The Future Was Female

A Timeline of Notable Events Leading to the Passage of the 19th Amendment

Plus, a list of books and films to read and watch. Consider this your suffragist primer.

08/18/2020 By Staff

Milestone Moment

Florida Studio Theatre Celebrates Women's Suffrage Centennial Aug. 20

A special online event will wrap up the communitywide Suffragist Project.

08/18/2020 By Kay Kipling

The Future Was Female

A List of Books, Plays and Films to Illuminate Your Understanding of the Suffragist Movement

There's something for everyone.

08/18/2020 By Staff

Education

Child Protection Center Prevention Educators Present at National Conference

CPC's presentation focused on the potential risks and misuse that accompany children’s use of the Internet.

08/17/2020 By Staff

Women's Rights

Talking With Jane Plitt, Former Head of the National Organization for Women

Plitt, who's also an author and entrepreneur, says women’s struggle for equality is still “deep and difficult.”

08/17/2020 By Megan McDonald

Health

Healthy Start Coalition Obtains Funding to Support Healthier Pregnancies in Newtown

Healthy Start's "Save My Life" program was created in 2006 in response to alarming racial disparities in maternal and infant health.

08/17/2020 By Staff

Safe Space

The Turtle Safe Toy Box Offers a Place for Unwanted Beach Toys

Don’t want that broken pail and shovel? Caleb Jameson has a solution.

08/17/2020 By Allison Forsyth and Sarafina Murphy-Gibson

Real Estate

Toll Brothers at Venice Woodlands Premieres

The gated community will have 263 homes at completion.

08/17/2020 By Ilene Denton

Listening to Black Voices

Retired Crime Analyst Wanda F. Gilbert on Police Reform and Growing Up in Segregated South Florida

“There needs to be more addressing instead of arresting.”

08/17/2020 By Heather Dunhill

Grand reopening

Newtown Farmer's Market Reopens This Week

After being shut down because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the market will return on Friday and Saturday with new social distancing rules in place.

08/17/2020 By Cooper Levey-Baker

The Future Was Female

Bertha Honore Palmer Left Her Mark as a Developer, Philanthropist and Innovator in Early 20th-Century Sarasota

We're telling the stories of influential local women.

08/17/2020 By Kay Kipling

Preview

SarasotaMOD Weekend Reinvents Itself for the Pandemic Age

The architecture festival returns Nov. 6-8 with some novel twists to honor the career of longtime Sarasota architect Carl Abbott.

08/17/2020 By Ilene Denton

Acquisitions

SEPI Acquires Palmetto-Based Planning and Design Firm

Foley/Kolarik has worked on projects including The Concession Golf Course, Southeastern Guide Dogs, and numerous projects with the Manatee County School District.

08/14/2020 By Staff

Awards

Sarasota County Fire Department Recognized by American Heart Association

In 2019, 4 percent of nearly 60,000 emergency calls for SCFD Emergency Medical Service (EMS) response were cardiac-related.

08/14/2020 By Staff

Fast Track

New College Names Vice-President for Enrollment Management

Dr. Damon wade comes to New College from the University of Virginia.

08/14/2020 By Staff

Coronavirus

Sarasota Public Health Emergency Extended Through Aug. 21

The city's emergency order also allows the Newtown Farmers Market to reopen next weekend.

08/14/2020 By Staff

Open up

Manatee County Has the Chance to Create a New Land Conservation Program

If voters approve a new measure this fall, the county could acquire land to protect water quality and fish and wildlife habitat, preserve environmentally sensitive land and create public parks.

08/14/2020 By Cooper Levey-Baker