Sarasota Fraudsters IMG Director accused of taking $470K to take tests for college entrance exams. Sarasota Pharmacy owner agrees to pay back $775,000 in Medicare billings and kickbacks. School employee charged with charging $75K on school credit card at a casino. Fraudsters cash $130K in bogus checks in Sarasota. Sarasota locals get bilked out of […]
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Michael's Surge Uncovers 119 Year Old Vessels
Michael’s Surge Uncovers 119 Year Old Vessels Tom McKay Three ships left marooned on Dog Island after the 1899 Carrabelle Hurricane, including from left the Norwegian bark “Vale”, the Norwegian bark “Jafnhar”, and in the far right corner, the American schooner “James A. Garfield”. Photo: Florida Memory Program (State Library and Archives of Florida) […]
Who Knew: Andrew Economos, Sarasota Inventor
Radio’s Most Innovative: Andy Economos’ Selector He and his wife donate $1 million dollars to Mote and Red Tide Research. By · Fred Jacobs www.Jacobsmedia.com/blog (OTS: We came across Andrew Economos via a press release from Mote noting that he and his wife had donated $1 million dollars to Mote to find a cure for Red Tide. Upon […]
CA' D'ZAN'S SWIMMING POOL IS RESTORED
CA’ D’ZAN’S SWIMMING POOL IS RESTORED Courtesy Ringling Museum. In May of 2018 restoration of the swimming pool in front of Ca’ d’Zan began. This project was a dream of long-time Keeper of the Ca’ d’Zan, Ron McCarty. “Visitors viewed a completed restoration of a world famous structure, Ca’ d’Zan, with a sinking swimming pool […]
What's Is It Like Living in Sarasota: U.S. News World Report
What is it like living in Sarasota? What’s is it like to live in Sarasota, FL? Best Places to Live #1 Austin, TX #2 Colorado Springs, CO #3 Denver, CO #4 Des Moines, IA #5 Fayetteville, AR Profile written by local expert: Vanessa Caceres Warm temperatures year-round, award-winning beaches and a thriving arts and cultural scene have made Sarasota a […]
The Science Behind Florida’s Sinkhole Epidemic
The Science Behind Florida’s Sinkhole Epidemic Reports of these ground-chasms have been swelling in the past few years. Geology helps explain why. The Smithsonian: There are many good reasons why The Villages is known as “Disney for Seniors.” The largest retirement community in the world, The Villages is also one of America’s safest and most […]
Houston Texas Fun City with History
Houston is a fun city with lots of history and interesting places to visit. We did some sightseeing and photo shoots around Houston. A side trip to Galveston was a big plus, we had never been.Our thanks to longtime Houston resident Thomas McCarrick for his assistance and guidance. And we thank the Houston Heritage Society at Sam Houston […]
Sarasota’s Hidden Connections to the Civil War
Sarasota’s Hidden Connections to the Civil War “My family and I recently took a min-vacation in Sarasota, Florida. The sunshine and clear blue waters were a welcome break from the bleak and cold weather back in Washington. Sarasota is known for gorgeous Gulf Coast beaches, luxury hotels, and charming St. Armands Circle. This is probably […]
Travel with Our Town Sarasota
We have traveled over 100,000 miles to bring our readers travel information. Some of the areas we have covered are New Zealand, Ireland, the Galapagos Islands, Quito, Peru, the Amazon, Brazil, Mexico, Oregon, Alaska, California, Portland, New England, NYC, Long Island, Charleston, Savannah, Tennesee, Colorado, Washington, and D.C. North and South Carolina and Florida. Visit […]
Unconditional Surrender a stabilizing factor….
The latest news and events, Our Town Sarasota.com Unconditional Surrender is a series of sculptures by Seward Johnson resembling a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, V–J day in Times Square, but said by Johnson to be based on a similar, less well known, photograph by Victor Jorgensen. The original statue was first installed in Sarasota, Florida, then was moved to San Diego, California and New York […]
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