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  • By Chef Judi Gallagher |
  • November 13, 2012
TWIS = This Week Is Savory

TWIS = This Week Is Savory

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Melissa Coleman Sperber, Charlotte Johnson, Benjamin Howe, Melissa Hull and Natalie Elizabeth Robinson will dance in SCD + Piazzolla beginning Oct. 12. Photo by Sorcha Augustine
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • October 4, 2017
SCD takes steps in a new direction with its first show of the season

Sarasota Contemporary Dance will open its season with SCD + Piazzolla, a collaboration that reinvents tango.

  • Arts + Culture
Ranger Zack Westmark helps Bill Jones of South Sarasota, a frequent biker at the park, use the new bike work station funded by Friends of Myakka River. (Miri Hardy photo)
  • By Miri Hardy |
  • May 18, 2021
Myakka State Park's cycling day puts focus on nature from a new perspective

May 22 event will include a variety of special activities for cyclists at the park.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 24, 2009
Dancers achieve platinum status

KC and the Sunshine Dancers completed its competition season last month, earning a double-platinum award for its jazz routine.

  • Arts + Culture
Players Theatre directing pair Bob Trisolini and Pamela Wiley plan their upcoming production of the musical "Violet."
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • January 27, 2015
Spotlight: It Takes Two

Translating a Broadway production to a community theater stage poses unique challenges. Two first-time directors collaborate to tackle the task.

  • Arts + Culture
Barb Thomason decides which bowl to take home from Bowls of Hope last year.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • November 5, 2015
Sarasota calendar 11.5.15

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of Nov. 5.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 29, 2021
Casey Key property ties for highest-priced area sale

3.7 acre compound sells for $16.5 million, equalling price of Longboat Key's Serenissima.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Clarence Arrington is happy to be coaching his Sarasota Military Academy wrestling team after three years at Braden River High.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 22, 2018
SMA wrestling team, with four district champs, gets mindset from its coach

Clarence Arrington returned to the program in 2016.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Bullock became interim town manager Nov. 1. He served 14 years as Sarasota County deputy administrator.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 14, 2011
PIC to hold reception for Bullock

The Public Interest Committee will host new Town Manager David Bullock at a membership reception.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Five cars, including the Dodge Caravan, were hit. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • January 11, 2012
BREAKING NEWS: Reckless driver hits four cars on Main Street

Authorities report that a reckless driver of a Dodge Caravan crashed into a line of cars this morning near the intersection of Main Street and Washington.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 30, 2021
Tocobaga Bay home is Sarasota area's top seller

Property is highest-priced sale in Sarasota, Siesta Key and surrounding areas for the week of Oct. 18-22.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Sarasota mechanic Robert Phothisack works on a car at Honest1 in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 5, 2020
Honest1 Auto Care hopes to live up to its name in Lakewood Ranch

Can Honest1 Auto Care live up to its name in Lakewood Ranch?

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 26, 2020
He should be fired

FDOT is not the one to blame for the traffic backups on the Ringling Causeway. The city is. It controls the timing of the projects.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
City Commission candidate Susan Chapman.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 2, 2017
City Commission candidate questionnaire: Susan Chapman

At-large candidate Susan Chapman shares her thoughts on the key issues ahead of the March 14 election.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Tom Leonard presented this conceptual drawing of a potential amphitheater in St. Armands Circle Park at a meeting on Wednesday, July 14. Image via city of Sarasota.
  • By David Conway |
  • July 14, 2021
St. Armands group considers amphitheater in Circle

The St. Armands Business Improvement District is interested in exploring options for increasing activity in a park in the middle of the commercial zone.

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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 28, 2010
THEATER THERAPY

The Asolo Repertory Theatre will take Kaleidoscope, its theater arts program for students with special needs students, to a year-round format.

  • East County
  • News
The town of Longboat Key has replaced the missing World War II memorial near the mid-key water station at 4250 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • November 9, 2020
Historic marker is back

The marker is one of seven installed in 1997. It notes Longboat Key's role in training new Army Air Corps pilots.

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  • News
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • March 3, 2014
Big Pass dredge opponents say 'let it be'

A performance of the classic Beatles song, "Let it be," on an organ towed out to the Big Pass shoal highlights mounting opposition to a proposed U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging project.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Built in 1949, 276 N. Washington Drive it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,526 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 30, 2021
Ringling Estates home is week's top seller at $6.2 million

Property on North Washington Drive sells for highest price in Longboat Key, Lido Key area for the week of Oct. 18-22.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Palm Aire resident Leon Sickles spoke in favor of the project, adding the changes create the upscale community he and others desired.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 26, 2020
Palm Aire apartments approved in Manatee County

Site will have 315 luxury apartments instead of affordable housing.

  • East County
  • News
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