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Gillespie Park is the only neighborhood in Sarasota that has two competing neighborhood associations.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • February 22, 2024
Gillespie Park neighborhood feud frustrates city

Two Gillespie Park associations put the city of Sarasota in a bind with competing grant applications.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Nayeli Centeno, a Manatee Technical College Dental Assisting student, teaches Vaylin Jensen, a Lakewood Ranch High School junior, how to suction a mouth.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • February 22, 2024
MTC open house provides hands-on look at careers

Manatee Technical College's East Campus open house gave potential future students an opportunity to see the programs available.

  • East County
  • Schools
One of the acrylic panels that will allow visitors of the Mote SEA to come face-to-face with sea life.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • February 22, 2024
Sarasota’s landscape of attractions continues to grow — at a price

Cultural organizations in the Sarasota area are pursuing major projects with only so much philanthropy to go around.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The 25,000-square-foot Lakewood Ranch Library is the only project that has been completed at Premier Park.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • February 22, 2024
No money, but Manatee County plans for new Palmetto park?

Premier project drags, but $30 million will be spent on a veterans' memorial park.

  • East County
  • Opinion
A transfer of development rights proposal would allow owners of historic structures, such as the Palm Apartments next to the Embassy Suites hotel, to sell height and density rights to other development projects in perpetuity.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • February 22, 2024
Pitch would allow historic buildings to sell air rights, preserve structures

If the transfer program proposal is adopted, owners of historic structures in the city of Sarasota could sell height and density rights to other development projects in perpetuity.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Ashley Eisenacher (10) is one of three freshmen on the Riverview High girls lacrosse team. Eisenacher had two goals against Lakewood Ranch.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • February 22, 2024
Riverview High girls lacrosse wants to show strength of whole team

The Rams already have top-tier scorers. Now they're building full-team depth.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Charter school proposal raises concerns for Sarasota School Board
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • February 22, 2024
Charter school proposal raises concerns for Sarasota School Board

As the Sarasota County School Board reviewed a proposal for Sarasota Classical Preparatory Academy, board members voiced a range of concerns that included what they said was a lack of detailed plans.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
John Kenyon speaks about Cringer the alligator to an audience at Fruitville Library.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • February 22, 2024
Sarasota libraries explore world of wildlife with free events

Libraries are offering programming to tie in with One Book selection “An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us” by Ed Yong.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
New drinking and dining establishments in downtown Sarasota and elsewhere in the city will be defined differently under a new zoning text amendment.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • February 22, 2024
New definitions approved for Sarasota restaurants and bars

The complicated process of simplification is intended to reduce confusion over permitting of dining and drinking establishments in the city.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • February 21, 2024
Social media restrictions for teens should be left to families, residents say

The Florida Senate prepares to vote on a bill that would restrict the use of social media by teens. Sarasota residents weigh in on the idea.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Biologists Kristen Peterson and Jamie Wolanin monitor the Braden River to check for Old World Tape Grass growth.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • February 21, 2024
Invasive grass species threatens Braden River ecosystem

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission uses liquid copper to rid the Braden River of tape grass, an aquatic plant that could dominate native vegetation and damage wildlife.

  • East County
  • News
Former Sarasota and Braden River high schools running back Brian Battie played for Auburn University in 2023.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • February 21, 2024
College football video game could turn local stars into legends

This summer, EA Sports will release the first game in the series since 2013.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
    In Memoriam |
  • February 21, 2024
Albert “Jay” Graf

Albert “Jay” Graf, 76, of Longboat Key, Florida and Wolfeboro, New Hampshire passed away January 8th, 2024 from Alzheimer’s disease in Sarasota, Florida.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Iconic Gulfstream Avenue steel sculpture seeks new home
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • February 21, 2024
Iconic Gulfstream Avenue steel sculpture seeks new home

Complexus, the jewel of Sarasota's public art collection, will be heading for a Fruitville Road site if both the city and county governments approve.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"Enmeshed in Nature" at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.
    By
  • Monica Roman Gagnier
  • February 21, 2024
Plants steal the show in Selby tribute to two female artists

The exhibition "Yayoi Kusama: A Letter to Georgia O'Keeffe" at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens celebrates a fateful correspondence.

  • Arts + Culture
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