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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 12, 2015
FYI Friday: Lift Station 87 hits more delays

This week's FYI Friday features news about the sewage station, the controversy brewing over the Ringling Shopping Center and more!

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 22, 2015
Campers dance with joy

Girls showed off their new dancing skills with an end-of-camp performance Friday.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
This week’s FYI Friday features a video from the grand opening of the Mall at UTC, a downtown Taco Bus update and more!
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 17, 2014
FYI Friday - Your weekly news roundup

Catch up on the week's most important and most interesting news stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County with FYI Friday.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Sgt. Keaton Clark, Sgt. Grace Gordon, First Sgt. Brandon Christensen, Pvt. Matthew Pochopien, First Lt. Jackson Stroud
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 20, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: SYC Welcome Back Party

In honor of the Change of Watch, Sarasota Yacht Club hosted a welcome back party on Saturday, Oct. 19. The new Board of Directors elected Pete Kujawski as it's new Commodore, Bobby Overall as Vice Commodore, and Alex Lancaster as Rear Commodore.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
This marks the fourth time New College has been among the top three public school offerings in the Princeton Review and USA Today’s ranks.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • February 7, 2012
New College makes appearance on the 'Today' show for no. 3 'Best Value College' ranking

New College was ranked by the Princeton Review and USA Today as the no. 3 "Best Value College in America" for 2012.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The news comes eight days after a sell-out production of "Let's Hang On," a tribute to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons March 1.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 11, 2013
The Golden Apple's doors close in second eviction within a year

The Golden Apple's new partners were locked out by the landlord

  • Arts + Culture
The Retter Wing at Sarasota Memorial Hospital comes down to make room for a 44-bed Rehabilitation Pavilion.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • January 6, 2016
Sarasota Memorial makes room for rehabilitation pavilion

Demolition of the former Retter wing starts on the site for the new rehabilitation pavilion.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A new restaurant is being developed on old Pattigeorge's Waterfront Restaurant site on Longboat Key.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • October 21, 2016
New 200-seat restaurant coming to former Pattigeorge’s Waterfront Restaurant site on Longboat Key

Construction schedule and project cost estimates are still being developed.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 2, 2015
Movin' On Up: This Week in Sarasota's new home

Movin' On Up: This Week in Sarasota's new home

  • Arts + Culture
Town Manager Dave Bullock is going to use some sand from a $10 million mid-Key beach dump truck haul project set to begin in April for the south end behind properties such as L’Ambiance.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 5, 2016
South end beach permit received

The New Pass dredging project will place 250,000 cubic yards of sand on the south end this summer.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota Memorial Hospital unveiled its new $250 million Courtyard Tower last year.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 14, 2014
SMH pushes forward with more renovations

Sarasota Memorial Hospital will hold a community workshop Wednesday, to involve the public in initial plans for a new rehabilitation facility.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Sarasota campus of Sarasota Memorial Hospital in 2021.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 24, 2024
SMH invests $160 million in new electronic records system

The new information platform at Sarasota Memorial Health Care System will provide seamless integration of patient data across all providers and facilities.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Small-cell poles dot the downtown Sarasota landscape. They were installed in 2019.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 24, 2022
Longboat Key is on the verge of approving a cell-service upgrade

Nine poles, nine questions and answers regarding the proposal up for a vote next week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2011
Our View: Start with a blank sheet

In adversity, there is opportunity.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Najee Rhodes was The Out-of-Door Academy's starting running back last season.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 5, 2015
Football Preview: The Out-of-Door Academy

After dropping down to Class 2A-District 5, The Out-of-Door Academy football team looks for a turnaround season.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 9, 2023
Here's the Sarasota news you might have missed this summer

The long, hot summer saw a "perfect storm," soaring construction costs and record-setting real estate sales.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Designer Alex Pinchin prepares the audio equipment for “Wakey, Wakey.” Photo by Kayleigh Omang
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • August 8, 2018
Urbanite Theatre's ninjas of sound create the audio artistry of every play

Sound designers create a playground for the imagination — especially at Urbanite Theater, and their invisible artistry makes all the difference.

  • Arts + Culture
Gail Loefgren returned to the chamber in September 2013 after a five-year hiatus.
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • August 8, 2023
Gail Loefgren reflects on 25 years of service as chamber president

After announcing her retirement, the president of the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce recounts the impact that the island has had on her.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
George Rauch, Longboat Key, is chief executive officer of Bradenton-based General Propeller and a former Wall Street investment banker.
  • By George Rauch |
  • December 7, 2011
Market Watch: Dollars and no sense equals indebted mess

A little more than three years ago, in March 2008, the U.S. national debt was $9.4 trillion. In the 925 days since then, our national debt has risen to almost $15 trillion.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
1. Riverview High's Emma Weyant won two swimming golds at the state meet in 2018.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 6, 2019
The top-10 sports moment of Sarasota's 2018-2019 high school year

The top-10 sports moment of Sarasota's 2018-2019 high school year, from Riverview, Booker, Sarasota and Cardinal Mooney high schools.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
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