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New Save Siesta Key director Tim Hensey speaking to attendees of the February SKA meeting at St. Boniface Episcopal Church.
  • By Blake Fussell |
  • February 8, 2022
Incorporation efforts reignite for Siesta despite coming annexation meeting

Sarasota leaders will meet Siesta Key Association representatives to discuss the possibility of annexing the island into the city. But Save Siesta Key and its new director are making a further push for incorporation.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Krista Carpenter from Wildlife, Inc. works with Athena, a rescued owl.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • April 27, 2022
Longboat Island Chapel hosts second annual Earth Day Walks and Talks

There were more attendees and more organizations present this year, and talks were more focused on water quality.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jean and Myriam Dandonneau left Paris in June 2016 to start a restaurant in America. They have long bonded over their love of food and wine, but they did not start dreaming of opening a restaurant until 2014.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • March 3, 2021
EYE ON BUSINESS: French passion comes to paradise at UTC's Mademoiselle Paris

Mademoiselle Paris in University Park is the culmination of Jean and Myriam Dandonneau's dream

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 4, 2009
Shape Your Booty: Reporting to boot camp

Maria Smith joined 10 other East County women for the six-week Pre-Holiday Boot Camp Nov. 2.

  • East County
  • News
Dr. Alfredo Giangreco, right, and Dr. Federico Frias, behind, said they are excited the hospital will have pediatric emergency room doctor.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 8, 2012
Hospital to add pediatrics unit

Lakewood Ranch Medical Center will soon have a designated pediatric physician working in its emergency room, and will add a six-bed pediatric unit.

  • East County
  • News
Barb Alexander fell in love with polo after her husband, George, began playing.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 7, 2012
Lakewood Ranch resident celebrates 70th birthday with polo

Lakewood Ranch resident Barb Alexander will celebrate her 70th birthday playing polo March 10, at the Sarasota Polo Club.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jessi Smith |
  • March 7, 2012
Asolo Repertory Theatre Announces its 2012-2013 Season

Asolo Repertory Theatre Announces its 2012-2013 Season

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
President/owner Dino Mirando and Manager Jaime Jackson with their oyster combo: Orleans, Bienville, char-grilled and Rockefeller.
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • May 9, 2012
EDIBLES: A pearl of an oyster bar

There's a new kid on the block near the Hollywood 20 movie theater: it's the Half Shell Oyster House, and it has an enticing promotion to get you in to try its wares.

  • Arts + Culture
Event Co-Chairs Paul and Carina Bowman
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • January 11, 2012
Black Tie & Tales

First week on the job; So in love

  • Arts + Culture
"We knew nothing about (organzing) museum exhibits when we got involved in this project," says Dan Boxser with his wife, Litten. "There's no question, this whole thing has enriched our lives."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • November 2, 2011
BACKSTAGE PASS: The museum underwriters

Longboat Key couple Dan and Litten Boxser had no idea that underwriting an exhibit at the Florida Holocaust Museum could generate so much buzz in the African-American community.

  • Arts + Culture
"We knew nothing about (organzing) museum exhibits when we got involved in this project," says Dan Boxser with his wife, Litten. "There's no question, this whole thing has enriched our lives."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • November 2, 2011
BACKSTAGE PASS:The museum underwriters

Longboat Key couple Dan and Litten Boxser had no idea that underwriting an exhibit at the Florida Holocaust Museum could generate so much buzz in the African-American community.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2011
News Briefs

SCF hosts Workforce Forum; Manatee FCAT scores improve; We Care Manatee seeks donations

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 13, 2011
Cops Corner

Jan. 1 As a jay bird 12:12 a.m. - 1100 block of John Ringling Boulevard. Suspicious Person. A nude man was seen running down the street. Well, that's one way to start off the new year.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
"The score is my bible," Michael Sebastian says. "If I can't translate what's in the hard copy of the score, I don't have the right to be a music director."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • September 14, 2011
BACKSTAGE PASS: Score lore

Music Director Michael Sebastian returns to his Golden Apple stomping grounds with a feisty new musical about disgruntled Disney princesses.

  • Arts + Culture
The Rev. Jim Hedman has served at St. Mary since October 2006.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 27, 2010
St. Mary Magdalene church gains autonomy

Lakewood Ranch's St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church became its own parish Oct. 9. The church celebrated with a special parish picnic Oct. 16.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Pat Marshall and Sandy Rossin joined the University Park Women's Club a decade ago and have sung together for the last eight years.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 6, 2011
University Park Women's Club turns 10

Since the formation of the club a decade ago, nearly 700 women at University Park have grown their friendships through the organization.

  • East County
  • News
Jeffrey Weisman owned an advertising and marketing agency in New York City. In Sarasota, he creates fine-art photography and serves on the board of directors of Art Center Sarasota.
  • By Jeffrey Weisman |
  • November 1, 2012
My View: Embracing a different language

We live on a small island. Yet, sometimes we seem to speak different languages. This reminds me of China, where people from one province speak a different dialect than people from nearby provinces.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lilly Myers placed fourth in the US Sailing Youth Championship in Wrightsville Beach, N.C., on June 27.  Courtesy photo.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 19, 2018
Sarasota teen makes sacrifices to keep her sailing skills at the highest level

The Riverview High rising senior finished fourth at the 2018 U.S. Sailing Youth Championships.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Contractors for the Florida Department of Transportation construct new bridges across the Braden River as part of an improvement project to widen a section of  I-75  and reconfigure the interchange of I-75 and State Road 70.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 1, 2020
Growth spurs roadway projects in Manatee County

Growth spurs roadway projects in Manatee County

  • East County
  • News
Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Elliott Falcione says growth in tourism will come from a hotel and expansion of the existing convention center, as well as tourism in East County.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 23, 2019
Lakewood Ranch area future of tourism growth in Manatee County?

Lakewood Ranch area future of tourism growth in Manatee County?

  • East County
  • News
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