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The town of Longboat Key has posted several of these "wear a mask" signs throughout the island.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • August 20, 2020
Longboat commissioners to vote Aug. 31 on extension of mandatory mask policy

The Longboat Key Town Commission is set to hold an emergency virtual meeting on Aug. 31.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • June 27, 2018
Cops Corner: End of the line for this driver

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Initial site work at Town Center Green started in April and is scheduled to finish in late summer.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • May 11, 2020
Longboat begins looking at what's next for Town Center Green

Initial site work at Town Center Green began in April and is scheduled to finish in late summer.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 21, 2020
COVID-19 creates cause to change

The Lido Beach reopening debate serves an allegory for what has ailed the city: its form of government.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Jeanette Gardner stretches during the song "YMCA."
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • October 17, 2019
Sarasota YMCAs finding a new norm after changing ownership

New leaders had to start from ground zero, rehiring employees and finding new members.

  • Sarasota
  • News
What happens if Sarasota's bayfront park becomes a center of constant activity, similar to what has occurred, say, at Cincinnati’s Fountain Park? (Courtesy image)
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 12, 2019
Sarasota's overall strategy: Whack-a-mole!

Monday’s City Commission meeting agenda — with votes on the Bay Park and Fruitville Road — illustrates a helter-skelter strategy, which is no strategy. Table the Fruitville Road vote.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Samantha Chaney |
  • February 7, 2019
Home-based business waves victory flag

The longstanding Sarasota flag business finally gained legal status following a contentious hearing with county commissioners.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 6, 2016
Longboat Key dispatch woes a learning process

The Longboat Key Police Department has unveiled a new non-emergency number, as some residents fret about the recent switchover to Sarasota County’s dispatch system.c

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A tricolored heron stalks through the water at Celery Fields in Sarasota.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • August 17, 2017
Not suited for a dump

Next Wednesday’s hearings on a proposal to approve a construction-waste recycling plant near the Celery Fields will be a test of the vision county commissioners have for the future.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Summer Wallace, Vickie Daignault and Annabelle Mayock perform in "Women Laughing Alone with Salad." Photo by Dylan Jon Wade Cox
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • April 11, 2018
'Women Laughing Alone with Salad' serves up gender politics sans croutons

Urbanite Theatre's latest play may seem like a feminist sermon from the description, but in actuality it runs like a series of edgy comedy sketches.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Sophia Falco and John Rivera, Lakewood Ranch'   s track and field stars, have been dating for just over a year.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 10, 2017
Lakewood Ranch state track champions develop pure gold relationship

They won a combined four golds, two silver and a bronze at the state meet.

  • East County
  • Sports
Ringling College President Larry Thompson discusses the C4 initiative at a Jan. 5 press conference.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 14, 2016
Could the North Trail become a hub for higher education?

Leaders of colleges on the North Trail believe a new partnership could have an impact that expands beyond the boundaries of the higher learning institutions.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Les McCurdy thinks Sarasota's existing sign ordinances place too big a burden on downtown businesses, and believes a common-sense solution is needed.
  • By David Conway |
  • July 2, 2015
New message: City seeks merchant input on sign regulations

Businesses and staff members offer their insight on the city’s current sign policies, set to get a thorough examination later this summer.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The proximity of the Echelon on Palm construction site and the Essex House condominiums has been a source of tension.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 2, 2017
Residents fear impact of neighboring construction sites

Downtown Sarasota is going through a building boom. For people living next to new developments, that comes with some growing pains.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • October 27, 2016
Commissioners approve comp plan update

Sarasota County finished its comprehensive plan update, leaving some residents concerned about how citizens will navigate the changes.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • December 15, 2016
Letters to the Editor: Sarasota 12.15.16

Readers comment on Siesta Beach smoking regulations and the proposed dredge of Big Pass.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Former Colony Beach & Tennis Resort General Manager Katie Moulton says helping parties achieve settlements as a professional mediator allows her to be with people again, and it just might help her heal from the one legal dispute she couldn’t settle.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 12, 2015
Where is Katie Moulton now?

Five years after the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort’s closing, longtime general manager Katie Moulton and owner Murf Klauber still talk Colony every day.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 8, 2016
Colony: The beginning of the end?

The board unanimously agreed to work with Unicorp National Development, which could resolve ongoing litigation.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Aaron Cushman is a Grand Bay resident who served during World War II and the Korean War.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • November 4, 2015
A veteran's voice: Aaron Cushman to speak at Veterans Day parade

Meet Aaron Cushman, one of the 130 veterans marching on Veterans Day.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 18, 2014
Districts seek to shed pricey water systems

Sticker shock from a $43,000 water pipe leak this summer has District 6 officials looking to unload their water system.

  • East County
  • News
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