Bradenton FL

Key takeaway: Residents have already begun moving into SeaFlower, a massive mixed-use development in southwest Bradenton, where construction is also beginning on a shopping center for the master-planned community. Core challenge: Creating a development that stands on its own while being complementary to its...

The Sarasota County Commission has expressed interest in streamlining public-private partnerships for major projects, after some criticism in August for such a deal with a major local developer. The update was requested by Commissioner Ron Cutsinger, who said he supported public-private partnerships (P3s) as a more...

Conservationists are celebrating the protection of 13 acres of land along the Myakka River in East Manatee County. Manatee County commissioners approved the land’s purchase over the summer with $420,000 from the county’s voter-approved conservation fund. The land buy also expands Crane Park in Myakka City to 40...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Nearly two years after $211 million was awarded to the Kowalski family after suing Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital for negligence, the judgment has been overturned. In 2023, a jury found the hospital was negligent when they reported the mother of then 10-year-old Maya Kowalski...

Sarasota has quietly shifted from a Gulf-Coast vacation escape into one of the fastest-growing magnets for remote workers in 2025. A mix of lifestyle perks, renewed downtown development, improving housing dynamics and a growing ecosystem of flexible workspaces is making the city especially attractive to professionals...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – Marine Patrol Officers rescued a pelican that was found tangled in fishing gear on Sarasota Bay. Officers carefully untangled the bird, which then flew away. “Take these broken wings, and learn to fly again, learn to live so free,” Sarasota PD said in a social...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The couple accused of performing sex acts on a JetBlue flight in July in view of two children and their mother will not be prosecuted in Sarasota, court records show. In documents filed in Sarasota County Court Oct. 30, the state attorney’s office has declined the...

The latest effort by mega-developer D.R. Horton to build a housing community near the Celery Fields bird sanctuary has once again been rebuffed by Sarasota County, but the long and winding process through local bureaucracy is not over yet. D.R. Horton, which bills itself as “America's Largest Homebuilder,” had...

They want Florida to require nursing homes and assisted-living facilities to allow residents to install video monitoring devices in rooms. The post Florida couple pushes to allow ‘granny cams’ at long-term care facilities appeared first on Orlando Weekly .

St. Pete Mayor Ken Welch announced that his administration has directed a $20,000 donation to the St. Pete Free Clinic in anticipation of the suspension of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on November 1. The St. Pete Free Clinic is one of the city’s most impactful and important nonprofits...