Sarasota FL

Sarasota has confirmed the hiring of its first female city manager after the commission approved the contract of Karie Friling. Friling will begin on May 29 — about 21 months since Sarasota last had a permanent city manager. The city will pay her a $279,500 annual salary, with a 2% annual cost-of-living increase. She...

NOKOMIS — If you're feeling the pain of higher gas prices, imagine you're in Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt Hoffman's shoes: His patrol vehicles log nearly 7 million miles a year, he said at Monday's Nokomis Area Civic Association meeting.

With double the responsibilities or more of her department head and/or constitutional officer colleagues from Clearwater to Naples, it might stand to reason that the Sarasota City Auditor and Clerk Shayla Griggs would earn twice the salary. Or, at the very least, should be slotted in a higher pay scale...

As Sarasota continues to grapple with a reasonable and enforceable sound ordinance that balances the vibrancy the city needs with the rights of enjoyment of residents in their homes, the city has solicited the assistance of Gainesville-based Siebein Acoustic. The firm is tasked to provide a technical evaluation that...

Visitors to downtown Sarasota and St. Armands Circle won’t be paying more to park in paid on-street and garage spaces, but hours will be extended and citation fees increased as the city’s Parking Division seeks to achieve operational solvency. As an enterprise fund, the Parking Division, under the...

VENICE, Fla. (WWSB) - Two sides in an ongoing battle over the proposed Manasota Beach Road extension met face-to-face for the first time at the Sarasota County Commission chambers. The extension was unanimously approved last August. The project has been on the county plan for more than 30 years. Developer...

Manatee County officials will cement the legacy of two long-time Palmetto community advocates with a new center coming to Washington Park. On Tuesday, Manatee County Commissioners unanimously approved naming the community center coming this year to Washington Park as the “Lawrence C. and Clifford B. Livingston...

BRADENTON, Fla. - An alligator in Manatee County is back in a pond where it belongs after getting trapped in a soccer net. A social media post by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office showed crews helping free the reptile from the net in the Greyhawk Landing neighborhood. The post...

City commissioners signal their intent to move forward with traffic calming measures. Host: A new effort to slow down traffic in Sarasota neighborhoods is moving forward, as city commissioners signaled Monday they are ready to approve a plan to set a general 20 miles-per-hour speed limit on local streets. Residents...

Sarasota diners craving a taste of Duff’s Famous Wings — long revered by upstate New Yorkers — can finally get their fix at lunchtime. The restaurant, which opened at 3900 Clark Road last month, announced it is expanding its hours to 11 a.m.-10 p.m. on social media . With the new hours, Duff's also unveiled a new...