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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

Grounded!

The Government Shutdown Is Creating Travel Headaches Everywhere

The FAA announced today that it intends to decrease air traffic by 10 percent in 40 markets nationwide starting Friday morning, including at Tampa International. At SRQ, seven flights were delayed today.

11/06/2025 By Megan McDonald

In Fine Feather

It’s Peak Birding Season Look for These Migrating 'Lifer' Birds Making a Stop in Sarasota

At the Celery Fields and in woodland areas like Pinecraft Park, you’ll spot numerous kinds of birds, from jaw-droppingly colorful painted buntings to chicken-like soras and flashy scarlet tanagers.

11/05/2025 By Megan McDonald

Play Ball!

Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves Announce 2026 Spring Training Schedule

This spring, fans can look forward to more Spring Breakout, increased access to Orioles' practices and international matchups ahead of the 2026 World Baseball Classic.

11/05/2025 By Megan McDonald

Burning Question

What Does Florida’s New Beach Access Law Mean?

Coastal rights attorney Pepper Uchino weighs in on the sand wars.

11/03/2025 By Isaac Eger

Country Soul

Ghost Hounds’ Lead Singer SAVNT Brings His Sound to Sarasota

The band—which has opened for music legends, including the Rolling Stones—and its lead singer will perform a free concert at The Bay on Nov. 1.

10/28/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Rainy Day? Go Play!

Where to Take the Kids on a Rainy Day

Rainy day? No problem—from roller-skating to go-carting to visiting a science center or aquarium, we've got a can't-miss list of things to do with kids.

09/30/2025 By Lauren Jackson and Kim Doleatto

In Full Flower

Selby Gardens Announces 2025-2026 Programming

The gardens will open its 2025 Orchid Show next month with an installation by British contemporary artist Rebecca Louise Law. Plus: "Flowers and Friendship" from Lynn Goldsmith and Patti Smith, and more.

09/10/2025 By Staff

Making a Splash

Randy and the Dolphins

Marine scientist Randall Wells knows Sarasota’s dolphins better than anyone in the world. Just don’t ask him to read their minds.

09/05/2025 By Isaac Eger

Mosquito Buzz

You’re Not Imagining It. Mosquitoes Are Getting Worse Here.

More than 80 mosquito species call Florida home, and each mosquito species has different habitat preferences.

09/03/2025 By Isaac Eger

Popular Content

    The Locals' Guide to Sarasota

    Sarasota Tourism Rose in March. Visitor Spending Didn’t.

    An Airboat Ride on the Peace River Offers a Front-Row Seat to Gators, Birds and Wild Florida

    What Does Florida’s New Beach Access Law Mean?

    Siesta Beach Named No. 1 Beach in the U.S., No. 4 in the World by Tripadvisor

    The Ultimate Guide to Our Area's Sandbars

Birds of a Feather

Sarasota Audubon Society Bird Naturalist Helen King Thinks Everyone Should Know More About Our Feathered Friends

The Celery Fields is the third most popular destination in the state of Florida.

09/01/2025 By Lauren Jackson

The Prince of Tides

A Beach Clean-Up Honors the Late Rich Schineller's Love of Sarasota's Shoreline

The sunset gathering on Aug. 5 on Siesta Key will honor Schineller, who died of blood cancer in 2023, with stories and service by the sea he loved.

07/30/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Flashback

In 1937, a Local Man Caught a 2,500-Lb. Shark Just Off Longboat Key

Edgar Green caught the massive animal while fishing alone in the Gulf.

07/21/2025 By Megan McDonald

Creature Encounters

All the Wildlife You'll Spot on the Myakka River

You'll see alligators, for sure—but also fish, turtles, river otters, manatees, bobcats, deer and raccoons.

07/17/2025 By Miri Hardy

Dune Duty

A New Volunteer Initiative Aims to Plant 12,000 Sea Oats in Manatee County

Keep Manatee Beautiful is looking for 300 volunteers to help plant sea oats along the dunes of Anna Maria Island in an effort to shore up the natural protections between the island and the water.

07/16/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Only in Sarasota

Bird Talk at Sarasota Jungle Gardens

Scarlet macaw Alberta is known for her sweet temperament, beautiful tail feathers, and a love of wooden toys, neck rubs and making a mess.

07/14/2025 By John Pirman

Wild and Scenic

Kayaking the Myakka River

Our Gulf beaches are world famous, but Sarasota has another great body of water—the Myakka, celebrating its 40th anniversary as Florida’s only “Wild and Scenic River.”

07/10/2025 By John McCarthy

Flashback

Photo: Sarasota Sun-Debs, 1949

Photographer Joseph Janney Steinmetz captured this scene that year, which shows a ballet instructor giving the Sun-Debs a movement lesson on the sunny shores of Lido Beach.

07/03/2025 By Megan McDonald

Mango Mecca

The Mango's Deep Roots in America Started in Manatee County

More than 140 years ago, some of the first mango trees in America were established in Bradenton.

07/02/2025 By Isaac Eger

Swim Meet

What It's Like to Swim With the Stingrays at the St. Regis Longboat Key

Get up close and personal with stingrays and marine animals at The St. Regis Longboat Key’s Under the Sea lagoon.

07/02/2025 By Megan McDonald

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