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A video featured on the third-party site BrainPop features the Black Lives Matter Movement.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • September 21, 2020
Parents protest after Black Lives Matter video shown to students

The video was featured in the current events section on BrainPOP, a third-party vendor.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • September 21, 2020
County launches dashboard to monitor federal relief assistance

As of Monday, one business application had been approved, removing $20,000 from the county's $14.5 million.

  • Sarasota
  • News
FitnessQuest Physical Therapy has a wide space at 540 Bay Isles Road.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 21, 2020
Paradise Center medical suite opens for appointments

A few providers are taking appointments when they can.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jim Purcell, John Kurgan, Bill Upton and John Short in 2018.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 21, 2020
Tennis staple John Short dies at age 76

Short is best known for organizing group play with the Short Academy.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sarasota County opened a new fire station on Apex Road.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • September 21, 2020
Sarasota County opens Apex fire station

The station, which is located adjacent to Celery Fields, is one of three new stations the county has planned.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Judy Polivy sits with the many donations collected at Temple Sinai.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • September 21, 2020
Temple Sinai collects clothes during Rosh Hashanah

The temple's women's group Women of Sinai holds a collection of clothes each year in support of local agencies.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 21, 2020
Longboat Key Turtle Watch has a bash with trash

The group participated in International Coastal Cleanup and removed 370 pounds of refuse from the beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Eight people were aboard the 27-foot powerboat that hit the concrete groin on Saturday.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • September 21, 2020
Longboat Key boat crash sends two to hospital

Powerboat strikes sand-saving groin along Longboat Key's gulf beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Courts five and six.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 21, 2020
Longboat Key Tennis Center courts updated

This maintenance is a precursor to bigger work to come in 2021.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 21, 2020
St. Armands Key Lutheran Church bell ringers meet again

The bells and chimes musicians gathered (wearing masks) for the first time since March.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Town commissioners unanimously appointed S. Jay Plager to become the seventh member of the P&Z Board.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • September 20, 2020
Newest P&Z Board member has broad experience

The vacancy on the P&Z Board sat vacant since March.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The home at 1405 Flower Drive was built in 1953 with four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,368 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 20, 2020
Harbor Acres home sells for $2.4 million

Residential real estate transactions for Sept. 7-11.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
The property at 6301 Gulf of Mexico Drive was built in 1987 with three bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,571 square feet of living area. (courtesy photo)
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 20, 2020
Sleepy Lagoon home sells for $7.5 million

Residential real estate transactions for Sept. 7-11.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Sarasota football roundup: 09.18.20
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • September 18, 2020
Sarasota football roundup: 09.18.20

Sarasota football roundup: 09.18.20

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • September 18, 2020
Braden River football falls in season opener

The Pirates lost 35-21 to Charlotte High.

  • East County
  • Sports
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