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  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • September 11, 2019
Longboat Key remembers those lost on Sept. 11

The town's Public Works Department puts up the memorial every year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Braden River Utilities manager Bob Simons said an effort to create metered billing for Lakewood Ranch Phase 1 irrigation also resulted in improved pressure.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 5, 2020
Meters solve uneven water billing in Lakewood Ranch

Half-million dollar investment by BRU to pay off for Lakewood Ranch community development districts.

  • East County
  • News
This preliminary site plan shows a large 16 acre wetland that will dominate the project. Residences will be clustered to the east to avoid wetland impacts. Courtesy image.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 10, 2018
Lockwood Ridge housing project approved

Neal Communities plans villas for new neighborhood.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • November 25, 2020
Temple Beth Israel hosts Thanksgiving food drive

Donations were dropped off at the temple on Nov. 20.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
"Gruesome Playground Injuries" is an unconventionally structured play that takes an unconventional perspective on what drives our actions and our relationships. (Courtesy Photos: Asolo Conservatory)
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • January 1, 2020
FSU/Asolo Conservatory shows how love hurts in its latest production

The director and cast explain how ‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’ is all about healing.

  • Arts + Culture
Longboat Key resident Harold Ronson and Thomas Savage, founder of the Sarasota Public Art Fund
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 26, 2013
Year in Review: May 2013, Iwo Jima

Iwo Jima Navy veteran Harold Ronson envisions the famous 1945 monument sitting next to Unconditional Surrender.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota Police Benevolent Association President Mick McHale told the Sarasota Observer that 90% of the eligible members participated in the vote on a pension contract by the city of Sarasota. File photo.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 7, 2012
Police department rejects contract

The Sarasota Police Department's union rejected a contract that includes pension ordinance modifications it considers radical.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Far back: Stephanie Janney and Julie Anderson  From left: Trish Shinkle, Lisa Silvertooth, Lynn Curreli, Ronica Jackson, Carolyn Brown, Sue Smith, Eileen Panza  Front: Kari Kennedy (Courtesy photo)
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • October 23, 2022
Longboat Key town staff snap a selfie for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Staff members from different departments posed in pink to support breast cancer.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Reverend Christian Wood  and Reverend Charleston Wilson from Church of the Redeemer.
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • March 26, 2020
Sarasota churches, temples focus on virtual presence

Local churches and temples are holding online services amid the coronavirus pandemic

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • August 28, 2019
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, Aug. 29

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

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
EVO boys gymnasts, front row: Noah Candocia, Logan Kehrer, Hunter Murphy, Colson Gerard, Kai Ramos, Sebastian Martinez, Carson Stuart, Garrett Schooley, Danny Ferber.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 20, 2017
Four EVO gymnasts ranked in top-10

A fifth sits just outside the top-20.

  • East County
  • Sports
The Planning Commission approved a rezoning request to a current plan for the ongoing Forest Lakes Golf Course development Thursday. Photo by Jessica Salmond.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • August 8, 2014
Commission OKs plans for golf course

The Forest Lakes Golf Course has been closed for some time now, and a development in the works for the course was approved for rezoning.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Tyler McCallister cuts the ribbon during the grand opening of Brown & Brown Insurance. (Photo by Ian Swaby)
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • July 15, 2022
Brown & Brown Insurance arrives in University Park

Staff said that the new office is a reflection of changes in the company — but that it will also create new ones.

  • East County
  • Business
Judi Bjork and Maribeth Phillips with Meals on Wheels Plus of Manatee accepts a $3,500 check from Sisterhood for Good President Angela Massaro-Fain. The grant will be used for Meals on Wheels Plus' Food4Families program
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • August 7, 2021
Lakewood Ranch's Sisterhood for Good presents $44,359 in grants

Lakewood Ranch's Sisterhood for Good provides $44,359 in grants to impact nonprofits.

  • East County
  • News
New Lakewood Ranch project.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 10, 2020
Waterside housing options expand with Southside project in Lakewood Ranch

Waterside housing options expand with Southside project in Lakewood Ranch

  • East County
  • News
Senior Biologist Valeriy Palubok samples water from a dock at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium.
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • March 28, 2023
Mote red tide water samples remain unalarming

Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium scientists have been collecting daily water samples for over 50 years regardless of the presence of red tide.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Phipps Home Design |
  • March 30, 2023
Today’s Homes Are Sophisticated, Yet Casual Entertaining Spaces

“What we’ve seen, especially here in Florida, is the gravitating toward a more casual, open great room style,” says Brian Phipps of Phipps Home Design.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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  • By Robin Roy |
  • February 3, 2011
Siesta Key pipe may carry runoff into Gulf

Hoping to eliminate Siesta Key Beach closures due to high bacteria counts, the county has two options to remedy the problem. One Key neighborhood is against one of the solutions.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Suzy Brenner, Executive Director of the Paradise Center.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • October 11, 2017
Socializing key to combating loneliness in aging

Local experts weigh in on why socializing as people age is so important.

  • Health
An aerial map shows the area of the restoration at Palmer Point Park on Casey Key. Courtesy of Sarasota County.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • February 16, 2012
Fee dispute to delay spoil islands project

The effort to restore part of Palmer Point Park, on the north end of Casey Key, has been put on hold because of a fee dispute with the contractor.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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