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Giving Breakfast Honorees Keith Monda, Veronica Brady, Teri A Hansen and Jody Jester with SCC President/CEO Brena Slater and VP Jacqueline House
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  • Janet Combs
  • March 31, 2025
Safe Children Coalition honors 4 at its third annual Giving Breakfast

The event raised more than $260,000 to support live-saving programs for children in the community.

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Anne and Frank Folsom Smith in 2013.
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  • Monica Roman Gagnier
  • March 31, 2025
Sarasota architect Frank Folsom Smith dies at age 93

The Virginia transplant designed Plymouth Harbor and helped shape downtown.

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Commissioner Jason Bearden calls the Planning Commission a 'recruitment tool' for developers.
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  • Lesley Dwyer
  • March 31, 2025
Manatee County commissioners consider booting planning commissioners

Commissioner Jason Bearden says planning commission seats are used as a recruitment tool toward commission seats.

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You can consult a Ouija board at The Ringling's new exhibit, "Conjuring the Spirit World," which runs through July 13.
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  • Monica Roman Gagnier
  • March 31, 2025
On the trail of things that go bump in the night at The Ringling

"Conjuring the Spirit World" explores efforts to contact denizens of unseen realms.

  • Arts + Culture
Sue Rinaldo introduces the setlist for the Key of Sea choir performance at the Player's Club.
    By
  • Dana Kampa
  • March 31, 2025
Key of Sea Choral closes out season with uplifting message

Still recovering from its loss of members amid the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the choir invites fellow residents to join.

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With costumed "friar" Rich Irr at the center of it all, members of the Longboat Key Club Friars ring in their annual dinner and awards ceremony.
    By
  • Dana Kampa
  • March 31, 2025
Don Kreiss honored at annual Friars Club gathering

The tight-knit cohort of Longboat golfers celebrated a year of increased membership and kinship among existing members.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Models prepare to walk to runway at Sarasota Yacht Club's 2025 fashion show.
    By
  • Dana Kampa
  • March 31, 2025
Sarasota boutique showcases athleisure with a twist at fashion show

Designer Tatyana Stewart and event chair Karen Kent organized a fashion show with fringe and fun.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sales of Waterside homes, such as this Lakehouse Cove home that sold for $1,775,000 in January, continue to go to contract much faster than the countywide average.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 31, 2025
Lakewood Ranch is still a seller's paradise

With its lifestyle draw, Lakewood Ranch has been insulated against trends in other parts of Sarasota and Manatee counties that have seen real estate sales slow down.

  • East County
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Ukrainian clarinetist Yurii Padkovskyi accompanies pianist Jessé Martins for a performance at The Education Center.
    By
  • Dana Kampa
  • March 31, 2025
Clarinet, piano duo delight audience at penultimate concert

Chamber musicians celebrate Ukrainian and Brazilian cultures at The Education Center.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lisa Laller, Linda Sloan Haller, Jack Sloan, Susan Payne and Jefferson Chales
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  • Lori Sax
  • March 30, 2025
Neuro Challenge raises support for Parkinson's therapy at Cause 4 Hope

The nonprofit serves more than 3,000 people with Parkinson's Disease with free programming in six counties.

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Stephanie Roberts with panelists Meredith Cleveland, Laura McLeroy and Dr. Kristen Walker
    By
  • Lori Sax
  • March 30, 2025
Women learn about health care issues at Women & Medicine

The Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation's annual lunch discusses women's health issues from women healthcare providers.

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Volunteer models Millie Anne Colgate and Jamie McGraw on the SPARCC runway.
    By
  • Janet Combs
  • March 30, 2025
SPARCC Runway Fashion Show highlights seascape trends

About 650 attended the Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center's annual luncheon and fashion show.

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Susan Giroux holds a photo of a senior dog while stressing to the audience to consider adopting older dogs, not just puppies.
    By
  • Madison Bierl
  • March 30, 2025
A delightful day for divas and dogs in Lakewood Ranch

The Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch hosts its annual Divas and Dogs fundraiser.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
A rendering of the pedestrian promenade along North Tamiami Trail, regarded as the "front door" of The Bay park.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • March 30, 2025
New light shed on the fate of The Bay's Sunset Pier

Requirements by the Army Corps of Engineers for The Bay park's Sunset Pier inflates the cost by some $20 million.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Brianne Brown provides a "Watch Stander" training at Manatee County's Emergency Operations Center March 26.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • March 30, 2025
Manatee County strives to become a veteran safe place

The county has partnered with The Fire Watch to provide free training so residents can spot veterans in crisis.

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