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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 5, 2010
Commission chooses slightly darker sand

The Town Commission also reinforced its decision to select Bradford Saivetz to its Planning and Zoning Board despite protests from members of the audience.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Panache with Pooches Fashion Show models Zooey and Sandy Koolkin give their best pose.
  • By Dariela Delgado |
  • February 9, 2023
Pooches take the catwalk

Sarasota Garden Club presents a charity fashion show with furry models.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 16, 2013
Manatee County honors fallen officers

A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 16.

  • East County
  • News
Physical Plant is forging forward with a new lineup and a new album. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • September 12, 2022
New lineup, new album for band with New College roots

Physical Plant emerged from the pandemic with a new album, two new members and a resolve to keep writing new songs.

  • Arts + Culture
Myakka City's Kimberley Barr is honored at the Young Women of Distinction Awards Ceremony May 15 at the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center in Punta Gorda. Courtesy photo.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • June 10, 2022
Myakka City Girl Scout earns gold with Project Prom Dress

Kimberley Barr earns Girl Scouts Gold Award by making prom attire available to students.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Doc Wallace (pictured with Masako Carlson and Haunani Wallace) found his custom cat bowtie on Etsy.com, which he wore proudly to Cat Depot'        s Stop in the Name of Love Gala on March 11 at Hyatt Regency Sarasota.
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • March 15, 2017
Black Tie & Tales 03.16.17

From best-dressed contests to baby announcements, here's the latest on the Sarasota social scene.

  • Black Tie
Estella Villegas front and center with Mariachi Contemporaneo. The band plays every other Wednesday for now, weekly during peak season.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • November 29, 2022
Mexican restaurant opens on Longboat Key

It took owners 16 months to open La Villa Mexican Grill. Now it's open and serving up authentic Mexican dishes, margaritas and mariachi.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
A streetlight is pictured in the Country Club Shores neighborhood.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • February 8, 2021
Longboat Key sticking with approved streetlights despite resident criticisms

Part of Longboat Key's undergrounding project calls for the installation of new streetlights.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The boathouse would be constructed just behind these docks on shore at Nathan Benderson Park.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • May 10, 2022
County approves $20M for indoor sports complex at Benderson Park

The two-story complex at Sarasota's Nathan Benderson Park is planned to have a boathouse on the bottom and basketball/volleyball courts above.

  • East County
  • News
Kristen Cunningham, an assistant principal at Braden River Middle School, checks  Normalinda Faudoa's temperature. Temperature checks will be taken daily for employees and randomly for students. Courtesy photo.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • August 12, 2021
COVID-19 protocols increasing in Manatee schools

Manatee County schools will implement several protocols that were in place last year while masks remain optional.

  • East County
  • News
School Board of Manatee County members Richard Tatem, Mary Foreman, Chad Choate, Cindy Spray and Gina Messenger have selected 12 semi finalists in the search for the next superintendent.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • April 14, 2023
Manatee School Board selects semifinalists in superintendent search

The board will move forward with 12 applicants in the search for the next leader of the School District of Manatee County.

  • East County
  • Schools
Ficus trees on Sands Point property were trimmed improperly, according to Longboat Key town planner Steve Schield.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 20, 2011
Tree trimming: too much off the top?

After questioning from two Sands Points residents, town planner Steve Schield ruled five ficus trees were improperly cut.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Craig Siegel, the owner of a Siesta Key rental property plagued with Sarasota County code violations, allegedly threw a bucket of urine on a code enforcement officer this morning.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 24, 2014
Top Stories - Siesta Key: April

Sarasota County deputies arrested Craig Siegel before 8 a.m. for the alleged attack on a Sarasota County code enforcement officer.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The procedures used at the gate at Balmoral Woods and Lakewood Ranch boulevards have been debated by Lakewood Ranch officials for months. Photo by Josh Siegel.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • April 2, 2014
Manatee County to remove barriers

APRIL FOOLS' - Tired of indecision, Manatee County has decided to remove all of the gates to CDD-governed communities.

  • East County
  • News
This mongoose lemur was born in May at the Lemur Conservation Foundation in Myakka City.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 16, 2022
Myakka 'safety net' provides hope for lemurs

The Lemur Conservation Foundation needs donations to help keep lemurs from going extinct. But don't feel slighted if they don't invite you in. Humans have been the enemy for the past 2,000 years.

  • East County
  • Opinion
The Riverdance 25th anniversary of Irish music and dance show will be Thursday at at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 10, 2023
The best things to do around Sarasota for Jan. 12-18

Plenty of visual and performing art events are on tap this week in Sarasota, Longboat Key and Lakewood Ranch.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • In Memoriam |
  • May 12, 2023
Richard (Rick) Raymond Williams

Richard (Rick) Raymond Williams (almost 95 years around the sun!) of Longboat Key, Florida, passed away peacefully on May 8, 2023 surrounded by family and friends.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
A Key location could have a small book store, like this Goodwill Manasota book store on 55th Avenue East, but would not have a major retail component. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 22, 2015
Goodwill still shopping for Longboat Key location

The nonprofit’s interest in the Key hasn’t dropped off. Now, it’s seeking goodwill from the town in hopes of building a donation center.

  • Longboat 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
K-9 apprehends one of four involved in auto theft
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 18, 2023
K-9 apprehends one of four involved in auto theft

A car chase that went on foot ended when a police K-9 nabbed the driver of a stolen vehicle as three officers surrendered to other two-legged officers. This and other reports from the Sarasota Police Department in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
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