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Authorities taped off the entry to the Whole Foods property as they responded to the vehicle fire inside the parking garage.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 14, 2018
Car catches fire at Whole Foods parking garage

Emergency personnel are responding to a vehicle fire at the downtown Whole Foods on First Street.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Savor the Sounds was a community happening last held in Bayfront Park in 2016.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • November 6, 2019
Tree lighting, concert series coming to Longboat

Chamber of Commerce, town team up for events on Town Center land.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Even now, water-sample analysis shows sporadic upticks in levels of karena brevis, the micro-organism responsible for red tide outbreaks.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • December 11, 2018
Longboat Task Force plans red tide presentation at weekend meeting

Group hopes to get ball rolling on a coordinated effort against the outbreaks.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Cars make their way onto the new southbound on-ramp to Interstate 75 from eastbound State Road 70 on Dec. 3. The ramp opened to traffic on Nov. 10.
  • By Scott Lockwood |
  • December 9, 2021
Interstate 75/State Road 70 interchange project near Lakewood Ranch nears completion

Construction on the interchange of Interstate 75 and State Road 75 should be completed in January according to FDOT. Pandemic, weather slowed project from its expected summer 2020 finish.

  • East County
  • News
It's "The Mole," baby! Photo via Netflix.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 8, 2021
Binge Blog: Pluto TV is your new nostalgia hit

A Sarasotan lands on CBS reality show "Big Brother," and is competition show "The Mole" being revived?

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Photo by David Conway Spice and Tea Exchange owner Paulette Callender said they offer samples like the above to people walking by the store, which gives curious customers a familiarity with the products.
  • By David Conway |
  • July 17, 2014
Merchants lobby to legalize samples

Following reports of code violations, the St. Armands Business Improvement District requests the city re-examine its policy on offering samples to passers-by.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lift Station 87 is largely completed underground in Luke Wood Park, but some internal changes are necessary to make the facility functional.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 15, 2014
Obstacles continue to emerge at lift station site

The new engineering team in charge of work at Lift Station 87 has discovered more challenges in the process of completing the protracted project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"White House by the Sea," Kate Storey's book about the Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, became a New York Times bestseller when it was published in June.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • August 2, 2023
Sarasota writer chronicles 100 years at the Kennedy family’s summer home

Kate Storey's book, "White House By the Sea" became an instant New York Times bestseller when it was published in June.

  • Arts + Culture
RVs fill the campground at Linger Lodge RV Park only weeks after it suffered major damage from Hurricane Ian. The park has reopened after a two-year renovation only three days before the hurricane. (Photo by Liz Ramos)
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 14, 2022
Renovated Linger Lodge RV Park reopens in east Bradenton

Linger Lodge RV Park weathered Hurricane Ian and is back open after repairs and improvements.

  • East County
  • Business
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • January 6, 2021
These little piggies go to the Manatee County Fair

Myakka's Pork Chop Revue will be a featured attraction at the Manatee County Fair.

  • East County
  • News
Payne Park Auditorium.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 8, 2023
Nonprofit CEO details mission for expansion, operation of Payne Park Auditorium

A subsidiary of The Players Centre for Performing Arts begins its work to raise capital and begin planning to create a venue for local theater groups.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courts five and six.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • September 21, 2020
Longboat Key Tennis Center courts updated

This maintenance is a precursor to bigger work to come in 2021.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The project will widen the roadway to two in each direction from the Fort Hamer Bridge to S.R. 64.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 29, 2023
Fort Hamer Bridge corridor improvements on the way

After widening Upper Manatee River Road, county officials will move quickly to build a new span next to the existing Fort Hamer Bridge.

  • East County
  • News
Color me beautiful: colored crayons are Art Venti's tools of the trade in the art world.
  • By Andréa Martone |
  • August 26, 2021
Art on art: Colored pencils are his tools to success

Colored pencils were Venti's first art materials as a child and, in 50 years of investigating almost every medium available to artists, a Sarasota landscape artist has come full circle.

  • Arts + Culture
In Sarasota County, commercial property owners must keep sounds at or below 75 decibels when measured from the real property line between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 26, 2012
Year in review: May 2012, 'County eyes ways to quiet sound saga'

Sarasota County Administrator Randall Reid has asked for a budget option to add a code enforcement officer on Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Manatee County's Emergency Operations Center was bustling on Friday.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 8, 2017
Manatee County issues mandatory evacuation for low-lying areas

Those living in mobile and manufactured homes also told to evacuate

  • East County
  • News
Annabeth Howell and James Nicholson at the stingray touch tank at Mote Marine Aquarium in August 2023.
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • August 8, 2023
Education coordinator leads her first redesigned summer camps at Mote

The summer camps at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium engage children in themed fun and education.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Steven Jeffries, Dame Ninette de Valois and Margaret Barbieri at a curtain call for The Rake's Progress. (Courtesy Photo: Sarasota Ballet)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • January 18, 2022
Sarasota Ballet returns to familiar territory with 'The Rake's Progress'

Few people are better suited to teach "The Rake's Progress" than Margaret Barbieri, who learned directly from Ninette de Valois and Alicia Markova.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • February 1, 2021
New to you : All Angels Episcopal Church hosts secondhand art sale

When the Longboat Key church asked for unwanted art to sell, the supply surprised them. Now, is there demand?

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Improvements to mitigate storm impacts are slated for the 2024 fiscal year budget. This will include replacing the roof, windows and generator.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • June 24, 2023
New fiscal year marks significant investments in people, infrastructure

Longboat Key town commissioners reviewed a preliminary budget that puts money into new staff positions and improvements to infrastructure.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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