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Overtown

Sarasota Historic Preservation Board Denies Permit to Demolish Historic Hotel Built During Segregation

The 1926-built Colson Hotel in the Rosemary District has been spared for now.

04/10/2024 By Kim Doleatto

The Big Give

The 2024 Giving Challenge Kicks Off April 9

The Community Foundation of Sarasota County's 24-hour challenge runs from noon to noon on April 9-10; all unique donations of $25 to $100 will be matched by The Patterson Foundation.

04/08/2024 By Staff

Hurricanes

Climate Adaptation Center Predicts 24 Named Storms, 12 Hurricanes and Six Major Hurricanes for 2024

Hurricanes have been increasing in strength and number for the last decade.

04/04/2024 By Megan McDonald

Spin Cycle

What Can We Expect From This Year's Hurricane Season?

Ahead of official predictions coming next month, here are three things to keep an eye on.

03/25/2024 By Megan McDonald

In the Middle of It All

In a Rapidly Changing Rosemary District, Resurrection House Remains Committed to Helping People Without a Place to Live

In Sarasota County, where homelessness is on the rise, the nonprofit day center provides unhoused individuals with food, clothing, showers and restrooms.

03/21/2024 By Stephanie Churn Lubow

Barking Up the Right Tree

Let's Meet Some Adorable Future Guide Dogs

Southeastern Guide Dogs breeds, raises and delivers highly trained dogs that change lives by offering companionship, guidance, safety, support and boundless love.

03/21/2024 By Kim Doleatto

Turtle Power

Mote Marine Laboratory Releases Clarice, a Rehabilitated Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Some good news for Monday.

03/18/2024 By Staff

Grand Opening

Project Pride's New Headquarters Provides a Gathering Place for Sarasota's LGBTQ+ Community

The new location “is about creating safe spaces while providing opportunities for marginalized groups within the community to meet and organize,” says Project Pride president Jason Champion.

03/15/2024 By Andrea González

In Bloom

Selby Gardens Ranks No. 3 on USA Today List of Best Botanical Gardens

The gardens recently completed Phase One of the expansion of its downtown campus, which includes the new Green Orchid restaurant.

03/13/2024 By Megan McDonald

Q & A

A Conversation Between Pioneering Journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Sarasota Magazine's Heather Dunhill

An intimate discussion that touches on race, friendship and Sarasota.

03/08/2024 By Charlayne Hunter-Gault

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IYKYK

Siesta Key Beach Voted Best Beach in Florida by Tripadvisor

It was also recognized as the second-best beach in the United States and ranked in the top 10 for best in the world.

03/01/2024 By Megan McDonald

Happy Birthday

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System Welcomes Record Number of Leap Day Babies (With More to Come)

The chances of a baby being born on Feb. 29 are 1 in 1,461.

02/29/2024 By Megan McDonald

Q & A

Hosana Fieber Takes the Reins at Tervis

We talked to the popular drinkware company's new CEO about her history with Tervis, being a first-generation American and how she likes to spend her free time.

02/23/2024 By Elizabeth Djinis

Clang Clang Clang

The 76 Flyer Trolley Offers Easy Transportation From the Airport to Downtown Sarasota

Part of Sarasota County Transit's new Breeze rebrand, the trolley is quick, affordable and dare we say enjoyable?

02/20/2024 By Lauren Jackson

Ride Along

The Life of a Sarasota County Animal Services Officer Is Way More Complex Than You Might Think

We recently spent a day with animal services officer Jeffrey Henry to find out what it's like to corral critters for a living.

02/19/2024 By Sylvia Whitman

Flashback

Did You Know That in the 1940s, Sarasota Had an Indoor Croquet Court?

This old-school Sarasota image by Joseph Janney Steinmetz set off a hunt to identify where it was taken.

02/15/2024 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Love Is in The Air

How We Say 'I Love You' in Sarasota

Forget chocolate and flowers. This is our love language.

02/12/2024

Q & A

Glenda Hatchett: 'Black History Is Not Just for Black People. It Is for All of Us.'

The judge, attorney and television star traveled to Sarasota last week for an event dedicated to the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

02/12/2024 By Jessika Ward

R.I.P.

Longtime Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson Has Died

Patterson was 79 years old. She spent more than 20 years in public service in Sarasota.

02/08/2024 By Kim Doleatto

History Lesson

A New Historical Marker Will Memorialize Victims of Lynching and Racial Terror in Sarasota

The marker will be installed at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota later this month.

02/06/2024 By Cooper Levey-Baker

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