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.
GOP clears up e-mail confusion
March 11, 2010
Although the Republican Party of Sarasota County did not take an official position on the school-tax referendum, e-mails from its former spokesman left many confused.
Thaxton and McClash clash over Amendment 4
March 11, 2010
When two Republican county commissioners from adjacent counties faced off over proposed state constitutional Amendment 4 — aka “Hometown Democracy” — in front of the Lakewood Ranch Democrat Club March 9, the audience knew to expect an unusual exchange.
Google searches for test community
March 11, 2010
A program from the global Web company seeks a community in which to test a consumer Internet service that would be up to 100 times faster than existing services.
MAN ON THE STREET: Google Fiber
March 10, 2010
We checked with Sarasota residents to see if they're up to date on Google Fiber and whether they think Sarasota would make a good trial location.
Downtown groups won't fully endorse roundabouts
March 10, 2010
The Downtown Sarasota Alliance and Downtown Improvement District refuse to provide unqualified support of the city’s connectivity plan, which includes two test roundabouts on U.S. 41 at 10th Street and 14th Street.
Association smooths over Circle event
March 10, 2010
The Circle Association is launching a "Save Smooth Jazz" campaign, which will aim to generate sponsors and contributions for the concerts, which draw as many as 4,000 people to the Circle.
- May
21 Live It Up! with Parkinsons
10:00 am - 2:00 pm - May
21 Humanity Working to End Genocide meeting
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm - May
21 Cat Depot: Volunteer Orientation and Cat Socialization Level 1 Training
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm - May
22 Voice Aerobics with Mary Spremulli, MA, CCC-SLP
10:00 am - 11:00 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.
