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Cully Rowell was named the 2020 Manatee County Agriculturalist of the Year.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 22, 2020
Myakka City rancher cultivates respect in Manatee County

Myakka City's Cully Rowell is named Agriculturalist of the Year for Manatee County

  • East County
  • News
Grigory Soloviov, Timur Bekbosunov, and Alexandra Batsios in Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Golden Cockerel."
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • February 17, 2015
A&E Picks and Highlights

A&E Editor Nick Reichert keeps you in the know about events, local performers and art gallery happenings.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 18, 2010
Manatee County hosts 'Biggest Loser'

Bill Germanakos, who lost 164 pounds to win the fourth season of "The Biggest Loser," will speak Jan. 20.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • May 3, 2016
INTERACTIVE: Share your Players Theatre memories

The iconic performing arts center plans to move out of downtown Sarasota and into a new Lakewood Ranch development.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Planning, Zoning and Building Director Allen Parsons explains zoning changes.
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • January 13, 2019
Longboat gives initial OK to new set of building rules

A registry of nonconforming properties becomes law.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Pictured is the great room of one of the penthouse offerings. Penthouses will be up to 3,326 square feet. Courtesy image.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 26, 2016
Developers ready to launch Lakewood Ranch project

Lakeshore condo project back on track after reworked architectural plan.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 16, 2015
Growth continues at Manatee County schools

Growth continues at Manatee County schools

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 21, 2011
Garden Leaders files bid protest

Lakewood Ranch CDD boards have taken steps to ensure Down to Earth Lawn Care will start landscaping services Jan. 1.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 21, 2021
Hayden Buckley wins 2021 LECOM Suncoast Classic in Lakewood Ranch

Buckley won a three-person playoff at Lakewood National Golf Club to take the trophy.

  • East County
  • Sports
The Sarasota Orchestra says it has found potentially suitable sites for a concert hall, but they're all located outside of the city limits.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 8, 2020
Despite overtures, orchestra sees no viable venue sites in city

The City Commission wants to keep the orchestra within city limits, but the arts organization says it hasn’t found a suitable home for a new concert hall there.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Guy Peterson, Charles Bailey, Judge Lee Haworth and Iain Webb
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • April 24, 2017
CVA inducts new members into hall of fame

The Community Video Archives honored four new community members at its annual Hall of Fame Induction Luncheon on April 24 at Michael’s On East.

  • Black Tie
The Chorus of the Keys has been performing on Zoom since the start of the pandemic. Courtesy Photo.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • February 1, 2021
Chorus of the Keys continues rehearsing over Zoom

The singing group has turned to Zoom rehearsals in the hope of returning together when the pandemic's done.

  • Arts + Culture
Michelle Jett, co-owner of the Baja Boys food truck, is one of the vendors hoping to see Sarasota officials revisit the regulations on mobile vendors. File photo
  • By David Conway |
  • November 25, 2014
Meal plan

The SRQ Food Truck Alliance formed to reform city and county regulations - but, first, it'll have to reach out to local officials.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Cougars volleyball team is one win from back-to-back Final Four appearances.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 29, 2020
Prose and Kohn: No quit in Mooney volleyball

The Cougars are one win from back-to-back Final Four appearances.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 2, 2014
News Briefs

Commission to discuss Key Club referendum ; Police arrest former caregiver for theft; Mote sells sturgeon and caviar production operation

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jude Law and Cameron Diaz in "The Holiday." Photo source: Freeform.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 20, 2019
'Nog Blog: I was loved for a minute

"The Holiday" and "I, Tonya" are this week's picks.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
At 183 feet, Islands West is one of the tallest structures on Longboat Key.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • February 22, 2017
Longboat leaders set 80-foot height limit

Planning board members set a height limit on an otherwise flexible development process to keep the character of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Tom Harmer |
  • October 28, 2019
My View: Town debt doesn't rise to $100 million

Editorial's figures generally accurate but misleading.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Donna DeFant
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 2, 2019
They've got the power in the Lakewood Ranch area

Here are the people to watch in 2019.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 10, 2010
Jiggs Landing renovation on schedule

Manatee County will not be able to salvage a cabin from the site. Instead, it will build a replica that will be decorated by the Old Braden River Historical Society.

  • East County
  • News
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