Sarasota news events: Preserving centuries-old artifacts. Managing acres of manicured grounds and rose gardens. Shielding valuable art from the ravages of powerful storms. For a quarter century, Florida State University has staffed, operated and managed the finances of the arts complex known as The Ringling – including the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the […]
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April Fools 2025
Sarsota News Events: April 1st, 2025 * Sarasota County will cancel real estate taxes for the next two years given their pockets have been inflated by humongous increases in property values over the past five years. * Downtown condo owners will stop griping about all of the nightlife downtown. * Mother Nature promised to spare […]
Teens Rescued in Gulf of Mexico
through the waters and chilly temperatures off Florida’s Gulf Coast just after sunrise early Tuesday, a trio of fishermen aboard a small boat experienced the catch of a lifetime: Two 16-year-old friends who had spent the night adrift on a paddleboard waving down their rescuers from atop an oyster bar miles from shore. The teens, […]
A history of Phillippi Creek flooding casts shadow over Sarasota’s current stormwater woes
A history of Phillippi Creek flooding casts shadow over Sarasota’s current stormwater woes Last Updated: March 7, 2025 By: Josh Salman | Suncoast Searchlight More than three decades ago, residents who lived along Phillippi Creek donned matching T-shirts that read “I survived the Sarasota flood of ‘92” as they packed themselves into the Sarasota County […]
Sarasota Opera 2025-2026
Sarasota Opera announces 2025-2026 season in celebration of 100th anniversary of historic opera house There’s much to celebrate next season at Sarasota Opera. After a two-year hiatus, the company is bringing back its Fall opera in October 2025, which will be Così fan tutte, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, followed by Sarasota Youth Opera’s production of […]
Asolo 2025-2026 Performances
Sarasota News Events Announcing Asolo Rep’s 2025-2026 season! Get ready for a thrilling lineup packed with Hope, Heart & Rock ‘N’ Roll. From the electrifying dance of Movin’ Out to the timeless tradition of Fiddler on the Roof, to gripping dramas and laugh-out-loud comedies, these stories will move, inspire, and entertain like never before. With […]
Siesta High Rises Proposed
Sarasota News Events Siesta Key Update from https://www.protectsiestakey.org/ Do you want Siesta Key to look like the Miami Skyline? Recent County Workshop on Voluntary Condo Rebuilds The recent county workshop regarding the voluntary condo rebuilds has raised significant alarms with the board of Protect Siesta Key. County Commissioners made comments at this meeting that could […]
SMH Honors Pioneering Newtown Nurses
Sarasota News Events SMH Honors Pioneering Newtown Nurses “For almost a third of Newtown’s 100-year history, the African American community supplied most of their own medical care using cobwebs, cotton balls, turpentine, and castor oil as internal and external cure-alls. Midwives helped pregnant women to give birth.” — Newtown Historic Marker In recognition of Black […]
Mountains of North Carolina: Little Main Street Inn Banner Elk
Sarasota Travel, News Events: Feature: The Main Street Inn Looking for a great vacation to cool off in the North Carolina Mountains in the summer, see the leaves in the fall or ski in the winter….. Banner Elk is the perfect small town with great amenities and a perfect setting. We set out to find […]
Celery Fields Build Out
Sarasota OurTownSarasota news events. NEWS RELEASE Re-Wilding the Quad Parcels Breaks Ground Representatives from Sarasota Audubon Society, Big Waters Land Trust (formerly Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast), and Sarasota County came together to put shovels in the ground on the morning of Thursday, January 23, celebrating their first steps in Re-wilding the Quad Parcels […]
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