1+ hour, 44+ min ago  (827+ words) In 2025, Manatee County commissioners drew a hard line when it came to much needed road improvements. The given reason they called off some of those projects was a lack of funds. Backing off the road improvements, such the widening of…...

1+ hour, 44+ min ago  (1424+ words) Commissioner George Kruse said the donation of the Bishop Animal Shelter to Manatee County in 2021 was both a blessing and a curse." The donation, valued at $18 million, increased the county's capacity to take animals off the streets and led to…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (878+ words) Spring has brought many seasonal changes to Longboat Key, but one that has delighted residents perhaps more than any other is this week's hatching of six new mute swans. Longtime caretaker David Novak and a handful of volunteer helpers gave…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (886+ words) It was like any other day when Tom Rumph walked to the mailbox in front of his Braden Oaks home. As the norm, Rumph was with his pet bird, Shiloh, who would sit on his shoulder everywhere he went around…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (600+ words) River Club's Heidi Leto and her 7-year-old German shepherd and boxer mix, Lucy, have a special bond. Lucy is used to being at home with Leto, and when sees a suitcase out in the open, she knows what that means....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (42+ words) 3: 58 p. m. , 4011 Gulf of Mexico Drive 7: 47 p. m. , Harbourside Drive 10: 45 a. m. , 4052 Gulf of Mexico Drive 9: 52 p. m. , 4052 Gulf of Mexico Drive 4: 00 a. m. , 4825 Gulf of Mexico Drive...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (476+ words) Cathy Ann Maddox, better known as Cam to many of her friends, formed connections in the Longboat Key community through many passions, including pickleball, her volunteer work with Mote Marine and her appreciation of the island's natural beauty. But one…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (513+ words) When the local animal services picked up Magpie, they thought the pup would be difficult to place with a family, due to her exuberance." That was how she ended up at Satchel's Last Resort, a no-kill shelter intended for animals…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (516+ words) Like snowbirds, manatees travel to avoid the cold. But instead of heading south, manatees in Sarasota head north to the Tampa Electric Co. Power Plant to stay warm. Most of the year, the warm waters of Sarasota Bay are a…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (255+ words) Lakewood Ranch's Eugene Khutoryanskiy and Yana Parker are celebrating this Valentine's Day as fianc's, but they made sure their dogs, Mittens and Jesse, are included. So they brought Mittens, a cavalier poodle, and Jesse, a bichon poodle, with them to…...