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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 14, 2023
County reinstates full Economic Development Corp. funding, for now

With new leadership and a new board, county commissioners decided to give the EDC one year to prove itself — or risk a funding cut.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • March 6, 2024
Allowed freeboard height would increase under Longboat ordinance

Freeboard, a safety factor for floodplain management, is the distance between the base flood elevation and the lowest inhabitable floor of a structure.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 8, 2025
Sarasota Station plan remains on track to move forward

Although nearly derailed by City Commission concerns, the profit center portion of the affordable housing project wins two key approvals.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • November 5, 2024
Sarasota Orchestra composes a climate-proof future

The Sarasota Orchestra moves ahead on its new music center as it welcomes a new maestro.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • December 8, 2022
Parents have more school choice options in Manatee County

More schools in the Lakewood Ranch area are open to school choice as enrollment at elementary and middle schools decreases.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • August 16, 2022
Manatee School Board considers borrowing more money for capital projects

Inflation leads the School District of Manatee County to plot a borrow-and-build-now strategy.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By George Rauch |
  • March 3, 2010
Market Watch: The Depression is not waning

There have been good times to write about over the last several decades, however, the outlook is not good now even though the Fed, Wall Street and our politicians continue to encourage us to 'see the bright side.' There is nothing 'bright' about these economic dislocations.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 14, 2025
City halts progress for 18-story condo development Obsidian

Residents of the adjacent Bay Plaza succeed in their long-awaited chance to thwart the development of the Sarasota's tallest condominium tower. Now the matter is likely headed it court.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Klint Lowry |
  • April 4, 2020
Asolo Rep, FSU/Asolo Conservatory announce 2020-21 seasons

Two canceled musicals from this season will get another chance next spring

  • Arts + Culture
  • By George Rauch |
  • July 1, 2009
Market Watch

Government policy frustrates recovery

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • December 14, 2017
Grace Howl's limitless approach to painting gives viewers a peek into her mind

Painter Grace Howl, who recently opened a gallery in the Rosemary District, utilizes the power of art to communicate after a life-changing head injury.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Adrian Moore |
  • September 3, 2020
How do the city and county of Sarasota stack up?

No municipality is in an entirely different world than the others. Things that work in one of them can work in others.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • August 27, 2023
Heat sends music event inside at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall

That didn't bother 35 attendees who sang along with Aloha Ukulele during the Play Music on the Porch event.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • November 11, 2020
Eta prompts early school closing in Sarasota

Manatee district says school buildings will close on Thursday and Friday, with distance learning still under way.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 30, 2021
U-18 Baseball World Cup postponed to 2022

The event was to be held at Ed Smith Stadium and Bradenton's LECOM Park in September.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By David Conway |
  • July 30, 2021
Sarasota Memorial Hospital announces no-visitor policy, citing COVID-19 surge

In the past 11 days, the number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital has more than tripled, and the number of positive ICU patients has increased more than fourfold.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • July 18, 2022
June passenger traffic falls off at SRQ, compared to 2021

Still, numbers for the year indicate the airport is on its way to another record.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • November 19, 2022
Winter Spectacular wows in St. Armands Circle

The highly debated Winter Spectacular opened Friday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 22, 2022
Runner trains for world-record run at Sarasota's F45 Training gym

Nels Matson is running 14-straight hours on a treadmill Saturday to prepare for his August trek across the country for charity. Locals can be part of it.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 11, 2022
Clyde Metcalf steps down as Sarasota High baseball coach

Metcalf had been the Sailors bench boss since 1982.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
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