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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 11, 2018
Why we should worry about China

US can’t put a warplane in the air without Chinese chips.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
There are 122 speakers installed around St. Armands Circle, but leaders hope to stop the music coming out of them.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 23, 2017
St. Armands Muzak just won't stop

Tropical music is still being piped in through speakers along St. Armands Circle — much to the dismay of businesses and property owners.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • December 12, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: No skim scams here

Police reports around around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Officials leasing the Mall at University Town Center also say they will be announcing more tenants soon.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 30, 2013
Daily Headlines: Oct. 30, 2013

Today's stories: Longboat Key partners with University of Florida; Sarasota Police to offer virtual ride-along; Nordstrom Rack prepares for grand opening; and MORE!

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Executive Director Lisa Intagliata and founder and board Chair Sidney Turner stand on the site of their future Resilient Retreat property in East Sarasota County.
  • By Eric Snider |
  • May 20, 2021
Charity Snapshot: Rescue Mission

Resilient Retreat, currently under construction, is a project founded by psychologist Sidney Turner to treat trauma survivors.

  • LWR Life
Kevin Daves presented this conceptual drawing for a project Fruitville and U.S. 41. The 18-story segment is limited to land already entitled to that height.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 10, 2016
Downtown land swap highlights divide on growth

A proposed deal between the city and a developer could help the construction of a roundabout at U.S. 41 and Fruitville Road — and an 18 story, 80-unit condominium nearby.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Chris McComas had to do substantial research on getting the right sand for the volleyball complex at Waterside Place of Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 27, 2021
New volleyball complex close to opening in Lakewood Ranch's Waterside Place

155 dump trucks deliver the goods in creating Waterside volleyball courts in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Peter Van Wagner, John Rapson, Dayne Lee Palya, Suzanne Grodner and Zachary Prince star in Asolo Rep's production of Grand Horizons. (Photo courtesy of Cliff Roles)
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • February 3, 2022
'Grand Horizons' meets great expectations

The Asolo Rep’s production of “Grand Horizons” is seriously funny. And, sometimes, just plain serious.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Kohen List.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 12, 2022
East County Athlete of the Week: Kohen List

The Braden River High junior holds school records in the boys high jump and boys javelin.

  • East County
  • Sports
Larry Grossman
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 10, 2015
Your candidate: Larry Grossman

A retired city planner, Larry Grossman thinks he's the perfect candidate to help reshape the town's codes. and transform underutilized Key sites.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
More than 70 people attended the more than eight-hour meeting Monday.
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • March 7, 2018
Longboat commissioners advance plan to build St. Regis hotel

First vote goes 5-2 in favor of Unicorp in plan to remake former Colony. Second vote planned for March 16.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Cars are parked on the street along Broadway in the Longbeach Village neighborhood.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • December 7, 2020
Longboat leaders approve resident-only parking for neighborhood

Longboat Key's resident-permit parking program takes effect on New Year's Day.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Barry Gaines has seen enough film festivals to know what he likes and what he wants to leave out of GainesCon.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • May 31, 2021
Longboat Key IT specialist Barry Gaines launching sci-fi and fantasy film festival

Gaines hopes to give small sci-fi filmmakers and actors a chance to show themselves with GainesCon in November.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Yvonne Martin, Rob Commissar, Donna Downes and Nancy Sykes (Photo by Lori Sax )
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • November 18, 2021
Class Act: Game Changers

Armed with spreadsheets, data and plenty of empathy, Nancy Sykes and her fiercely dedicated team at Esplanade Gives Back offer critical help to the surrounding community.

  • LWR Life
County Administrator Scott Hopes speaks at a town hall event. (File photo)
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • June 2, 2022
After Manatee administrator contract disagreements, officials say it’s still business as usual

The county clerk's allegations place additional stress on the commissioners, who clash on the administrator's job performance.

  • East County
  • News
Samantha Miller has her digital artwork blown up to poster size.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • January 18, 2022
Embracing Our Differences returns for 2022 exhibit

The annual showcase has new artwork on display at Bayfront Park.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
An example of a beautified and activated alley in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 20, 2023
City to study alley beautification proposal

The Sarasota City Commission backs Erik Arroyo's request to clean up and activate downtown alleyways.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 12, 2022
Legislative politics fells Siesta incorporation

To all those people who worked so earnestly on the Siesta Key incorporation efforts: Good try.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Alisha Espinosa, foreground, and the cast of "A Skeptic and a Bruja" seek answers from the beyond. (Courtesy photo: Dylan Jon Wade Cox)
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • April 6, 2022
Skeptics peer into the beyond in 'Bruja'

Rosa Fernandez’s "A Skeptic and a Bruja" brings the next world close to home at Urbanite Theatre.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Art in Common Places installs "broadside" posters along with take-home cards in everything from nonprofits to doctors' offices.
  • By Emily Leinfuss |
  • February 16, 2023
Finding uncommon art in the most common of places

For Art in Common Places, the answer of "What is art?" lies in collaboration, community and understanding.

  • Arts + Culture
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