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Police try to locate suspicious trash picker
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • August 1, 2023
Police try to locate suspicious trash picker

Police were dispatched in response to an incident with someone digging through a construction dumpster. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Emma Giorgio and Lea Savola star in Gracie Gardner's Athena. (Courtesy Photo)
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • June 25, 2022
'Athena' scores a palpable hit at Urbanite Theatre

“Athena” explores the fine line between competition and friendship in a fast-paced production at Urbanite Theatre.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Larry Bustle raised the flag during the opening of Bennett Park. File photo.
  • By Michael Eng |
  • May 9, 2012
Observed: In defense of Larry Bustle

It must have been a really slow news day for Fox 13 investigative "reporter" Doug Smith.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Booker senior receiver Joshua Burrows catches a ball behind the Braden River defense. Burrows would take the catch for a 60-yard touchdown.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 28, 2023
Booker High football finishes the job

A comeback win over Braden River High could be a turning point for the program.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Ryoko Sadoshima and Luke Schaufuss dance in Elite Syncopations. (Courtesy photo: Frank Atura)
  • By Sara Rachon |
  • May 2, 2022
Sarasota Ballet shines in 'Serendipitous Movement'

The Sarasota Ballet said goodbye to two stalwart performers — Victoria Hulland and Ryoko Sadoshima — in their final program of the season.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
lash
  • By Ashley Pawelczyk |
  • August 25, 2014
The Eyes Have It: Part 2

The Eyes Have It: Part 2

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
He tried to fix the Navy
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 3, 2023
He tried to fix the Navy

Thomas Modly’s new book, "Vectors," gives the untold context to what was a national controversy in 2020.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
From left, Sarasota Commission candidates Dan Lobeck, incumbent Jen Ahearn-Koch and Debbie Trice at a form co-hosted by the Downtown Sarasota Alliance and Downtown Sarasota Condo Association. (Andrew Warfield)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 14, 2022
City Commission candidates address questions of downtown residents' groups

In agreement on many key issues, the three candidates for two Sarasota City Commission seats tried to separate themselves from the rest before two downtown groups.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Alonzo Rhodes, Anthony Segui-Pourel, Tamia Munnings, Jadie Raymond, Issac Amir Boyce and Elijah Quintana-Gratacos played in the Waterlefe clinic.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 29, 2023
Waterlefe Youth Golf Program gives kids a love of the game

The program covers costs for underserved and minority youth, giving them an experience they otherwise might not get.

  • East County
  • Sports
The 27th Annual Phil Galvano Golf Classic was held at the Longboat Key Club and Resort on Oct. 13.
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • October 16, 2023
Phil Galvano Classic golf tournament fundraises for Manatee schools

The sold-out charity tournament brought golfers together with food, drinks and games at Longboat Key Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Dr. Elizabeth Callahan wants people to know there is no such thing as a healthy tan.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 20, 2019
Top-rated dermatologist in Sarasota struggles with our society's love of a suntan

Top-rated Sarasota dermatologist Elizabeth Callahan struggles to with our society's love of a suntan.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Country Club Shores IV and V will be the first of the neighborhoods to get their water main replaced.
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • May 24, 2023
Country Club Shores asbestos pipe replacement starts late summer

Replacing the entire pipe is expected to cost about $9.5 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Longboat Key Town Commission is planning to hold a physical quorum on Nov. 2 with four commissioners meeting in-person at Town Hall. Town staff has installed plexiglass barriers to separate commissioners.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • October 27, 2020
Commission prepares to resume in-person meetings

The Longboat Key Town Commission has not held an in-person meeting since March 23.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Summerfield resident Stephanie Robinson believes the county should replace the 177 trees it removes from Summerfield.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • January 13, 2021
Residents divided on removal of canopy trees in two Lakewood Ranch communities

Some neighbors are unhappy with removal of street trees in Summerfield and Riverwalk

  • East County
  • News
Dawn Zielinski, president of the Village Idiots Cycling Club, and Tom Williams, outreach director for the club, donates bike helmets to Megan Podolan, a fifth grade teacher at Willis Elementary School, to give to students.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • May 5, 2021
Safer rides in Lakewood Ranch

Village Idiots Cycling Club donates helmets to east Bradenton schools.

  • East County
  • News
The taller Lift Station 87 design is modeled after the historic Hover Arcade. The shorter building maintains most of the design, but is now 35 feet at its highest point.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 25, 2014
Residents fear lift station height

The proposed Lift Station 87 building design is now shorter, but it's still troubling in the eyes of some nearby residents.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott instructs her daughter Valda and dancers Michael Foley and Monessa Salley.
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • April 13, 2022
Sarasota Contemporary Dance turns trauma into triumph

For her next dance performance, Leymis Bolaños Wilmott chose a weighty personal topic: The exodus of thousands of children from Cuba during the Fidel Castro regime.

  • Arts + Culture
Siesta Key resident Jim Wallace speaks during a Florida Department of Transportation meeting. Brynn Mechem
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • January 16, 2020
County poised to take over Stickney Point Road as Siesta residents raise concerns

At a Florida Department of Transportation meeting, Siesta Key residents implored FDOT staff to maintain jurisdiction over the road.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The former Gillespie Execuitive Course at Bobby Jones will be redeveloped at an "adjustable" short course. The Gillespie Building will be built for a starter booth, small shop and gathering area. (Photo by Andrew Warfield)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 27, 2022
Planning underway for Bobby Jones buildings

The Sarasota Development Review Committee is working with Kimley-Horn to design three buildings for the redeveloped Bobby Jones Golf Complex, not including a permanent clubhouse and restaurant.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Medallion Financial Resources |
  • May 25, 2023
Are You Ready for the High Cost of Aging?

The question is, what are my options and how do I move forward?

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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