21+ hour, 55+ min ago   (818+ words) Not even the gathering gloom of a late-day Florida thunderstorm could dampen the spirits of the 25th year commemoration of 9/11 in the pavilion at Sarasota National Cemetery. It’s a somber tradition that occurs only every five years, and this year marked…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1739+ words) Manatee County commissioners are considering a public-private partnership that could generate revenue and produce cleaner reclaimed water, but the deal could also raise utility rates for residents and cause chemical-laden water to be trucked into the Lena Road Landfill from…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (124+ words) The Sarasota Sailing Squadron-hosted annual Parrot Head Poker Run Regatta returned for a second year on Labor Day. General Manager Susan Clark, who originated the idea last year, said it saw a great response with more than 80 members of the…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (336+ words) It has taken decades for a project to be proposed to reclaim and develop a blighted site in the heart of the Newtown community. And, in a matter of inconvenient timing, plans for commercial projects on a city-owned brownfield site…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (184+ words) With an eye toward the Nov. 3 general election and Florida Amendment 3 on the ballot, the Sarasota City Commission held its first of two public hearings on the city's fiscal year 2027 budget Tuesday evening. The budget work began five months prior…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (321+ words) 1:49 p.m., 5000 block of Stevens Drive Civil dispute: A woman called law enforcement because a contractor she hired to restore tile floor beneath her vinyl flooring was refusing to complete the job. There was no signed contract and no money exchanged hands,…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (911+ words) When Lakewood Ranch's Chanie Bukiet created the Jewish Women's Circle, she had no idea what kind of impact she would have in the community. Bukiet had the goal of combining humanitarianism, friendship and Jewish learning. She said the club has…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (346+ words) The never-ending sitcom of what to do about parking in the city of Sarasota is like watching the “Parks and Rec” TV satire that aired for six years on NBC. Except this reality show has been going on for decades....

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (476+ words) Sarasotans let the numbers speak for themselves during the third annual Fentanyl Awareness Walk and Resource Fair. A crowd of pedestrians at least 400 strong, walking shoulder to shoulder, spanned almost the entirety of Ringling Bridge on Labor Day to show…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (439+ words) On Sept. 11, 2001, President George W. Bush was reading to a second grade class at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota. My dad was at a meeting in New Jersey that had originally been scheduled for the World Trade Center. My mom…...