Sarasota News Events: History Sarasota Five Points 941-544-6227 The Methodists were the first to organize and build a church in the young village of Sarasota. During the first years after the colony from Scotland arrived…
Schools To Start Later
School officials will soon be gearing up to push back start times for many high schools under a new law that mandates changes to the beginning of the school day — but some lawmakers and…
Florida Tax Holidays 2023
Sales Tax Relief Awaits DeSantis Signature. Establishes Two Back-to-School Sales Tax Holidays The legislation creates two, 14-day “back-to-school” sales tax holidays from July 24 – August 6, 2023, and January 1 – January 14, 2024,…
“Lilly” and “Farmer,” Turtles released from Lido Beach
Mote Release: Two loggerhead sea turtles, nicknamed “Lilly” and “Farmer,” were released from Lido Beach on Tuesday, May 16, after recovering from red tide toxins at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital.…
Sarasota Insurance Agent Defrauds local Investors.
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that today, following a six-week trial, a jury has returned guilty verdicts on nine counts of the superseding indictment charging Phillip Roy Wasserman (66, Sarasota) with conspiracy to…
Van Wezel Free Concerts
FRIDAY FEST RETURNS TO THE VAN WEZEL – Friday Fest, the free, outdoor summertime concert series at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall returns this year with an exciting lineup of bands who will bring…
“The Big Sexy” Fats Waller WCBTT
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will conclude its 2022-2023 “American Dreams” theatre season with the world-premiere musical revue, “Big Sexy: The Fats Waller Revue.” The show runs from April 19 through May 28, 2023. Thomas Wright…
2023 Hurricane Predictions
WGCU | By AccuWeather and other sources The 2023 hurricane season could be almost a carbon copy of 2022 with a similar number of storms, the long-range forecasters at AccuWeather said. The company's current projections indicate…
100 Sq. Miles of Red Tide
Manatee County rakes 7,000 pounds of dead fish in two weeks Currently, there is roughly 100 square miles of Florida’s Gulf Coast waters are painted with red tide. The harmful algal bloom, , is…