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Land east and west of the Celery Fields slopes now has been set aside as perpetual green space.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • January 14, 2022
Land east of Celery Fields set aside for preservation

A nearly 50-acre parcel is adjacent to 33 preserved acres west of the Sarasota County landmark.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 9, 2010
Town seeks volunteers for boards

The town of Longboat Key is accepting applications for its Planning & Zoning Board, Code Enforcement Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 31, 2014
TWIS Tour Guide: Super Bowl in Sarasota

TWIS Tour Guide: Super Bowl in Sarasota

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Elsie Fisher in "Eighth Grade." Photo via Prime Video.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 25, 2019
Binge Blog: Awkward exchanges

"Eighth Grade," starring Elsie Fisher, and "Jeopardy!" hosted by Alex Trebek are this week's picks.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
The former El Pescador building on the North Trail in Sarasota sold for $850,000 this month.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • November 29, 2016
Tex-Mex restaurant planned for North Trail

The owners of Wicked Cantina in Bradenton Beach this month bought the former El Pescador for $850,000.

  • Sarasota
  • News
South West Florida Therapy Animals Partners Ana Dod, with Boots, and Heather Perry, with Milo, hope to host events at the nonprofit's campus to help raise funds for the animals' care.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 19, 2020
The animal effect is in Lakewood Ranch

Ranch provides therapeutic connections in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • July 2, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: We're just resting

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Svetlana Ivashchenko, Michael Garey and raffle grand prize winner Monica Verinder
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 7, 2022
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key kicks off 2022 with first meeting

The club heard from the chair of the Longboat Key Foundation.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • July 1, 2021
How will this end?

No one knows how the current strife in America will end. But we’ve been resilient for 245 years. And we know this, too: An essential ingredient to pursuing happiness is you must be free.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The proximity of the 372-unit Aventon Sarasota apartment community to the end of the main runway at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. (Courtesy image)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 28, 2022
Airport votes to sue city over apartment vote

The Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority passed a resolution to sue the city of Sarasota over approval of an apartment community near its main runway.

  • Sarasota
  • News
IPOC attorney Michael Furen said he "was very pleased" with the Department of Community Affairs' ruling Wednesday.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 20, 2010
DCA: Consistent and inconsistent

The Department of Community Affairs ruled that the town's Comprehensive Plan is consistent in some parts but inconsistent in others.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jennifer and Mac deCarle
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • February 8, 2012
EDIBLES: Kids and parents learn to love lunch

The deCarle family has a lot in common with many others.

  • Arts + Culture
Those who live and work near Selby Five Points Park say that crime has been reduced and that transients are virtually non-existent since the city removed six benches from the park three months ago.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 13, 2011
City to revisit Five Points benches

The majority of downtown residents and business leaders agree that the atmosphere in Selby Five Points Park has improved since benches were removed three months ago.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Gregory Farino, MD |
  • February 25, 2019
GETTING THE UPPER HAND WITH ARTHRITIS

GETTING THE UPPER HAND WITH ARTHRITIS

  • Health
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  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 17, 2022
A tight leaderboard after round one of the LECOM Suncoast Classic

Thomas Walsh leads at eight under par, but 15 golfers are within two strokes of him.

  • East County
  • Sports
Speaker Seffi Kogen and AJC Regional Director, West Coast Florida Brian Lipton
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • August 16, 2017
AJC supporters gather for August Lunch & Learn

Luncheon speaker, AJC Assistant Director of Campus Affairs Seffi Kogen, spoke about trends surrounding anti-Semitism on American college campuses.

  • Black Tie
Five groins, like this one at the public beach at the end of N. Shore Road, are proposed for the north end of the island.
  • By Sten Spinella |
  • August 5, 2019
Longboat closer to moving forward on north end groin projects

The town received a notice of intent to issue permits from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in July.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 8, 2014
Controlled chaos

Months of meetings and plans for mitigating traffic for the opening of The Mall at University Town Center will be tested Oct. 16 when shoppers converge on the site.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 5, 2018
Cardinal Mooney football holds off Southeast to remain unbeaten

After taking a 27-0 lead, the Cougars hung on to win 30-20

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 19, 2012
Commission to consider changes to enforcement

As complaints about noise in the Village continue, residents and businesses look for more consistent enforcement.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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