,000 dancers for their summer program, and 170 made the final cut to come and learn in person.

  • Arts + Culture
Rex Jensen
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 16, 2021
Whirlwind effort delivers 3,000 COVID-19 vaccinations in Lakewood Ranch

State delivers three days of 1,000 vaccinations to Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Monica Quimby says Team USA sled hockey celebrated its gold medal win at the Women's World Challenge with Chinese food and karaoke. (Courtesy photo.)
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 26, 2022
Lakewood Ranch area sled hockey player wins gold with Team USA at Women's World Challenge

The event was the first women's sled hockey event sanctioned by World Para Ice Hockey, which in turn is the first step in getting the sport to the Paralympics.

  • East County
  • Sports
Daris Rodriguez is in her first year as head coach of the Sarasota High volleyball program. (Photo by Ryan Kohn)
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 31, 2022
New coach rebuilds Sailors volleyball with sense of community

Daris Rodriguez said her team must build better bonds before they can start winning consistently. Plus, a look at other area teams.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • March 18, 2022
Museum exhibit expands horizons in 'Picturing Science'

Have you ever peered inside a meteorite? The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature is showing visitors how science and technology have lent researchers new insight into the natural world.

  • Arts + Culture
Jon Thaxton said there’s no quick fix for Sarasota’s affordability issues, but he’s hopeful officials will pursue a broad program of policies designed to encourage the production of workforce housing units.
  • By David Conway |
  • November 29, 2018
Officials grapple with affordable housing shortage

Sarasota has struggled to create an adequate supply of affordable housing. Can policy changes effectively address this issue?

  • Sarasota
  • News
Ann Walborn and Ernie Smith volunteer to assemble care packages for Lutheral World Relief.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • February 9, 2023
Quilting bee aids in disaster relief

Members of St. Armands Key Lutheran Church met on Feb. 3 to assemble 1,000 personal care packages for Lutheran World Relief.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Some of the ensembleNewSRQ artists: Clockwise from lower left: Natalie Helm, Missy Mazzoli, Bharat Chandra, Marcelina Suchocka, Mike Truesdell, Jennifer Best Takeda and Louis Andriessen
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • April 12, 2023
EnsembleNewSRQ goes back to the future with '1976'

The April 17 concert "1976" kicks off a new era for Samantha Bennett's and George Nickson's ensemble.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • January 9, 2023
Upcoming public meetings on Longboat Key

A list of public meetings relevant to Longboat Key over the next 30 days.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Library Foundation for Sarasota County President Linda Getzen and Fundraising Chair Claudia Cardillo want to see a book in the hands of every child ages 0 to 5.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • November 12, 2015
Library Foundation campaign to help improve early literacy

Imagination Library program gives free books to children every month for a year from age 0 to 5-years-old.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Joyce Peralta, Arthur Wasserman and Marc Schreiber hold signs along Tamiami Trail on Nov. 30 in protest of Asplen's potential termination.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • December 6, 2022
Sarasota School Board sets meeting to vote on terms of Asplen's departure

Superintendent Brennan Asplen would be paid a total of about $170,000, along with moving expenses, upon departure.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Longboat Key Garden Club led Longboat Key's 2023 Freedom fest parade as the Grand Marshal.
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • July 5, 2023
Freedom Fest kicks off Longboat Key's Fourth of July just right

The Longboat Key Chamber started its Independence Day celebration with a butterfly release, a patriotic dog costume contest and the shortest parade in America.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Ralph Hughes holds the first of two spy novels he wrote based on his time with the CIA.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • January 26, 2023
Former CIA chief writes truth-based fiction

After 27 years in the CIA, Longboat retiree Ralph Hughes couldn't tell his own story. So he wrote two spy novels instead.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Grant's Gardens will have a wider reach with the merging of the company with Stewart's Landscape Management clientele.
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • May 10, 2023
Sarasota landscaper Grant's Gardens expands reach, clientele with merger

After nearly 44 years of operations, Stewart Landscape Management owner Jeb Stewart's employees and clients will become a part of the Grant's Gardens family.

  • Sarasota
  • Business
The third annual Downtown Sarasota Spring Craft Fair was held May 6-7 at Central Avenue and First Street.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • May 10, 2023
Artists display their creativity at Downtown Sarasota Spring Craft Fair

Local vendors were present at the fair, which also brought artists from afar.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Backup cameras blinded by spray-painting vandal
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 5, 2023
Backup cameras blinded by spray-painting vandal

Green paint, a smashed windshield, damaged tires and more from a vehicle vandalism week from the files of the Sarasota Police Department in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 2, 2022
Pet owners paws for weekend festival

Dogs take center stage at Get Your Mutt Movin' dog walk and expo.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Ed Sabol
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 25, 2021
Democratic Club has success with virtual meetings

The club's attendance has held strong despite the venue being a computer screen.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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