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  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • October 21, 2016
Neighborhood meeting scheduled for Siesta mini-golf course

Residents and business owners will get their first look at the plans for an 18-hole mini-golf course in Siesta Key Village.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Patterson Foundation President and CEO Debra Jacobs with Community Foundation of Sarasota County President and CEO Roxie Jerde celebrate raising over $13 million during the 2016 Giving Challenge.
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • June 15, 2017
Giving Challenge waves off 2017 event

Organizers see September event's growth and reset date for May 2018.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 28, 2021
Collin Morikawa wins the WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession

Morikawa becomes the second player to win a major and a WGC event before turning 25.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • October 23, 2020
Longboat honors retiring police chief

Pete Cumming has worked for the Longboat Key Police Department since March 2008.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Nora Patterson. Photo by Norman Schimmel
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • November 23, 2011
Commissioner Patterson won't seek another term

County Commission Chairwoman Nora Patterson says she has no plans to seek a fifth term on the county board when her current term is up in 2014.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Blake Fussell |
  • March 8, 2022
Siesta Key groups meet with Sarasota city leaders to discuss annexation

Save Siesta Key, among other groups, met with Mayor Eric Arroyo in February.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Toni Muirhead and Jamie Reagan, members of Peace Presbyterian Church, create dozens of natural art pieces displayed throughout the Peaceful Path.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • January 13, 2021
Path to serenity in east Bradenton

East Bradenton's Peace Presbyterian Church creates pathway with natural art.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh and Joel Schleicher |
  • March 22, 2020
Gov. DeSantis: We need economic hope

This is now a two-front war. Unless there is decisive action, Florida’s economy is facing an epic catastrophe.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Heather De Haven and Felicity Liemont
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 8, 2011
Scene & Heard

Drag Queen Bingo makes debut in Venice; All hail the king; Booker grad gets 'cadaver' claim to fame

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 17, 2022
Manatee seeks volunteers to serve on environmental lands committee

The Environmental Lands Management and Acquisition Committee will make recommendations on environmental land acquisition and management issues.

  • East County
  • News
Jay with Gabriella Hart and Andrea Begley listen to some Blues at the Downtown Sarasota Blues Festival.
  • By Dariela Delgado |
  • March 5, 2023
Downtown Sarasota gets in the groove for the blues

The Downtown Sarasota Blues Festival took over JD Hamel Park on March 3-5.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Adam N. Phillips, D.O, Board Certified General Surgeon & Vein Specialist |
  • December 9, 2021
Understand Vein Disease

Minimally invasive treatments have a 99% success rate with far less risk and side effects.

  • Health
Sponsored Content
  • By Joe Hendricks |
  • December 20, 2012
Citizens express concerns about homeless gathering in Gillespie Park

Citizens express concerns about homeless gathering in Gillespie Park

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Jesse Eisenberg in "Zombieland." Photo source: STARZ Play.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 23, 2018
Cringe Blog: In which we finally get to zombies

"Zombieland," starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abagail Breslin, and "Mindhunter," starring Jonathan Groff, Anna Torv and Cameron Britton, are this week's spook-tacular recommendations.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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Entrances to the mall will open at 9 a.m. Thursday and will be followed by a 9:30 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony in the mall’s grand court. The mall officially will open at 10 a.m.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 15, 2014
Shopping sensation

The 880,000-square-foot Mall at UTC opens for business.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 18, 2012
Town to seek bids for zoning code review and Comp Plan

The Longboat Key Town Commission reaches consensus to send out requests for proposals in its effort to review its codes.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Matt and Krystel Beall with Jessica Rogers and President and CEO Philip Tavill
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • November 3, 2021
Children First returns to the beach for fashion fundraiser

Flip Flops & Fashion was held at Nov. 3.

  • Black Tie
Many downtown residents say homeless feedings lead to criminal activity.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • June 29, 2011
Sarasota commission to address homeless feedings

Downtown residents are proposing limits to the weekly feedings of homeless people in Selby Five Points Park, but the last time the City Commission tried to discuss the issue, an unruly crowd disrupted the proceedings.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2017
Bishop bows out of commission campaign

Planning and Zoning chair hopes to help prevent a primary in late January.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Consultant Robert Marbut, center, has criticized the lack of progress toward building a come-as-you-are homeless shelter in Sarasota.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 15, 2015
County homeless consultant criticizes city plans

The city has embraced a “housing first” approach to addressing homelessness issues — sparking a harsh rebuke of the policy’s efficacy from consultant Robert Marbut.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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