1+ hour, 40+ min ago  (665+ words) Caleb Rodriguez grew accustomed to traveling and seeing the country growing up, when his father, Ben, led the family to different locations while serving in the U. S. Navy. Each city brought something new, but one thing Caleb always looked forward to…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (821+ words) If there's one thing Bridgewater's Jonathan Mullis understands, it is the frustration of being stuck in school drop-off and pick-up lanes. It might seem like a minor thing, but Mullis knows he has that in common with many other parents…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (801+ words) Florida State University announced that Steven High will retire as executive director of The Ringling, which operates as Florida's State Art Museum, as soon as his successor can be found." Ringling joined The Ringling in 2011. The cultural institution that grew…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (851+ words) Four years ago, when Chantal Wilford ran for a school board seat in the School District of Manatee County, she hoped to help students, to advocate for teachers, and to support the families in her district." While she lost, she…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (860+ words) When Tyler Laplaca was in eighth grade, he moved to Florida and started attending a new school, Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy. As he settled in, he searched for community service opportunities, and specifically for an organization that be belonged to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (339+ words) As a literacy coach at Gene Witt Elementary School, Taylor Mc Laughlin wishes more people knew about the events at the Lakewood Ranch Library." "There is more available in the community than people realize to help support literacy " even in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (239+ words) Your Observer Lakewood Ranch High grad named to U. S. Air Force Academy Congressman nominates 16 seniors from his district. A Lakewood Ranch High graduate joins 15 other graduating seniors in U. S. Rep. Vern Buchanan's congressional district on their way to U. S. service academies in the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1188+ words) Over the past month, this page has reported twice on Sarasota County Tax Collector Mike Moran and the prickly dispute over $2, 055, 798. 65 in commissions Moran entitled his office to take from the Sarasota County School District " much to the district's surprise…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (331+ words) Barring a last-minute budget rewrite, or an even less-likely line-item veto from the desk of Gov. Ron De Santis, University of South Florida's Sarasota-Manatee campus will be absorbed into the New College of Florida's organization. In a social media post…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (328+ words) After two decades, the town of Longboat Key will get a new town clerk this summer. Trish Shinkle, who started with the town in 2006, is retiring. Her last day is June 19, she said. Celine Kidwell has been picked as the…...