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Brandon Knecht previously coached the Riverview High junior varsity team.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 1, 2023
New Riverview boys basketball coach seizes opportunity at 'special place'

Brandon Knecht is a Rams alumnus and spent seven seasons as an assistant coach between Riverview and Sarasota High.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • June 11, 2024
Longboat's emergency medical service commended for excellence

Longboat Key Fire Rescue’s EMS facilities received outstanding marks from the state.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
There have been four sea-turtle lighting violations this summer so far.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 15, 2011
Sea-turtle lighting fines begin

The Longboat Key Code Enforcement Board entered into stipulation agreements with four sea-turtle lighting violators this season.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 5, 2014
Retired economist vies for at-large seat

In his bid for Terry Gans' at-large commission seat, Armando Linde focuses his campaign on fiscal conservatism for the town's budget.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Natasha Clemons
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • June 22, 2024
Newtown Juneteenth Celebration celebrates progress

The event brought together local vendors in recognition of the holiday.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Residents argue over who parked on private property
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • June 27, 2023
Residents argue over who parked on private property

Late at night, neighbors argue over parking on private property. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • June 21, 2019
Our Precious Freedoms Max and Shirley Corley

The couple met while working in the Marine Corps, and they have traveled all over the globe.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
As a senior in 2023, Diego Freyre led Lakewood Ranch High with 35 points (15 goals).
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 21, 2023
Lakewood Ranch grad earns pro soccer opportunity in Germany

Diego Freyre is participating in the Pro Sportz Alliance program for the next two months.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • November 11, 2022
Rotary holds annual Veterans Day event at Temple Beth Israel

Tuskegee Airman George Hardy was the guest of honor.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Carla and Pete Rowan founded Keep Longboat Special in 2016.
  • By John McGuire |
  • May 24, 2017
A conversation with Keep Longboat Special

Carla and Pete Rowan founded the Longboat Key community group in 2016.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • November 14, 2019
Community calls for action as Bowden agrees to step down

The school board will vote on a "mutual separation agreement" that would terminate Bowden's contract Dec. 31.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Irony of St. Regis garage
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • June 14, 2023
Irony of St. Regis garage

While the St. Regis Hotel & Residences clearly stands out in size and scale, Longboat commissioners say a two-story garage would harm the town. Really?

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Lavontae Youmans (22) said he considers himself a power runner.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 14, 2020
Pirates running game bowls over opposition

A Braden River junior running back excels going downhill.

  • East County
  • Sports
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
This nearly eight-acre site at 2211 Fruitville Road is proposed for Sarasota Station, a nearly 400-unit affordable rental community with at least 20% of the apartments priced at or below 80% of the city's average median income.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • February 22, 2023
Affordable housing project granted three-year construction extension

With setbacks including the death of Harvey Vengroff and COVID-19, the City Commission has granted One Stop Housing more time to begin building the Sarasota Station apartment complex in Park East.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Evangel Baptist Church brings Bethlehem to Lakewood Ranch
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 25, 2022
Evangel Baptist Church brings Bethlehem to Lakewood Ranch

Church members create costumes and set pieces to show what Bethlehem was like at the time of Jesus' birth.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Philip Troyer plays Ichabod Crane in The Players Centre for Performing Arts "Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
  • By Andréa Martone |
  • October 14, 2021
The headless horseman rides again at The Players

The Players expands its production of the classic tale of 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,' just in time for Halloween.

  • Arts + Culture
Lakewood Ranch Little Free Library founder Elizabeth Henderson and Neel Menon dedicate the new library in Bob Gardner Park to Jai Menon, Neel's brother who died in 2016.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • July 27, 2023
Little Free Libraries continue to grow in the Lakewood Ranch area

The smallish libraries have a great impact to the communities they serve.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 27, 2022
Business Park district to establish multiuse campus zoning along key county corridors

Sarasota County is on pace to establish Business Park zoning districts in south and west county areas before November. So far, five corridors in unincorporated areas have been identified

  • Sarasota
  • News
Ringling College of Art and Design received a $550,000 grant from the Barancik Foundation to fund programs for those who have been historically underrepresented at museums.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 16, 2024
Barancik Foundation awards $11.8 million in grants

The grants include $4.8 million to help benefit teachers and quality of education in Sarasota County.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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