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Del Webb at Lakewood Ranch's Carrie Mueller is using a simple pattern to create masks for healthcare providers with Tidewell Hospice. She's coordinating with about 15 other sewers in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 1, 2020
Mask motivation supports healthcare workers in Lakewood Ranch area

East County residents are on a mission to make a difference during coronavirus outbreak.

  • East County
  • News
Vince Cera reads to second-graders at Palmetto’s James Tillman Elementary School.
  • By Eric Snider |
  • May 14, 2018
By the Book

Lakewood Ranch Rotary Club

  • LWR Life
Monaca Onstad, the director of community relations for Lakewood Ranch Communities, and Community Coordinator Mackenzie Straley stand in front of a model of the future myLWR.com
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 11, 2019
myLWR.com — Time has come for new Lakewood Ranch website

Time has come for new Lakewood Ranch website, myLWR.com

  • East County
  • News
The Annual Parkinson's Symposium will be held Jan. 12 at Sarasota Memorial Health Care Center, 5880 Rand Blvd., Sarasota. For information, visit neurochallenge.org or call 926-6412.
  • By Emily Walsh |
  • December 12, 2018
Small but mighty

With more than 9,000 people in the region diagnosed with Parkinson’s, a tiny not-for-profit group is garnering national attention.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Caitlin Sollazo, a senior at Lakewood Ranch High,  loves her Brown Swiss dairy cow, Dallas. It is the offspring of the first cow she owned.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 10, 2018
It's fair to say she loves cows

Lakewood Ranch senior Caitlin Sollazzo shows off her passion at the Manatee County Fair.

  • East County
  • News
Nancy Johnson says her most difficult family heirloom to track down belonged to her father.  “I didn’t know the Johnson family photo album existed until my father died at 91 years old,” Johnson says.
  • By Eric Snider |
  • February 22, 2018
Digging for Treasure

Nancy Johnson has spent most of her retirement with one foot in the past — and she couldn’t be happier about it.

  • LWR Life
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • October 12, 2017
Michael Klauber honored at SCOPE awards

For Klauber, the bayfront is all about dreaming big.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Volunteers don't need to have backgrounds in marine science. Mote gives their volunteers training before sending them out to their posts.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • August 30, 2017
Longboaters hooked on Mote

A plethora of Longboat Key residents have found a calling in volunteering at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • September 7, 2017
Sarasota resident sets her sights on research to fight cancer

Childhood cancer is rare, but to Laura Gilkey it doesn’t feel rare.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Taylor Phillips, Danny Lewis, Zach Bennett and Kendrick Rivera  rehearse a routine at the Sarasota Cuban Ballet School summer intensive on July 10 at the Sarasota Cuban Ballet School. Photo by Niki Kottmann
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • July 19, 2017
Local ballet school fosters a universal language of expression

Dancers from all over the world learn and train together at the Sarasota Cuban Ballet School's summer intensive.

  • Arts + Culture
Melissa Nell and Charlie Hunsicker, of Manatee County Parks and Natural Resources, worked as part of a team to create the interactive exhibits inside of the Nature Center.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • January 13, 2016
Manatee County centers on nature

A new Nature Center at Rye Preserve dives into the area's history and landscape.

  • East County
  • News
Downtown Improvement District Operations Manager John Moran and Gotcha Group Vice President Griffin Blackwelder pose in front of an electric vehicle at City Hall Monday.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 8, 2017
City strikes deal with downtown transit operator

The Sarasota City Commission approved a $338,000 contract with a private operator to start a free, on-demand transportation service in the heart of the city.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kristine Nickel |
  • March 16, 2017
Now let us praise ... fiction

In these times of instant messaging, texting, screen time overload, isn’t it worth the attempt to carve out some fiction time?

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
East County's Mike Lowe, Manatee County Sheriff's Office Capt. Bob Mealy and Tara's Bob Dallesandro visit during National Coffee with a Cop Day.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 7, 2016
'Coffee with a Cop' stories not all sugar-coated

Side of Ranch Jay Heater

  • East County
  • News
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • December 1, 2016
Sarasota resident proves that not all heroes wear capes

Not all heroes wear capes. In fact, some have fur.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Tammy Halstead, Tom Scholz, Ed Nugent and Chamber President Gail Loefgren at August's Business After Hours.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • December 14, 2016
Your Calendar: Holiday Business After Hours

Check out upcoming events on Longboat Key and surrounding areas.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 12, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 8.13.15

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Leanne Spofford, Cheri Christiansen and Nancy Brown supply much of the passion behind "Four Pillars," a new spa and wellness retreat in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 15, 2016
Side of Ranch: Jay Heater

Four Pillars a rock-solid business venture?

  • East County
  • News
The city has no formal plans to revise its special event policy, but staff is undertaking a thorough review of this year’s Thunder by the Bay.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 28, 2016
Reports contrast on Thunder by the Bay's economic impact

A survey of merchants indicated Thunder by the Bay hampered business downtown, but the organizer wants the city to consider broader impacts when evaluating the event’s future.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Kevin Williams, one of the new owners of Desoto Speedway, now Full Throttle Speedway, stands on the freshly renovated track, which has 18-degree banked turns primed for fast driving. The new racing season started May 4.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • May 15, 2013
Desoto Speedway welcomes new owners, name

New owners hope to revive the South's 'fastest short track.'

  • East County
  • News
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