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Mary Beth Rempp, a member of the Palm Aire Women's Club, says the grant the women's club gave to Valerie Green and Erline Constant with the Healthy Teens Coalition of Manatee County will go toward recruiting and training more health counselors.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • May 13, 2023
Palm Aire Women's Club donates to Sarasota, Manatee nonprofits

Grants from the women's club went to six nonprofits.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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
408 Jackson Drive
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 15, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for Jan. 30 to Feb. 3 for Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key, Bird Key.

A St. Armands home in John Ringling Estates tops the week's sales at $2.8 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Medical staff and members of the Sarasota County Public Hospital Board open the new waiting area.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 6, 2022
SMH opens kid-friendly waiting area at Sarasota emergency center

Sarasota Memorial Hospital has opened a new pediatric waiting room designed to help relieve the stress of young patients at its Sarasota campus emergency room.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota County has continued a discussion about a possible smoking ban on the county's beaches and in parks. (File photo)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 11, 2022
County Commission tables smoking ban discussion

Citing a need for more public information and input, the Sarasota County Commission has continued a discussion about banning smoking on beaches and in parks.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Deb Kehoe and Kathi Skelton started the local effort for Homes for Our Troops.
  • By Eric Snider |
  • February 22, 2018
Women on a Mission

Wounded veterans call East County do-gooders Kathi Skelton and Deb Kehoe fundraising ‘machines.’

  • LWR Life
Debbie Trice (center) and Jen Ahearn-Koch being sworn in as city commissioners by City Auditor and Clerk Shayla Griggs.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 19, 2022
Debbie Trice discusses her first-year goals as a Sarasota city commissioner

Facilitating affordable and attainable housing, clearer communications with the public and generally learning the ropes are the primary ambitions of new Sarasota City Commissioner Debbie Trice in her first year at the dais.

  • Sarasota
  • News
May I have this dance? Carol latches on to Monica Welde.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 27, 2021
Clawing through the pandemic at Bearadise in Myakka City

Owner Monica Welde remains committed to sustaining the Bearadise Ranch Bear Preserve in Myakka City.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 24, 2022
Polo Club, Waterside residents concerned about possible rezoning on Lorraine Road

Sarasota County seeks to allow light industrial and office uses on Lorraine Road corridors.

  • East County
  • News
Tim Mulqueen kicks a ball into the air while working with Orlando City SC goalkeepers. Courtesy photo.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 5, 2017
Lakewood Ranch resident has drive to coach in MLS

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • East County
  • Sports
The county is working on a public awareness campaign to educate the community about how to stop enabling homelessness.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • January 20, 2015
Harmer updates commissioners on homeless initiative

Although the county put the search for a Come As You Are adult shelter on hold, it has made efforts in other areas.

  • Sarasota
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Bird Key Park was among the seven locations on the no-swim advisory list July 28. (File photo)
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 29, 2022
Siesta Key among beaches now given all-clear from no-swim advisories

Bird Key/Ringling Causeway is among three sites still testing beyond safe limits for enterococcus bacteria, the Florida Department of Health said.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Last year’s fireworks on Siesta Key Beach.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2019
Fourth of July Calendar 2019

Everything you need to know to have the best Fourth of July this year.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Jose Martinez brought his paella pan to the fire station.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • June 2, 2020
Rotary Club of Longboat Key stays the course in pandemic

Despite lockdown, the club has kept up their meeting schedule and community work.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Rep. Tommy Gregory, District 73, says he is moving to the Lakewood Ranch area to run for the new District 72 seat.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 8, 2022
Rep. Tommy Gregory moving to Lakewood Ranch to run for new state House seat

The Florida representative avoids District 74 showdown with James Buchanan by announcing he will move to the Lakewood Ranch area.

  • East County
  • News
Workers have installed equipment pads and conduit on Sloop Drive in the southern end of Longboat Key.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 24, 2020
Utility work heads off GMD and into neighborhoods

Underground project enters a new phase as workers begin installing underground conduit on side streets.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Brennan Asplen came to Sarasota County Schools in 2020.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • December 2, 2022
School district cancels Friday meeting to consider Asplen's resignation

A Sarasota Schools spokesperson says that negotiations for the superintendent's departure continue.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Galbi, or grilled ribs, are one of Dokko's favorite items on the menu.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • March 31, 2022
Korê Steakhouse to bring Korean food and culture to Waterside Place

The new Korean restaurant brings no-tipping policy to Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Mote President and CEO Michael P. Crosby with Chairwoman Judy Graham
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • October 31, 2021
Mote brings the magic back with Oceanic Evening

The 2021 fundraiser was held Oct. 30 at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota.

  • Black Tie
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 14, 2021
We know how this story will end

What we are living in the U.S. isn’t a new tragedy. It has occurred throughout history; the results always the same: misery, destruction, slavery. In the end, the socialists’ ‘utopia’ never works.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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