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  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • February 1, 2022
This Week in A+E: Feb. 3-9

Charity dinners, festivals and fundraisers will share the scene with great music, art and theater offerings this week in Sarasota.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 23, 2022
'Pre-professional' soccer club coming to Sarasota

The as-yet-unnamed team will begin play in the United Soccer League's League Two in May 2023.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
While at home, iLana Armida has been able to write songs, sometimes with the help of her parents, Kim and Tommie Simone.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • September 7, 2021
East Bradenton's rising star returns to her roots

Mill Creek's iLana Armida finds her artistic identity through the pandemic.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The event had a band that played hard even without an audience. Courtesy photo Amy McKinlay
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • January 9, 2022
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation pulls off virtual gala

Staff switched to an online format shortly before the gala's debut.

  • Black Tie
The twin murals, of a surgical masked man and a woman, were undertaken on April 28. An official unveiling took place May 15.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 18, 2020
Downtown Sarasota murals tell heroic story

Health care workers honored with pair of paintings downtown.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A videographer kept everything running smoothly.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • September 4, 2020
High-tech High Holy Days at Temple Beth Israel

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are not until mid-September, but Temple Beth Israel has already recorded the services.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • September 27, 2019
Sarasota Orchestra starts dinner series with Beethoven Fall event

Orchestra patrons enjoyed a Q&A with featured conductor Marcelo Lehninger.

  • Black Tie
Riverwalk's Richard Tatem shakes hands with Steve Vernon, the chair of the Manatee County Republican Party, as Vernon congratulates him on his win. (Photo by Liz Ramos)
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • August 23, 2022
Lakewood Ranch's Richard Tatem elected to Manatee School Board District 5

Every vote counted for Richard Tatem as his 50.5% makes him the District 5 representative without the need for a run-off.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • August 11, 2022
Commissioners have a to-do list when they return next month

Routine and out-of-the-ordinary tasks await the Longboat Key Town Commission in September.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
District leaders are considering the best way to hold end of the year events such as prom and graduation.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • March 9, 2021
School leaders consider end of the year tests, events

Administrators are considering options for state testing, graduation and prom.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
A history of the club served as a placemat for attendees.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • May 16, 2022
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key celebrates 50 years

The club held a brunch at the Lazy Lobster to raise funds for their efforts.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Mary and Don Rooker-Smith have cherished their time together through 61 years of marriage.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • February 10, 2021
East County love bloomed in Africa

Stone River Retirement Community's Mary and Don Rooker-Smith reflect on 61 years of marriage.

  • East County
  • News
The home on 8569 Midnight Pass Road was built in 2012. It has
four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,033 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 9, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for Feb. 20-24 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis

A Siesta Key home on Midnight Pass Road tops the week's sale at $6.65 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
The Cabana Inn may finally have an opening to redevelopment. File photo
  • By David Conway |
  • November 19, 2014
Cabana Inn seeks benefits of new code

The site of the Cabana Inn is serving as a real-world example of how form-based code could impact development.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Ben Papineau.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 23, 2022
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Ben Papineau

The Sarasota Christian senior threw a complete game shutout and hit a home run March 22 against Lakeside Christian.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
The landlubbers of the heron family, cattle egrets mostly forage inland, far from the water-based feeding habitats of other herons. (Miri Hardy)
  • By Miri Hardy |
  • October 22, 2021
Bird of the week: Cattle egret

Upland-living species differs from its aquatic relatives in food choices, hunting methods.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
"Head over Heels" is a rocking jukebox musical that mixes 16th-century characters in an early MTV universe, with the Go-Go's providing the soundtrack.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • February 25, 2020
Players Centre's 'Head Over Heels' has got the beat

Their whole world's out of sync, but this bawdy, amped up jukebox musical is terrific fun

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Last year, the Rotary Club hosted a luncheon for veterans. Photo by Katie Johns.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • November 6, 2019
Rotary Club of Longboat Key to celebrate veterans

On Veterans Day, those who served in the Vietnam War will receive pins and recognition.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Andy Mele, executive director of Sarasota Bay Watch, Tanner Stults, Judd McKean, director of Carefree Learners, and Larry Stults, father of Tanner and board member of Sarasota Bay Watch
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 1, 2012
Riverview senior identifies local environmental need

Using a boat, a waterproof camera and a small grant for printing fees, Tanner Stults created a field guide for Florida's coast; bays that includes more than 50 photographs. It's a project that took the now Riverview High School senior one-and-a-half years to complete.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
David Brooks and Matthew Jones
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • October 15, 2021
Firefighters prepare for Sunday chili competition

21st Morton's Firehouse Cook-off pits first-responders against each other in a culinary conflagration.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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