Sarasota remembers Morton's Market founder
December 2, 2010
Ted Morton, a businessman for more than 50 years in Sarasota, died last night.
Crime Cleanup
December 2, 2010
Sheriff Tom Knight grew tired of watching minor offenders getting sentenced to weekend-only jail terms and sitting around eating on the taxpayer' dime, so he created a program that made the criminals productive citizens.
City could build another downtown parking garage
December 2, 2010
A change to the Pineapple Square development agreement would obligate the city to build a parking structure on State Street within four years.
Middle-schoolers create candy-coated cottages
December 2, 2010
Brookside Middle School students decorated gingerbread houses for the Community Youth Development Gingerbread House Village.
UPDATE: Paris Couture to close at the end of the month
December 1, 2010
Paris Couture, a clothing boutique located in Historic Burns Court, will be closing at the end of December.
Car lands on church lawn
December 1, 2010
After hitting another driver at Palm Avenue and Ringling Boulevard, a woman's car nearly crashed into the Church of the Redeemer.
Five Points park improvements near completion
December 1, 2010
The majority $142,000 facelift to downtown's signature park will be finished this afternoon.
Selby event has guests "pine-ing" for holiday decorations
November 30, 2010
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens' Great Room by the Bay was transformed into a holiday wonderland for the Marie Selby Gardens Associates' Wine, Dine and Pine event, held Tuesday, Nov. 30. Guests enjoyed wine and hors d'oeuvres as they bid on a selection of 30 trees, wreaths and centerpieces, creatively decorated by local artists and designers. The event was chaired by Karen LaBonte and Jane Paulishak.
Gruters campaigns for state chairmanship
November 30, 2010
The head of the Republican Party of Sarasota County is touring the state, seeking support for his run for the head of the Republican Party of Florida.
Planners deny zoning change for chickens
November 30, 2010
Planning Board members vote against a zoning change that would allow chickens to be kept in backyards within the city limits.
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18 'Better Git It In Your Soul' Dance Party
7:00 am - 10:00 pm - May
18 NRA Pistol Course
8:00 am - 12:00 pm - May
18 4th annual girls' S.T.E.M SUMMIT
8:30 am - 3:00 pm - May
18 Crunch Kidz Homelessness Zumbathon
9:00 am
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Culinary roots
05/16/13
Trevor Kunk is the chef de cuisine at Blue Hill in New York City’s Greenwich Village, which the James Beard Foundation just named "most outstanding restaurant." -
Bright lights
05/16/13
Sarasota native and resident Bri Oliva made her TV debut May 7, on the "Rachael Ray Show." Oliva was selected to participate in a segment called "Hidden Dangers on the Playground." -
Key to the city
05/02/13
More than 100 community members and leaders, friends and family surprised Paul Thorpe, one of the founding members of the Downtown Association of Sarasota, April 25, at The Gator Club, to show their appreciation and celebrate the strides he’s made for Sarasota over the past four decades.
