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Cardinal Mooney won a district title Feb. 3 with a 70-30 win over Bradenton Christian.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 7, 2023
Trio of stars lead Sarasota's Cardinal Mooney to No. 4 class ranking

The Cougars are seeking a third-straight trip to the state Final Four.

  • East County
  • Sports
Booker senior Jaydn Lattimore, senior Ty'anna Ash and junior Chariot Johnson are key contributors on the girls basketball team.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 23, 2022
Tornadoes girls basketball whirls into Final Four

Booker High beat Port Charlotte to earn a trip to Lakeland.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • November 24, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: None shall pass (well, you're OK)

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Alexander Pier serves during the Senior Clay Courts Super Category II Tournament.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • December 1, 2017
Super Cat II Tournament brings tennis competition to Longboat

Tournament play began on Nov. 28 and continues until Dec. 3 at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Ronnique Hawkins stands at the road named in her mother's honor while holding an award received by Veronica Allen.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • July 25, 2023
Newtown nonprofit leader remembers her police volunteer mother

Veronica Allen cared for the Newtown community as an SPD volunteer, while daughter Ronnique Hawkins took up the torch with a documentary about Emmett Till and the nonprofit Learn My History Foundation.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Andrew Georgiadis and Karin Murphy were hired to write a form-based zoning code for the city in 2013. Georgiadis left the Urban Design Studio this summer, and submitted his resignation to the city in September.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 15, 2015
Questions surround city's plans to establish architectural standards

The city has been working to develop architectural standards as part of a forthcoming form-based code, but it's still unclear what those standards will ultimately entail.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 25, 2011
Town commissioners consider iPad purchase

The Longboat Key Town Commission will decide whether the town should purchase iPads for commissioners, which would cost taxpayers $4,200.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 3, 2013
Town-issued memo leads to further Colony confusion

The town says Colony unit owners are limited to 30 days of use per year, but some owners disagree. A Colony workshop is slated for later this month.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 14, 2022
Sarasota board votes down developer's plan to raze 100-year-old building

The Historic Preservation Board unanimously refused the request to tear down Mira Mar in order to build 70 condos.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Imani Lee Williams and Jasmine Rush in Asolo Rep's production of "Chicken & Biscuits."
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • February 23, 2023
'Chicken & Biscuits' dives into comedy, complexities of Black culture

Asolo Rep's latest farce, "Chicken & Biscuits," takes a look on the bright side of life and death.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 26, 2012
Town, IPOC spar over code changes

A Sarasota County judge is expected to make his ruling next month on Islandside Property Owners Coalition's claim that the town made code changes inconsistent with its Comp Plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The many costumes of Something Rotten! will soon take center stage at Florida Studio Theatre. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • November 1, 2022
The best things to do around Sarasota for Nov. 3-9

There's all kinds of live music in Sarasota this week, including jazz, funk and folk, not to mention opera, classical and even musical theater.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Located at 8377 Midnight Pass Road, this home recently sold for $2.9 million. It has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,777 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 10, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for July 24-28 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis

An Ocean View home on Midnight Pass Road tops the week's sales at $2.9 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Erin Silk has been named by the Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County as the organization's new president and CEO.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 21, 2023
EDC president: Sarasota County draws entrepreneurs, more companies

On her first day on the job, Erin Silk, the new president and CEO of the Economic Development Corp., explains how the organization will meet the demands of the County Commission.

  • Sarasota
  • News
John Cannon's Oulina model will offer more modern architecture along Kingfisher Lake in Waterside.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 23, 2023
Lakewood Ranch adds two small, exclusive neighborhoods

John Cannon fires off his new designs for neighborhoods Monarch Acres and Kingfisher Estates, which will offer a combined 21 homes, starting at $3 million.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Adam N. Phillips, D.O., Board Certified General Surgeon & Vein Specialist |
  • April 8, 2021
Vein Treatment Made Easy with Advanced Technology

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Lesley Rife and Karen Pashkow in hats similar to what they'll wear for the fashion show.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 14, 2022
Lord's Warehouse Fashion Show plans for garden party

The thrift store will bring back its annual fashion show, which was canceled in 2021.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Paradise Center executive director Suzy Brenner is shown taking a selfie with a mask. The facility is one of three in Longboat Key distributing free masks to the public. Photo Courtesy: Suzy Brenner, The Paradise Center
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • June 29, 2020
Longboat Key leaders encourage mask usage

As of Monday, the town of Longboat Key is not mandating mask usage to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Dr. Ashley Masuga, of InFocus Family Eyecare, says natural changes in the eye lead to certain vision conditions.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 24, 2020
Lakewood Ranch area optometrists share how vision changes as you age

Lakewood Ranch area optometrists stress the importance of being proactive about eye health as you grow older.

  • Health
Cypress Cash seeks to build four single-family homes at 551 Broadway Street, 7009 Longboat Drive North and 7017 Longboat Drive North. Among the six apartments there now, only one of them is being rented.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • October 7, 2021
Broadway proposal would be first of its kind on Longboat

Plan to replace apartments with four homes taps into town's process to remake non-conforming properties.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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