Skip to content
  • Sarasota Events
  • Culture & Lifestyle
  • Food & Bar
  • Home & Garden
  • Travel
  • Real Estate
  • News

Archives

Blog

11 Year Old Tries to Save Pups Dies

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Our Town Staff
11 Year Old Tries to Save Pups Dies

Humane Society of Sarasota County Creates Humane-i-tarian Award to Honor Rilee Beisler SARASOTA, Fla. –The Humane Society of Sarasota County (HSSC) announces the first-ever Rilee Beisler Humane-i-tarian Award, in honor of Rilee Beisler who tragically lost her life attempting to save two puppies, Luna and Dobby, from a house fire in May of 2021. HSSC’s […]

Posted in Local Culture & Lifestyle

Celebrities’ Abound in Our Town

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Our Town Staff
Celebrities’ Abound in Our Town

It wouldn’t be fair to ignore all of the celebrities” who have called our town, Sarasota, Venice or Bradenton their home or fourth home. One of the earlier celebrities going back over 40 years is John D. McDonald the author who made one of the more interesting commentaries on Sarasota. “I’ve never met so many […]

Posted in Local Culture & LifestyleTagged celebrities', Sarasota, Stepen King

See Who Got Sarasota PPP- Loans Helped Local Businesses-

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Our Town Staff
See Who Got Sarasota PPP- Loans Helped Local Businesses-

Sarasota’s latest unemployment figure was 4.4%. In our hey day it was around a percent lower. Then came Covid and businesses shuttering. Employers had to lay off thousands of workers until they received PPP loans from the Federal government. It probably helped save many businesses from going bankrupt. You can visit the site below to […]

Posted in Local Culture & LifestyleTagged ppp loans, Sarasota, siesta key

Eargo Revolutionary Hearing Aid

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Our Town Staff
Eargo Revolutionary Hearing Aid

Eargo Neo HiFi Hearing Aid Review:  Overview: As hearing aids get smaller and smaller we were curious how they performed and what the intricacies may be. When Eargo went public in October it caught our eye. Their hearing aid is small, and lower priced than many small hearing aids. And you can do a free […]

Posted in Uncategorized

Sarasota Statistics

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Our Town Staff
Sarasota Statistics

Sarasota County by-the-numbers Seven things to know about Sarasota county; vital statistics; growth rate estimates; top 10 employers Lynn Waddell | Florida Trend Seven Things to Know About Sarasota Sarasota has been a circus town since John and Charles Ringling made it the winter home of their circus in 1927. Though Ringling Brothers has dissolved, […]

Posted in Local Culture & Lifestyle

New Sarasota African American Art Center

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Our Town Staff
New Sarasota African American Art Center

Sarasota’s new African American Art Center and History Museum has a home. Can you imagine documenting 100 years of African American community history? Sometimes the thought of finishing Phase 1 of the Newtown Alive project was overwhelming. But exceptional scholars, volunteer researchers, a citizens’ task force, and community partners lightened the load. This week, two […]

Posted in Local Culture & Lifestyle

Good Reading

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Our Town Staff
Good Reading

Good Reading: Information helps enlighten us, stimulate us and protect us in this world. We encourage reading and the free press to help protect our rights. Media is one of the only means to inform us of rights, wrongs and injustices. You may not always agree with what the press has to  say, but without […]

Posted in More Stories

Sarasota Film Festival 2020

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Our Town Staff
Sarasota Film Festival 2020

The 22nd Annual Sarasota Film Festival The 22nd Annual Sarasota Film Festival will run from March 27 – April 5, 2020. *************************************** Independent and International narratives, docs and shorts are programmed into a schedule of over 100 features, themed shorts packages and additional programming sidebars that change each year to reflect the strengths of submitted […]

Posted in Sarasota Events

Sarasota Bay Watch Replenishes Clams and Scallops

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Our Town Staff
Sarasota Bay Watch Replenishes Clams and Scallops

Clam Restoration Project in Sarasota Bay In 2016 Sarasota Bay Watch started a new shellfish restoration initiative focused on the southern hard shell clam.  The southern hard shell clam (Merceneria campechiensis) was once abundant in Sarasota Bay.  Now populations have dwindled to just a few locations.  These bivalves are crucial to Sarasota Bay’s ecosystem and […]

Posted in Local Culture & Lifestyle

New Zealand Tour

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Our Town Staff
New Zealand Tour

  newzealand[1] newzealand.pdf   [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.ourtownsarasota.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/newzealand.pdf”]

Posted in Local Culture & Lifestyle
Page 13 of 15« First‹ Previous9101112131415Next ›
Featured Articles
Read More

‘Come From Away’, Asolo

Sarasota News Events: Come from Away   

Read More

Lido Beach Resort * Aweseome

Draft: Sarasota News: We just visited the Lido

Read More

Protect Siesta Key Update 10/25

Beyond Research Supplements
Beyond Research Supplements
Beyond Research Supplements
Beyond Research Supplements
Beyond Research Supplements
Recent Posts
‘Come From Away’, Asolo

October 27, 2025

Local Real Estate Report September 2025

October 25, 2025

Lido Beach Resort * Aweseome

October 20, 2025

Protect Siesta Key Update 10/25

October 13, 2025

Categories

Featured 8

Food & Bar 2

Home & Garden 2

Local Culture & Lifestyle 67

More Stories 5

News 29

Primary Featured 1

Real Estate 7

Sarasota Events 26

Travel 7

Uncategorized 10

Beyond Research Supplements
Beyond Research Supplements
Beyond Research Supplements
SARASOTA WEATHER
Our Town Sarasota Logo

Info

  • Home
  • About
  • Search OTS
  • FAQ

Our Town Sarasota

  • Food & Bar
  • Home & Garden
  • Local Culture & Lifestyle
  • Our Town Sarasota News
  • Sarasota Events
  • Travel

Resources

  • Visit Our Facebook page
  • Siesta Key Live Camera

© 2025 https://ourtownsarasota.com | All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy & Terms | Website by Signal Interactive