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The New Mote

Inside the New Mote SEA

Mote’s brand-new Science and Education Aquarium (SEA) rises at Nathan Benderson Park.

12/02/2025 By Megan McDonald

Privacy, Please

Exclusive Private Clubs Are on the Rise, Including These Five Posh Sarasota Spots

The country club isn’t dead, but it’s got competition.

12/01/2025 By Lauren Jackson

Sea Change

What Does the Future Hold for St. Armands Circle?

As storms intensify and sea levels rise, St. Armands Circle weighs its future.

12/01/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Heroes on the Half Shell

Mote Reports Record Sea Turtle Nesting Numbers for 2025

This year saw more 1,366 more sea turtle nests on local beaches than last year, including some incubating into November.

11/24/2025 By Staff

Sneak Peek

Selby Gardens Will Break Ground on Phase Two of Its Master Plan on Dec. 2

Phase Two includes a new conservatory complex, a learning pavilion and new landscaping features.

11/17/2025 By Staff

End of an Era

Good-Bye, Hart's Landing

Last year's hurricanes destroyed the iconic bait shop's docks. This week, the site was razed.

11/12/2025 By Megan McDonald

Q & A

Jessica Muroff Will Steward Sarasota’s Next Era of Giving

Muroff, the incoming president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, talks building trust, through listening blending data with empathy, and why leadership sometimes starts with a long hike uphill.

11/12/2025 By Kim Doleatto

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Updated: Warming Centers Are Opening in Sarasota and Manatee Counties

With forecasts still in the low 40s tonight, shelters will remain open for those seeking refuge from the cold.

11/11/2025 By Megan McDonald

Burning Question

How Will We Pay for Climate Change?

Colin Polsky, professor of geosciences and associate vice president of Broward campuses at Florida Atlantic University, will tackle that question at the Climate Adaptation Center’s fifth annual Climate Forecast Conference this week.

11/09/2025 By Jessica DeLeon

Make the Grade

Here's Your Chance to Fill Out a Report Card for Downtown Sarasota

You tell us: What do you think of the City of Sarasota’s progress on New Urbanism visionary Andrés Duany’s 2001 master plan?

11/05/2025

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Building the Future

Sarasota’s Arts Scene Sets the Stage for What’s Next

A number of building projects and high-profile capital campaigns with combined fundraising goals of $975 million are on the horizon.

11/04/2025 By Kay Kipling

Retirement Ranks

Sarasota Falls From U.S. News & World Report Retirement Rankings as North Port Climbs

Once a perennial favorite, Sarasota drops out of U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 national list of the Best Places to Retire, while North Port rises to No. 135.

11/04/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Did That Really Happen?

Recent You-Can't-Make-Them-Up Headlines From Sarasota

Truth is stranger than fiction.

11/04/2025

The 1920s

Sarasota and the Roaring '20s

Historian Jeff LaHurd describes the transformational decade that shaped Sarasota forever.

11/03/2025

Well Platted

The Birth of Venice

Even before the land boom hit Sarasota, world-renowned orthopedic surgeon Fred Albee saw the potential for development in Nokomis and Venice.

11/03/2025 By Jeff LaHurd

Black History

In the 1920s, Sarasota Was Small, Southern and Segregated

But the very inequities meant to contain the Black community spurred a parallel world—self-sustaining, rooted and determined to endure.

11/03/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Circle of Dreams

John Ringling's Vision of St. Armands Circle Lives on Today

Ringling planned to turn the tiny, isolated archipelago into a grandiose European-style residential and shopping destination.

11/03/2025 By Jeff LaHurd

The 1920s

The Land Boom Decade That Changed Sarasota Forever

Promises of paradise, get-rich-quick promotions, buying, developing and reselling are the threads that weave throughout the entirety of the Sunshine State’s history, including Sarasota’s.

11/03/2025 By Jeff LaHurd

The Return of the Atala

Against All Odds, Florida’s Iridescent Atala Butterfly Makes a Triumphant Comeback

The Atala was considered extinct as recently as 50 years ago, the ill-timed consequence of urbanization and the overharvesting of its host plant. Now it's back—and thriving.

11/03/2025 By Kendall Southworth

Shore Scares

The Ultimate Guide to Your Most Spook-tacular Sarasota Halloween Ever

There are fall festivities for everyone—even your four-legged friends.

10/31/2025 By The Undead-itors

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