Mooring field stays afloat
August 17, 2010
Although more than $800,000 has already be spent on work that has barely begun, the city commission approved up to $150,000 more to find a new contractor to build Sarasota Bay's mooring field.
City urged to settle noise suit
August 16, 2010
The city attorney will advise commissioners to accept a $50,000 settlement offer from a couple whose car was impounded under a 2008 anti-noise ordinance.
Tropical depression impacts turtle nests
August 13, 2010
About 200 nests in Sarasota County have been affected.
Five Points roundabout opens early
August 13, 2010
Construction on the downtown intersection is completed 23 days ahead of schedule.
Election change gains steam
August 12, 2010
More than two dozen people asked the Charter Review Committee to move the spring election date to the November general election to save money and increase voter turnout.
Residents target homeless feedings
August 12, 2010
People living and working around Selby Five Points Park explore an Orlando law that severely restricts homeless feedings in its parks.
CHARTER REVIEW BOARD: County charter changes debated
August 12, 2010
Five candidates with diverse backgrounds are trying to fill two Charter Review Board seats.
HOSPITAL BOARD: Candidates differ on expansion policy
August 12, 2010
Only one of six hospital board seats up for grabs is on the primary election ballot Aug. 24. The two candidates agree on the millage rate, but have different views over a possible expansion into Manatee County.
Rink may be on thin ice
August 11, 2010
Organizers have to come up with more than $100,000 to implement their plan for a full-size ice skating rink in downtown Sarasota.
Early voting begins today
August 9, 2010
Voters can cast their ballots at four locations in Sarasota.
- May
23 [New Scholars] New College
8:00 am - 4:00 pm - May
23 Ageless Grace with Mary Masi
10:00 am - 11:00 am - May
23 Fun Fitness for Parkinsons
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - May
23 Simply Relax! with Kathi Sims
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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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.
