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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 6, 2015
MMS registration dates announced

Miss Manatee Softball will hold registration for the fall season Aug. 26, Aug. 28 and Aug. 29.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 4, 2022
Sarasota Cops Corner: Prone to trespassing

Police reports from around Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
The Longboat Key Town Commission will also discuss the possibility of ratifying a new Longboat Key Fire Rescue contract tonight at Town Hall.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 7, 2013
Longboat Key Commission establishes election date tonight

The Longboat Key Town Commission will discuss a resolution expressing support for pension reform at Town Hall today.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jo-Ann Yermak (center) is worried about providing childcare for her two children, Mikenna and Hayden, who are students at Braden River Elementary School, while she works full time and they start e-learning.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • March 25, 2020
E-learning poses child-care difficulties in Lakewood Ranch area

Challenges in childcare concern Lakewood Ranch parents during e-learning

  • East County
  • News
Property overlooking Beach Road could be home to a 170-unit hotel.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • September 30, 2020
Siesta hotel developers seeks density changes

One proposal seeks to eliminate the counting of hotel rooms in residential density calculations while the other would halve the count.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Longboat Key Town Projects Manager Charlie Mopps, Longboat Key Turtle Watch Vice President Cyndi Seamon, Omar Lopez of Taylor Engineering, 360 North resident Roger Field and Planning and Zoning Board member Paul Hylbert met Friday
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • October 15, 2021
Plans begin to take shape for new North Shore beach entrance

North-end residents have advocated for improvements to the beach entrance at 100 N. Shore Road.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The town has identified about $42.8 million in critical capital needs through fiscal year 2030.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • May 26, 2021
Going up? Longboat Key proposes rate increases to fund utility projects

The town of Longboat Key has identified about $42.8 million in critical projects it needs to fund by October 2030.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • January 4, 2022
This week in A+E: Jan. 6 to Jan. 12

The New Year brings a widely varied slate of acts including concerts, concertos and debuts of new plays.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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According to a Nov. 22 memo sent by Finance Director Tom Kelley to Town Manager David Bullock, the cost to the town totals $171,993.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 5, 2011
Commission to discuss $1,000 bonuses for town employees

The commission will discuss the budget transfer at tonight's regular meeting.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • September 2, 2022
Edward K. Christian

Edward K. Christian, 78, of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan and Longboat Key, Florida, passed away peacefully on Friday August 19, 2022, after a short illness.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Karin Murphy is the director of the city’s new Urban Design Studio, based out of the Federal Building.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 3, 2013
Designing Woman: Karin Murphy

Karin Murphy, director of Sarasota's Urban Design Studio, has returned to the city to help finish a job she started - and to leave a positive mark for future generations.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Booker High Students interact in the new ILA classroom for the first time.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • November 14, 2019
New classrooms help three high schools focus on reading

The classrooms were made possible thanks to grant from Gulf Coast Community Foundation and The Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Cynthia Heil will serve as the director of the institute starting Jan. 1, 2019.  Photo courtesy of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • November 13, 2018
Mote announces Red Tide Institute director

Cynthia Heil comes to Mote Marine Laboratory from Bigelow Laboratory in Maine, where she created a research program that focused on water quality, harmful algal blooms and ecosystem management.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 10, 2021
Sarasota weather page photo: June 10

Patricia Donnelly captured this photo of an osprey hunting for fish over a lake in Village Walk.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 10, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: June 10

Bob Gary captured this photo of a bald eagle at Winding Oaks on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Girl Scouts Maia Bacchus, 8, left, and Olivia Hedrick, 7, right, use puffy paint to make non-slip socks for patients at Heartland Health Care Center as Hedrick's mom, Sara, watches as a parent volunteer.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • September 18, 2019
Girl Scouts need local volunteers in Lakewood Ranch

Girl Scouts need volunteers in Lakewood Ranch

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 24, 2015
Cops Corner: East County 06.25.15

Find out what crimes happened in your community this month.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • August 12, 2019
Local property management group gives back to the children of veterans

Castle Group partnered with organizations around Sarasota to provide back-to-school supplies for children in need.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sugar, a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, is being rehabilitated at Mote before being released on the east coast of Florida.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • December 11, 2017
Mote takes in New England sea turtles

Ten turtles from New England Aquarium arrived at Mote on Dec. 8 in banana boxes.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
This map shows the area that makes up the Northeast Quadrant. File map.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 12, 2019
Lakewood Ranch mix and match

Entitlement change means northeast quadrant will be developed similarly to the rest of Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
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