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  • By Liz Ramos |
  • February 21, 2022
Manatee School Board plans to sell property in east Bradenton

The school district sells 17-acres to offset the cost of 30-acres in Parrish for a new middle school.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 2, 2022
Science takes flight at radio-controlled car races

The seventh annual event, conducted by Suncoast Science Center/Faulhaber Fab Lab, attracts about 160 students on nearly 60 teams.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Rev. Fred Emrich reads Robert Frost's "One More Brevity" with Reva, Ed and Ginny Upshaw and Rev. David Marshall.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • December 12, 2022
Memorial garden opened with pet blessings

The new pet memorial garden at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church is located off the sidewalk on Bay Isles Road and is open to the public.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A lightning rod is pictured on top of a home on Halyard Lane in the Country Club Shores IV North neighborhood.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • July 6, 2020
Lighting rod height exception moves forward

The Longboat Key Town Commission is set to take up the proposal again in September.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The coloring book features people of all races, ethnicities, abilities and body types.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • January 13, 2021
Nonprofits, students create diversity coloring book

The book features pages with different ethnicities, abilities, family structures and more.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Phil Grande, downtown resident and radio host, at Selby Five Points Park. File Photo.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 29, 2011
Sarasota homeless issue stretches to Selby Library

Downtown Sarasota radio host Phil Grande says the city and Sarasota County need to work together to solve problems involving the homeless at both Selby Five Points Park and the Selby Public Library.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Plans for the ten-acre first phase of the park project include an open space events lawn and a spiral boardwalk that extends to the south side of Boulevard of the Arts. File image.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 29, 2020
Planning Board endorses bayfront zoning changes

Objections from a nearby condo weren't enough to dissuade the advisory board from supporting The Bay Sarasota's proposal.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Longboat's most-wanted beach chair
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • March 28, 2023
Longboat's most-wanted beach chair

A beach chair has gone missing two years in a row only for it to be found half a mile down the beach. This and more Longboat Key Police reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Seven of the nine poles are on Gulf of Mexico Drive. The remaining two are in residential neighborhoods.
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • January 10, 2023
Longboat's north-end cell signal upgrade completed

Verizon's project to add nine poles wraps up with activation and better service.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Michael Saunders & Co. south Longboat Key office.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2023
Michael Saunders & Co. to combine two Longboat Key sales offices

Longboat agents will work under one roof at the spacious south Key location.

  • Longboat Key
  • Business
A sign announcing construction of the second Ritz Carlton Residences tower in The Quay will begin soon.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 11, 2023
Downtown luxury condo supply remains shy of demand

Although more than 600 units are planned or under development in Sarasota, the influx of buyers from across the country, many of them paying cash, still outpaces development.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 25, 2022
Cardinal Mooney girls basketball falls in state championship game

Mooney went cold from outside the arc in a 44-41 loss to Westminster Academy

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
East County's Margaux Buchanan is thrilled 4-month-old Safari has spots like her parents. Buchanan hopes to train Safari to become a polo horse.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • July 8, 2023
Sarasota Polo Club becomes home to leopard Appaloosas

East County's Margaux Buchanan hopes her new foal will follow in her mother's footsteps as a polo horse.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
After sharing the artistic director role for 10 years, Summer Dawn Wallace is running the show on her own at Urbanite Theatre.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • August 31, 2023
Artistic director showcases Urbanite’s commitment to new play development

Urbanite Theatre's newly solo artistic director, Summer Dawn Wallace, talks about her singular vision for Sarasota's "black box" theater.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Dr. Jemaar L. Graham, DPM |
  • August 19, 2021
Topical Medications for Foot Pain Relief

Jemaar L. Graham, DPM, is a double boardcertified foot and ankle surgeon at 360 Orthopedics in Sarasota, Venice, and Lakewood Ranch, Florida.

  • Health
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Asolo Rep Teaching Artist Imani Williams casts spells with summer camp students during Enchantment week.
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • December 10, 2022
Asolo Rep courts parents and kids for a day at the theater

The new PlayDate program introduces workshops tied to performances for children and their parents.

  • Arts + Culture
Avian club members are devoted to all feathered creatures
  • By Eric Snider |
  • May 17, 2023
Avian club members are devoted to all feathered creatures

The Lakewood Ranch Avian Club and Cindy Gordon, its founder and president, come together over their love of birds — no matter where they find them.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Drew Mitts played in the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium on Jan. 5.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 9, 2019
Mustangs linebacker realizes longtime goal

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • East County
  • Sports
Sarasota's beaches were among the notable features highlighted by the U.S. News & World Report ranking.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 1, 2023
Sarasota ranked No. 5 best place to live and climbing

Moving four spots to rank No. 5 in the U.S. News & World Report Best Places to Live Ranking, Sarasota sets its sights on dethroning Green Bay.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Dr. James Reed
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • February 22, 2022
Concierge service Reed Medical Group to open on Longboat Key

Dr. James Reed will start seeing patients on March 1 at his north-end office.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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