Voters strongly support referendum
March 18, 2010
Precinct-by-precinct results showed voters within the city limits overwhelmingly voted yes to extend a 1-mill school tax. Only two precincts countywide voted against the referendum.
Connectivity plan moves forward
March 18, 2010
On Monday, City Commissioners approved a connectivity plan to slow traffic and increase pedestrian access to the bayfront through a series of six roundabouts on U.S. 41 and lower speed limits.
Golden Apple could close
March 18, 2010
The 40-year-old downtown Sarasota dinner theater may have to shut down, because two simultaneous construction projects will take away its customer parking areas.
Online hacker targets referendum opponent
March 18, 2010
The creator of a political-action committee that opposedthe 1-mill, school-tax extension said his Facebook account was compromised. He thinks one of his opponents is to blame.
It's electric
March 18, 2010
Local businesses are starting to jump on the green bandwagon in order to trade their car engines for electric motors.
Commission OKs bayfront connectivity plan
March 16, 2010
The overall plan calls for six roundabouts on U.S. 41 from 14th Street to Orange Avenue.
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: Living Walls
March 15, 2010
Ruth and Basil Levin founded furniture-and-design store Living Walls in 1970, on St. Armands Circle. Forty years later, their daughter, Alison Levin Bishop, is running the business, which is still thriving at its downtown location on Main Street.
Bayfront roundabout plan up for vote
March 15, 2010
City commissioners may approve a bayfront-connectivity plan that would install six roundabouts on U.S. 41.
Missing elderly man found 400 miles from home
March 12, 2010
The Nokomis man suffers from dementia, and he drove himself to Perry, Ga.
- May
18 Cat Depot: Leashwalking
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - May
18 Free Lecture-9 Spiritualizing Habits for Life
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - May
18 Shabbat Shmooze - Marden Paru
12:30 pm - May
18 Author Event Laura Lee Smith: Heart of Palm
2:00 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.
