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  • By Harry Sayer |
  • December 18, 2020
2022 RCLA Town Hall Lecture Series lineup announced

The rescheduled series starts on Jan. 17.

  • Sarasota
  • News
yMusic is a chamber group of young performers from New York. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Edward Alley |
  • June 26, 2017
Festival wraps with a delightful mix

Third portion of Sarasota Music Festival offers greatest contrast.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Mayor Ken Schneier applies one of his sticky dots to a town initiative he favors.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 20, 2022
Longboat leaders lay out hopes for county library teamwork

The library and community center could coincide with tax base effects of the new resort and residences opening in 2025.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • July 31, 2013
As standards change, East County schools score well

Data released last week shows East County elementary and middle schools are mostly an exception to falling school grades statewide. Five schools received 'A' grades.

  • East County
  • Schools
Kevin Short, Corey Crider, and Stefano de Peppo in Sarasota Opera's 2013 production of Verdi's "A King For a Day." Courtesy Rod Millington.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 20, 2013
Spotlight: Sarasota Opera hosts Verdi exciting concert

No one in the world, in all of time, has ever played every note Giuseppe Verdi ever composed.

  • Arts + Culture
 Scott Shomaker and Jenny Vallancourt in "The Tempest." Photo by Cliff Roles
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • September 27, 2018
Asolo Conservatory's 21st-century 'Tempest' is magical in its own right

FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training ’s touring production of “The Tempest” is a brave new world.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
"Pacarette" is one of the feature films in the 2020 Sarasota Film Festival.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • May 1, 2020
Sarasota Film Festival extended through May 10

The festival, presented online due to COVID-19, will be shown for an extra week.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Bricks Smoked Meats at 1528 State St. has been among the restaurants leading the charge to preserve parklet dining as a permanent fixture in downtown Sarasota.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 15, 2022
Sarasota considers permanent plan for parklet dining downtown

The city's pandemic-era policy that allowed restaurants to expand into downtown street parking has been extended through March.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 10, 2016
(A little) good news on the traffic front …

... amid other puzzling road news

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • November 14, 2018
'Beautiful Boy' is a painful yet important film showing the reality of addiction

Gut-wrenching performances by Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet will grab viewers' hearts, squeeze and never let them go.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • In Memoriam |
  • January 3, 2022
Sidney Katz

Sidney Katz was born in a cold-water tenement flat on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on May 27, 1917.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By The Marketing Department at Manatee Physician Alliance |
  • April 8, 2021
For Health and Wellness on the Job, Consider Occupational Health Services

For Health and Wellness on the Job, Consider Occupational Health Services

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Whiskey Pond's Manuel Ontiveros puts on the breaks during the Observer Cup Feb. 24.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 25, 2019
Chase to the cup

Plenty of new polo fans take in the action during the Observer Cup in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Interim Police Chief Rex Troche urged anyone who has information on the two death investigations to contact police.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 11, 2022
Sarasota Police investigating pair of homicides on Tamiami Trail

Two women found dead nine blocks apart between Feb. 25 and Thursday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Under construction earlier this year, a house on Halyard Lane  in Country Club Shores prompted residents to get involved in amending the zoning code to remove exceptions to the 30-foot height limit.
  • By John McGuire |
  • April 19, 2017
Residents demand no exceptions to Longboat Key height limits

The Planning and Zoning Board is reexamining the 30-foot height limit for single-family homes.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This Harbour Walk home at 579 Fore Drive sold for $1.65 million. It has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,218 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 10, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for Dec. 26-30 in Lakewood Ranch

A Harbour Walk home on Fore Drive topped the week's sales at $1.65 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Town Manager Tom Harmer, town labor attorney Reynolds Allen, Southwest Florida Police Benevolent Association president Mick McHale and union attorney Caroleen Brej at the November impasse-resolution meeting.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • July 1, 2020
Police, town have a deal on contract

Three-year pact agreed to by town and union bumps pay, town contributions to retirement plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • February 15, 2017
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, Feb. 16

A look at our favorite events taking place this week.

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  • Things To Do
"I want to do it as an adult," Hannah Beatt says."Working on Broadway is my dream. That’d be a huge accomplishment."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • December 4, 2012
Marching to the Beatt

Charasmatic 12-year-old Hannah Beatt will play Annie in The Players' production of 'Annie.'

  • Arts + Culture
Creg Sclavi, Michael Judah, and Joe Ferrarelli as a squirrel, a fish and a greyhound during class. Courtesy photo
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • April 24, 2019
FSU/Asolo Conservatory instructor makes student actors into shapeshifters

Eliza Ladd of FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training's shape-shifting students demonstrate their mastery of movement.

  • Arts + Culture
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