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Decals still identify the Payne Park Auditorium as office space for the landscape division of the parks and recreation department, but the city has relocated trucks and other equipment from the site.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 13, 2021
Truck parking at Payne Park causes dust-up

Residents complained after the city’s parks department turned the Payne Park Auditorium into office space, so staff relocated vehicles from the property.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 17, 2010
Longboat Key Club submits suggested code revisions

The Longboat Key Club and Resort submitted a list of seven clarifications to the town's zoning code on Tuesday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
As president and CEO of Schroeder-Manatee Ranch since 2005, Rex Jensen heads up one of the most recognizable and sought-after land management, agricultural and development companies in the nation. (Photo by Lori Sax)
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 28, 2022
Lakewood Ranch pioneer shares insights on building a community

After 20 years at the helm, Schroeder-Manatee Ranch CEO Rex Jensen sounds off on what makes a community.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Ed Krepela serves on the board of Fairway Bay III, the Atrium.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • July 5, 2021
Longboat Key condo owners taking precautions after Surfside collapse

The deadly Surfside collapse has many Longboat Key condo owners looking into what precautions they should take.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Years after closing its Siesta Key location, Bob's Boathouse opened last fall on Tamiami Trail.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 31, 2014
UPDATE: Permitting issues could sink Bob's Boathouse

Sarasota County staff denied the fourth request for an extension of the restaurant's temporary certificate of occupancy Thursday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 9, 2017
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  • Opinion
Olin cuts steel in her garage.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • October 25, 2021
All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church hosts reception for Artist of the Month

Pamela Olin is the current featured artist at the Longboat Key church and works mostly in metal.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
This note was left on the Ranch Grill's front door on Tuesday.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 9, 2018
Ranch Grill closes in Lakewood Ranch

Note on the front door thanks the community for its support.

  • East County
  • News
Jeannie Perales and Brent Campbell, who is part of the Speaker Series committee, met up after Perales' presentation.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • February 28, 2022
St. Armands Key Lutheran Church hosts The Bay's Jeannie Perales

The park conservancy's chief experience officer spoke about current goings-on and the future of the project.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • December 22, 2021
Home for the holidays on Longboat Key

Churches plan for a return to some normalcy, though things are forever changed by the pandemic.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Diane Hunt, Director of Project Green Dot in Palmetto and JoOni Jones, Health Equity Director of the Multicultural Health Institute, which serves Manatee and Sarasota counties, with the Community Connections Resource Guide.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • December 9, 2020
Lakewood Ranch nonprofit creates guide to connect people in need with services

Lakewood Ranch nonprofit provides free community resource guide to local organizations

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • September 6, 2017
JDub's Brewing Co. offers discounts in anticipation of Hurricane Irma

The Sarasota brewery is offering 'reverse price gouging' on its beers.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 27, 2022
Mustangs softball slams way into state championship game

Lakewood Ranch's offense got plenty of big hits, including a grand slam from senior Ella Coiner, on its way to an 11-3 win over Western High on Friday.

  • East County
  • Sports
Lakewood Ranch High senior receiver Isaac Ashley is primed for a big 2022 after catching 38 passes for 587 yards and four touchdowns in 2021. (Photo by Ryan Kohn.)
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 17, 2022
Lakewood Ranch High hopes 2022 season a turning point in football

With Head Coach Rashad West's system fully in place, the Mustangs look to turn the corner.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 14, 2021
We know how this story will end

What we are living in the U.S. isn’t a new tragedy. It has occurred throughout history; the results always the same: misery, destruction, slavery. In the end, the socialists’ ‘utopia’ never works.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
East Manatee Fire Rescue Deputy Chief Lee Whitehurst and Chief Byron Teates say the renovations to the station bring it to current standards.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 16, 2016
East Manatee fired up about new home

East Manatee Fire Rescue District set to open new Station 2.

  • East County
  • News
The meeting starts at 5:45 p.m.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 23, 2016
Bashaw renovations net savings

The School Board tonight will consider a change order for savings of more than $600,000.

  • East County
  • Schools
Brain Health Initiative founder Stephanie Peabody
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 31, 2022
Led by Brain Health Initiative, the industry builds information bridges

Lakewood Ranch's Brain Health Initiative among groups pushing for preventative action to reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

  • East County
  • News
An artistic rendering of the enhanced Koski Production Center. (Courtesy image)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • June 24, 2022
Asolo Repertory Theatre opens expanded rehearsal space

For years, Asolo Rep has longed to spread its wings and build a bigger rehearsal space. Finally, that day has arrived.

  • Arts + Culture
City Commissioners this week authorized increasing the agreement between the city and Ajax Paving Industries of Florida for Ringling Trail design-build services by $29,114 to a total of $2.79 million.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 6, 2022
City OKs ballot language for commissioners' pay raise

If voters approve, Sarasota leaders will go from $29,000 to more than $44,000 a year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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