Sarasota County to move forward with Hermitage repairs
SARASOTA — Sarasota County will be moving forward with repairs to the Hermitage Artist Retreat after the organization rejected a county offer to have the work done itself.
Studio that builds companies, backed by prominent leaders, launches in Sarasota
Key takeaway: Suncoast Venture Studio is building companies from scratch in Sarasota. Core challenge: Finding founders to lead the companies it creates. What’s next: The goal is to have three to four businesses ready to seek external funding next year. A new company that aims to create businesses from...
Housing development near Celery Fields returns to mediation
A builder, a landowner and Sarasota County are heading back to mediation over a proposal to develop housing east of Interstate 75, across the street from the Celery Fields nature preserve. The latest twist in this more than two-year saga took place Tuesday, Oct. 21 when Sarasota County Commissioners unanimously...
The task: Preparing area roads for massive growth
When the Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization sat down to look at a long-range plan for the region’s roads, bridges and related infrastructure, the agency knew one thing for certain.
Nearly one year since Bradenton teen went missing — family and community still searching...
Bradenton, Fla. (WWSB) - UPDATE: It has been nearly one year since Caitlyn ‘Katie’ Sandt was last seen or heard from and her family and the community are still looking for answers. 19-year-old Kaitie Sandt has been missing since Oct. 30th 2024, according to her mother Christina Sandt.
Florida Man Dives In Gator-Infested Lake To Save A Helpless Soul In Danger
It was a perfectly normal afternoon in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, and Doug Hay was enjoying a quiet day at home when an unexpected noise broke the peace. From the lake just behind his house came a loud splash that immediately caught his attention. At first, Doug assumed it was nothing...
Most Suncoast lawmakers quiet as charter school expansion fuels local upheaval
Many of the same Suncoast lawmakers who voted earlier this year to let charter schools move into underused public campuses have stayed quiet as a Miami-based charter operator’s early push to occupy local schools set off confusion and concern among parents and educators.
Counterfeit Money Leads to Arrests in DeSoto County Investigation
Counterfeit Money Leads to Arrests in DeSoto County Investigation. The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office has announced the arrest of two North Port residents following an investigation into counterfeit money used at the Arcadia Walmart. A few weeks ago, deputies responded to the store after a couple reportedly used...
Charter filing at Sarasota’s Oak Park raises questions about special-needs services
SARASOTA — When one of Florida’s largest charter school networks set its sights on Oak Park School — Sarasota County’s only K-12 campus dedicated to students with disabilities — it brought the state’s charter-school push into one of public education’s most sensitive spaces.
The man behind Englewood’s ‘resistance’
ENGLEWOOD — John Munn walks and talks like a general.
