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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 8, 2011
Briefs

Colony owner purchases loans; St. Denis schedules contract meetings; Saivetz pleads for an answer from the town

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Joan Marie Condon and Robin Fulk
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • April 18, 2019
Grown-ups find their fun at egg hunt

Fundraiser for Children's Garden and Art Center puts a different spin on a holiday staple.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Resident David Lough commissioned aerial shots of the Payne Park area in an effort to explore alternate options for building an orchestra venue. Photo courtesy David Lough.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 4, 2021
City includes Payne Park in effort to retain orchestra

The City Commission empowered staff to discuss placing a music hall in Payne Park — a concept that continues to draw opposition from preservationists.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 13, 2013
Debate centers on past vs. future

While six candidates vie for three Longboat Key Town Commission seats, debate and frustration about past commission decisions loom.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Tito Vitorino
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 4, 2021
Amore Restaurant to reopen in downtown Sarasota

Tito Vitorino and wife Liana, showrunners since Amore's beginnings on Longboat Key, now own the restaurant.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jessica Luck |
  • May 26, 2010
Ringling engages community in creative solutions

Ringling College of Art and Design hosted a Creativity@Work Retreat May 13 and May 14, at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
City officials have designated a sliver of land next to the Palm Avenue parking garage as a hotel site.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 1, 2011
City of Sarasota negotiating with two hotel developers

Sarasota has two companies interested in placing a hotel on a vacant parcel next to the Palm Avenue parking garage.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 27, 2015
Town could establish 16 potential new residential zoning districts for multifamily residential properties

By creating 16 new districts, the town could usher nonconforming properties into modern times.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Angela Massaro-Fain, Peggy Kronus and Lori Ruth are the co-chairs for "Vegas Comes to the Ranch."
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 6, 2021
Casino event at the Sarasota Polo Club a good bet for community

Sisterhood for Good hosts casino event at the Sarasota Polo Club in Lakewood Ranch

  • East County
  • News
Jay Yablon was elected for another two-year term and as president Tuesday afternoon at Temple Beth Israel.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 16, 2015
Colony owners review development proposals

The Colony board plans to schedule a meeting soon to discuss how to proceed with a development agreement that unit owners will support or discuss ways to auction off the property.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Least terns nested on Lido Beach this season in larger numbers, perhaps because they bypassed Longboat Key beaches. (Photo by Miri Hardy)
  • By Miri Hardy |
  • July 31, 2020
Bird of the week: Least tern

Coastal development prompts species status as threatened.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 24, 2009
Plaza problems

In less than two months, the Whitney Beach Plaza shopping center has lost three businesses. Now, remaining businesses struggle to bring in customers.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Debbie Dean, Laura Shapard, Penny Thomas, Patti Curtin, Cheri Starn, Betsy Winder, Karen Nejdawi and Julie McGue are headed to Orlando to participate in the USTA’s 55 and Older Sectional Championships.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • October 15, 2020
Longboat Key women to play in USTA tournament in Orlando

The USTA’s 55 and Older Sectional Championships is scheduled from Oct. 24-26 in Orlando.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Su Byron |
  • August 19, 2021
Art and About: The Arts Scene is Back!

It’s fall, but it feels like spring. The once-dormant area art scene is finally making a comeback. Here’s a glimpse of what’s happening.

  • LWR Life
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • January 4, 2021
Longboat Key's new fire truck is officially in use

The town of Longboat Key paid $850,000 for the new fire truck.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Courtesy photo. Members of the blue "jelly" team show off their donations for the Out-of-Door Academy’s annual Peanut Butter and Jelly Food Drive Competition.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 24, 2015
Peanut butter upsets jelly in ODA food drive

Students at the lower campus and upper campuses participated in the Peanut Butter and Jelly food drive to benefit the All Faiths Food Bank Campaign Against Summer Hunger.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Capt. Nick Froelich shows off the 692-pound shark's giant set of jaws. Photo by Robin Hartill
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 30, 2014
12-year-old tourists catch 692-pound mako shark

Tony Musca, Ryan Roberts and Sam Von Duhn have quite the shark tale.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Donna Sharp-Blaney and her daughters Chelsea and Chloe. Courtesy photo.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • May 5, 2021
Longboat Key moms on moms

Mothers have a keen sense of what parenthood is all about.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge disagrees with Michael Barfield's assertion that the commissioner has not provided all necessary records.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • January 6, 2021
Public interest cited as reason for lawsuit against Manatee County commissioners

Paralegal consultant and commissioners disagree if they've complied with records requests

  • East County
  • News
Nearly 100 guests came to hear about staying creative as you age. Ringling College's Morgan Woolverton spoke about virtual reality and its future applications.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 15, 2019
Lakewood Ranch launches lecture series

LWR Talks series attracts nearly 100 residents to first event.

  • East County
  • News
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