10 Mar 2023


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County Commission calls for Neighborhood Workshops on land-use applications to be conducted in-person, with hybrid Zoom option


Settlement in the works for City of Sarasota and Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority over City Commission’s 2022 approval of apartments near runway


Another $7.7 million approved for county’s South Siesta Beach Repair Project, with staff planning on late March start unless FEMA approves delay to November


Faced with potential 54% increase in city’s insurance premium for 2023-24, Sarasota city commissioners approve lower level of coverage


Internal search preferred to find successor to retiring County Attorney Elbrecht


County administrator recounts discussions with Siesta incorporation leaders about various responsibilities town would have to take over from county


Designers of Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Lincoln Center in New York among semi-finalists vying to create Sarasota Performing Arts Center


Membership criteria set for ‘Purple Ribbon Committee’ to focus on future of Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall


County’s COVID positivity rate back up a bit, to 8.48%


County commissioner suggests more frequent beach cleaning in ‘tourist-centric areas,’ with red tide killing fish


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Cartoon of the Week


OTHER NEWS (free):

Appointments required week of March 13-17 for all passport services at Venice and Sarasota Clerk of the Circuit Court and County Comptroller offices


‘No Swim’ advisory issued for Bird Key Park


Women’s Resource Center and Sarasota Memorial to host free March 29 online event about career opportunities at the hospital


Time running out to register for Gulf Coast Community Foundation’s Better Together event on March 16


Conservation Foundation inviting the public to join Myakka restoration initiative


Bobby Jones Golf Club renovations progressing well


‘Rowing News’ magazine once again names Nathan Benderson Park top rowing venue in North America