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Melissa Nell and Charlie Hunsicker, of Manatee County Parks and Natural Resources, worked as part of a team to create the interactive exhibits inside of the Nature Center.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • January 13, 2016
Manatee County centers on nature

A new Nature Center at Rye Preserve dives into the area's history and landscape.

  • East County
  • News
Jim Purdy has been the director of operations for Manatee County YMCA's four branches, including Lakewood Ranch, for only eight months, but you wouldn’t know it by his lively interactions with customers.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • December 29, 2013
Year in Review: August 2013, YMCA celebrates 10 years

With expansions and ever-growing product offerings, the Lakewood Ranch YMCA has shown an intense focus on customers who have made it a community staple.

  • East County
  • News
Jim Purdy has been the director of operations for Manatee County YMCA’s four branches, including Lakewood Ranch, for only eight months, but you wouldn’t know it by his lively interactions with customers.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • August 14, 2013
Lakewood Ranch YMCA celebrates 10 years

With expansions and ever-growing product offerings, the Lakewood Ranch YMCA has shown an intense focus on customers who have made it a community staple.

  • East County
  • News
The Donald Ross course at Bobby Jones Golf Club works in harmony with adjacent wetlands to contain and filter stormwater.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 10, 2023
Bobby Jones Golf Club grand reopening set for Dec. 15

The first rounds on the restored Donald Ross layout will begin at 7 a.m. on Dec. 16 when the course and nature park open to the public.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mara Torres González will host the grand opening of Mara Art Studio + Gallery on Friday, Nov. 3.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • October 30, 2023
Sarasota's Mara Gallery is on the move

The visual arts venue opens on South Palm Avenue in time for the First Friday Gallery Artwalk on Nov. 3.

  • Arts + Culture
Sergio Di Sarro said his patrons have given him positive feedback since he took over Main Street Trattoria.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 20, 2021
Main Street at Lakewood Ranch has a new chef in town

Former surfer Sergio Di Sarro brings Argentinian flair to Main Street Trattoria in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
County Administrator Scott Hopes served as Manatee County administrator for 22 months.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • December 9, 2022
Manatee administrator says county government now more efficient

Scott Hopes says his reshuffling of departments and responsibilities in Manatee County government is now complete.

  • East County
  • News
Rosemary District Association President Howard Davis first outlined the foundational concepts behind the revised overlay district at a workshop last year. He said the majority of the feedback he's heard has been positive.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 14, 2019
Rosemary District overlay changes roll on

Despite some questions about the plan's efficacy, Rosemary District leaders remain enthusiastic about revised rules for new buildings in the neighborhood.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Manatee County Sheriff Brad Steube has been asking Manatee County commissioners for more patrol officers for at least four years. He'll learn July 30 if the commission will factor the additional positions into their fiscal year 2016 budget.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 15, 2015
East County zone on sheriff's radar

Manatee County Sheriff Brad Steube has a short-term goal of adding 12 deputies and a long-term goal of a new East County zone.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2013
News Briefs

Two school administrators depart; three suspended; MCAT/SCAT joint transit meeting canceled; County merges natural resources, parks departments; Planning Commission OKs Eagle Trace expansion

  • East County
  • News
The town of Longboat Key had to go back to the drawing board to redesign a potential roundabout at the intersection of Broadway Street and Gulf of Mexico Drive.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • July 3, 2024
Broadway Roundabout project paused for soaring costs

After the price increased by over $3 million with a new design prompted by FDOT, the Longboat Key Town Commission asked staff to revisit alternatives.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 19, 2012
Commission to consider changes to enforcement

As complaints about noise in the Village continue, residents and businesses look for more consistent enforcement.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Residents hope county leaders will make improvements along major corridors first.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • August 6, 2020
County leaders consider bicycle, pedestrian improvements

County begins considering how to improve cycling and pedestrian connectivity with an eye toward fewer crashes for all.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A head-on collision near Pattigeorges restaurant Sunday night resulted in the death of one man and sent another man to the hospital with a concussion.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 24, 2015
Top Story — April: Car crash fatality on GMD

A head-on collision near Pattigeorges restaurant Sunday night resulted in the death of one man and sent another man to the hospital with a concussion.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Guest Author |
  • May 6, 2019
Letters to the Editor: Learn from The Bay's public engagement

Longboat readers sound off on issues.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
2017 was a good year for tourism in Sarasota.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • November 22, 2017
September’s tourism soars on Irma, rowing

Hurricane, the World Rowing Championships and digital advertising are all part of the year’s tourism gains.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Town Clerk Trish Granger provides the rundown for the May 12 special density mail-ballot only referendum ballot.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 14, 2015
Referendum rundown: You’ve got mail

A special density mail-only ballot referendum May 12 is the first of its kind for Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 6, 2012
Our View: Welcome Walmart

The idiom says"'two steps forward, one step back" - a description of how sometimes you make progress then lose a portion of it.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
City commissioners voted to keep the form of government under which they work.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 31, 2022
City Commission turns away elected-mayor proposal

Other charter-revision proposals are approved for the ballot that voters will consider in November.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 15, 2011
Scene & Heard

Launch party chalks the lines for street fest; Booker Middle principal wins state arts leadership award; Jazz juvies to liven up Glenridge

  • Arts + Culture
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