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Extended paid parking hours rescinded in downtown Sarasota
57+ min ago (752+ words) Just more than a month after implementing extended enforcement hours on downtown parking, the Sarasota City Commission has suspended the program while the city explores other options to pay for its parking program. Downtown business and commercial property owners have…...
The dog days bring the return of public nudity, rejection tirades
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (368+ words) 2:02 p.m., 1200 block of North Palm Avenue “I’m the one who called and he’s the one,” the complainant proclaimed, according to the incident report. After parties were separated for interviews, the complainant stated she was seated across from the subject when she…...
Sarasota Ballet adds three principal dancers
1+ week, 5+ day ago (663+ words) The Sarasota Ballet, which lost some beloved members at the end of the 2024-25 season, is adding star power and replenishing its ranks. Among the eight additions and two promotions announced July 22 was the appointment of Misa Kuranaga as principal dancer....
Burying power lines on barrier islands tops City Commission agenda
2+ week, 6+ day ago (279+ words) The future of a venerable youth sailing organization, refining the definition of lodging in downtown and putting utilities on barrier islands underground are among a packed agenda for the Monday, July 20 meeting of the Sarasota City Commission. A long-awaited project…...
Young candidates vie for Manatee County Commission, school board
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1664+ words) If a candidate for the Manatee County Commission was a lifelong resident, a Kiwanis volunteer and a frequent speaker at the Manatee Tiger Bay Club, who also worked on state, county and school board campaigns and served as a commissioner’s…...
Intoxicated man barks at nesting sea turtles
3+ week, 11+ hour ago (463+ words) Your Observer Intoxicated man barks at nesting sea turtles A man who smelled of alcohol had the police called on him after shining a flashlight and barking at sea turtles. This and other Longboat Key police reports in this week's…...
City to repair damaged streetlights on Lido Key
3+ week, 5+ day ago (330+ words) The Sarasota City Commission, via consent agenda, authorized entering into a local agency program with the Florida Department of Transportation to repair lighting on Lido Key. FDOT is providing up to $600,037 for the project with a local match of $108,426. The…...
Bring unwanted guns to Sarasota Police on Saturday
3+ week, 6+ day ago (132+ words) Unwanted firearms, pellet guns and BB guns will be accepted at Sarasota Police Department on Saturday, July 11 during the Done with the Gun turn-in event. From 1-5 p.m. at police headquarters, 2099 Adams Lane, officers will accept a variety of items including non-working…...
Man's fraud report about wife locks both of the couple's bank accounts
3+ week, 6+ day ago (530+ words) 11:05 p.m., 1900 block of Main Street Disturbance: A woman attempting to reenter a movie theater was causing enough of a disturbance to bring law enforcement to the scene. The manager called because the woman was banging on locked doors, demanding to be…...
Proceeds from The Exchange sales aid 50 groups, students
4+ week, 11+ hour ago (181+ words) More than 50 students and arts and cultural organizations received a total of $500,000 last month from The Exchange, a 15,000-square-foot downtown consignment shop that sells items including high-end furniture, clothing, jewelry and accessories. The store on Orange Avenue, formerly known as…...