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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 16, 2013
County may change its growth strategy

Manatee County officials will ask the public for feedback on three alternatives for addressing growth in the next 20 years.

  • East County
  • News
Kyle Van Frank and Will Luera pose on stage in a promotional image for FST Improv's Triple Play. One safety precaution taken: minimizing the number of people involved in the production. Photo courtesy Sarah Haley.
  • By David Conway |
  • June 25, 2020
Reopening questions loom large for venues, attractions

As some local institutions welcome visitors back, others are working together on strategies for opening safely — whenever that's possible.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Bob Gault and Reg Ware in 2020
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • February 22, 2021
Longtime Kiwanis member Reg Ware dies

The Salvation Army bell ringing initiative wouldn't be the same without Reg Ware.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jason Sudeikis is Ted Lasso in "Ted Lasso." Photo via Apple TV+.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 23, 2021
Binge Blog: "Ted Lasso" returns, and Cannes films make critics swoon

Plus, an update on a Sarasota "Big Brother" contestant.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • March 16, 2018
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, March 22

A look at our favorite events taking place this week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Paula Atwell |
  • April 17, 2013
Theater Review: 'Oleanna'

Backstage at the Players is a perfect space in which to experience David Mamet's brilliant 1992 drama about a college professor accused of sexism.

  • Arts + Culture
The homeless can go to the Salvation Army on 10th Street for two meals a day and to receive services.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • November 2, 2017
Local providers take regional approach to solving the homeless crisis

Leaders solidified a framework, called One by One, for a coordinated and consistent response system.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The music is coming specifically from boats that anchor around the popular Jewfish Key sidebar in Sarasota Bay near Longboat Pass on the weekends and even on weekdays.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 26, 2015
Top Story — June: Town seeks to silence boaters

The commission will pursue noise meters after residents sound off about weekend noise from boaters.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • December 1, 2020
County OKs Siesta parking spaces

22 spaces will be added along Ocean Boulevard at the entrance to Siesta Village.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Tom Savage and Bernie Phillips
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • July 1, 2021
Plymouth Harbor resident hosts seminar on self-evolution

Phillips is hosting the seminar with his neighbors, but hopes to bring it to a larger scale.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A new visual art program display begins this week in the Federal Building, 111 S. Orange Ave., Sarasota.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 9, 2011
Federal Building art displayed Thursday

An inaugural art exhibit displaying a new visual art program will be unveiled Thursday at the Federal Building.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The path forward into the next decade includes, for many, some kind of solution for the Town Center issue.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • January 2, 2020
Visions for the path toward 2030 in Longboat Key

Longboat leaders tell us what they'd like to see in the next decade.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Artist Erin Ernst created a sculpture of giant cigarette butts in the sand to help raise awareness. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • July 13, 2022
Longboat Key sets sights on its own smoking ban

When commissioners return in September, a proposal for parks and beaches is expected to be waiting for them.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Brett Hutchens, the principal for CASTO, stands at the Center Point project in Lakewood Ranch. In the background is one of the adult oak trees that was saved and moved on the property.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 31, 2021
Lakewood Ranch lands more fine dining at CASTO project including Olivia's

CASTO project on University Parkway in Lakewood Ranch adds Owens Fish Camp, Olivia's of Tampa and a third restaurant yet to be named.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2013
Our View: Save the Hilton

Another 5.0 tremor for Longboat Key: The Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort is on the edge of no longer being a Hilton!

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • December 14, 2020
Gulfshore creates Floridian winter wonderland

In 2020, residents of Gulfshore are creating their own cheer for the season.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The City Commission expressed a desire to see the strip mall transformed into an "urban village."
  • By David Conway |
  • June 16, 2015
City offers potential rezone to Ringling Shopping Center owners

Hoping to end litigation and spark revitalization, the City Commission has offered the owner of the largely vacant shopping center a deal in response to a legal claim.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Josh Siegel |
  • October 31, 2012
SCF President Hafner steps down, two trustees join him

Dr. Lars A. Hafner signed a settlement agreement at a State College of Florida board meeting on Oct. 30, while trustees Joe Miller and Jennifer Saslaw resigned.

  • East County
  • News
A Sarasota woman keeps six chickens in her backyard as pets and egg producers. She wishes to remain anonymous, because the chickens are not legal. The woman said her neighbors don't mind her pets, because they make little noise.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • November 24, 2010
Chicken-keepers crack city code

A group of citizens that wants to legalize chicken-keeping within backyards in city limits has gained support at City Hall.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • January 16, 2019
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, Jan. 17

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

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