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Consultant Kurt Spitzer presented a map that adjusted 2019 boundaries to create a better balance between districts across the county. Image via Sarasota County.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 21, 2021
Sarasota County narrows list of redistricting maps

As officials work to redraw district boundaries, county commissioners continue to take issue with a voter-backed change to local elections.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The northern soccer fields at Premier Sports Campus could be used as an overflow section for the event lawn when not being used for sports, based on the county's first draft of a general development plan for Premier's expansion.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • January 27, 2021
Premier plan starts taking shape

Inside the planning of the Premier Sports Campus park expansion

  • East County
  • News
A Life Story Foundation founder Kevin Swan was amazed by the generosity exhibited at Cirque to Cure to support ALS research.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 18, 2020
Coronavirus affects health of nonprofits in Lakewood Ranch area

Coronavirus affects health of nonprofits in Lakewood Ranch area.

  • East County
  • News
Dr. Richard Aranibar, CEO Andy Guz and Director of Surgical Services John Hall stand in front of the new cardiac catheterization lab.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 18, 2019
After 15 years, Lakewood Ranch Medical Center continues to grow to serve community

After 15 years, Lakewood Ranch Medical Center continues to grow to serve community

  • East County
  • News
Gollub
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • December 13, 2012
City names new downtown economic leader

In Greenville, S.C., Norman Gollub led efforts to reduce commercial vacancies and formed a revitalization overlay.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Gulf Coast Community Foundation |
  • February 19, 2020
Dr. Sylvia Earle headlines Gulf Coast Community Foundation’s annual Better Together

Dr. Sylvia Earle, founder and president of Mission Blue and a National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence since 1999, will headline Gulf Coast Community Foundation’s annual Better Together

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sponsored Content
  • By Shane Donglasan |
  • October 18, 2018
Sarasota Jungle Gardens' oldest performer, Frosty Sr., retires

Frosty Sr. is ready for retirement after spending decades performing for thousands of people at Sarasota Jungle Gardens.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Although he never thought he would be an author, Central Park resident Bill Kopcsak publishes his first book. Now he's taking playwriting classes.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • June 24, 2020
Lakewood Ranch author treasures memories of 'Aunt Ruth'

Local writer publishes first book and starts writing plays.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 9, 2022
St. Armands Circle Park jazzed up for first concert of the summer

The Hot Tonic Orchestra played jazz-styled covers of pop music.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • July 3, 2019
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, July 4

A look at our favorite arts and entertainment events taking place this week in Sarasota and Venice.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 22, 2016
That's the ticket ...

The top match-ups this week in Sarasota sports.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 8, 2022
Master class in serenity on Longboat Key

Chinese master of tai chi leads a Longboat class on a perfect morning outdoors.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • November 17, 2021
Symphony Massage, Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce host ribbon-cutting on Longboat Key

The spa business opened in mid-February 2020, but the chamber took the opportunity to welcome them in 2021.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The fire station received accolades for its safety measures and modern design.
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • December 16, 2022
Longboat Key fire station receives national design awards

The station designed by Sweet Sparkman Architecture received awards from Firehouse Magazine and The Architect's Newspaper.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
County Commissioner Charles Hines and the other commissioners are eager to reach a solution.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • January 18, 2018
County, city hoping to resolve longstanding tension

If the commissioners have their way, 2018 will be the year they end the downtown CRA dispute, one way or another.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Bayfront Park Recreation Center was formerly the tennis clubhouse at the Far Horizons Resort.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 10, 2017
Unfinished jewel

It took $3.5 million and 14 years — 14 years! — to renovate Longboat Key’s Bayfront Park. But the one amenity that has been and is used the most is still the same old inadequate building.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
City Manager Marlon Brown said he wants to promote internal candidates when appropriate, but he’s leaning on community input to guide his search for a new police chief. File photo
  • By David Conway |
  • October 14, 2021
Citizen input to guide police chief search

Tasked with hiring a police chief twice in less than a year, City Manager Marlon Brown is taking a more deliberate approach to filling the vacancy the second time around.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • June 13, 2012
Observe this: Both Ringling roundabouts now open

Observe this: Both Ringling roundabouts now open

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Aileen Bermudez receives the first COVID-19 vaccination at Sarasota Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, Dec. 22. Image courtesy Sarasota Memorial Hospital.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 7, 2021
Officials hope 2021 brings end to pandemic

After a year dominated by the effects of COVID-19, there’s hope relief is on the way — but challenges associated with the coronavirus remain.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 30, 2019
Longboat firefighters assist in four-alarm Sarasota fire

Ladder truck, crew and even the fire chief reported for duty in a mainland station as more than 80 firefighters tried to save a house.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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