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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • January 30, 2019
Cops Corner: A stray sailboat on shore leave.

Police reports from around the town.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Keith Pandeloglou owns Cowork offices in Lakewood Ranch and Sarasota and now becomes the new director of Lakewood Ranch Community Activities.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 9, 2017
Lakewood Ranch Community Activities hires new director

Business whiz talks about new challenge in nonprofit sector.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • November 26, 2021
No-swim advisory lifted for Bird Key Park

Follow up testing indicates allowable levels of bacteria in nearby waters.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • March 16, 2016
People with Purpose: Kelvin Cooper

People with Purpose: Kelvin Cooper

  • Black Tie
The city workshop is the first step toward adjusting regulations on new projects bordering Laurel Park.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 9, 2016
City prepares to vet Laurel Park zoning changes

Staff is holding a community workshop to discuss new zoning regulations, drafted after the city rejected the proposed expansion of the Woman’s Exchange.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 20, 2012
Wave Runners swimmers make a splash this summer

Lakewood Ranch YMCA Wave Runners Sydney Panzarino, Courtney Chapin and Bea Gelongo attended the Summer Senior Championships last month in Sarasota.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • 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
Financial advisor Joshua Lowe learned about hard work during his dad's run as a minor league baseball coach with the Cubs, Yankees and Expos.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 10, 2020
Lakewood Ranch financial advisor hopes to score with new office

Lakewood Ranch financial advisor hopes to score with new office

  • East County
  • Business
Chuck Whittall
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • January 31, 2018
Hopeful Colony developer optimistic after zoning code change withdrawn

Unicorp National Developments President Chuck Whittall said he hopes to break ground at the site of the former Colony by the end of the year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 5, 2012
Film Review: 'Killing Them Softy'

Finally, Brad Pitt goes noir and nails the defining role of his career.

  • Arts + Culture
Residents could soon trade rides on a bus for a ride share service as part of SCAT's system overhaul. File photo
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • October 29, 2020
SCAT to eliminate south routes, add ride share

As part of a system overhaul, many fixed routes will be eliminated in favor of a ride share service.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The first day back to school, which is normally filled with hugs, could look drastically different in August.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • June 16, 2020
School board takes closer look at first day options

Following state directives, district leaders have reworked the back to school plan.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
The Sarasota Sharks will maintain control of Selby Aquatic Center for up to the next 30 years.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • September 10, 2019
Sarasota County Commission approves Selby Aquatic lease

The Sarasota Sharks have maintained control over the property since early 2018.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Rotarian Don Weippert chokes up while accepting thanks from veteran Carl Moore, whose Home for Our Troops homes was made partially possibly by Weippert's $10,000 donation. Weippert challenged his colleagues to support veterans.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 31, 2018
Lakewood Ranch Elks host open house

Rotary, Rosedale women honor veterans

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Downtown entrepreneur Jesse Biter is working on a deal to purchase up to 10 storefronts on mid-Main Street.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • December 20, 2012
Main Street building under contract

The sale would encompass two buildings for a total of 200 feet of storefront space on Main Street. It would be the third major downtown investment for entrepreneur Jesse Biter in two years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Village's Safe Treats Halloween observance isn't just for children. File photo.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • October 20, 2011
Island Beat: Tushes slowly make progress on service station plans

The Tush family, owners of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Stickney Point Road, slowly are making progress on their plans for the former BP station just to the west of their store.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Resolutions that provide for beach project funding, Longboat Pass dredging and an inlet management plan funding project with Manatee County will be reviewed today at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 19, 2014
Commission reviews wireless group recommendation today

A Florida Power & Light plan to install new electrical poles Key-wide that can withstand strong hurricane winds this summer will also be discussed.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 29, 2011
Our View: Fast-track zoning change

The new Sarasota City Commission is making real attempts to be more business- and development-friendly, to change the city's "no" perception.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
As of Thursday, Dec. 17, 1,738 patients have tested positive at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, and 140 COVID-19 patients have died.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2020
Tracking COVID-19 cases in Sarasota, Manatee

As of Thursday, the state lists 16,389 confirmed positive cases in Sarasota and 19,612 in Manatee. In Sarasota, 454 positive individuals have died, and 400 have died in Manatee.

  • Sarasota
  • News
“Sunlit Gardenia” by Betsy Cameron
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • September 24, 2018
Art Ovation collaborative exhibits open in time for upcoming season

Two new exhibits at Art Ovation Hotel — one in collaboration with Alfstad& Contemporary Gallery and the other with Florida Watercolor Society — aim to broaden perspectives.

  • Arts + Culture
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