Aug 30, 2024


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Commissioner Smith recommends workshop on county’s stormwater model, with focus on whether updates needed


National Weather Service predictions for Sarasota County rainfall from Tropical Storm Debby, which guided Emergency Management actions, highly inaccurate, County Commission hears


Waste Management fees to go up 3.71% for residential customers in unincorporated Sarasota County on Oct. 1


Residents call for County Commission to halt approvals of new developments until in-depth research undertaken into conditions that led to neighborhood flooding from Tropical Storm Debby


Sarasota County fire assessments set to go up another 15% for 2025 fiscal year (free)


Florida Fish and Wildlife representatives to hold meeting on Siesta to discuss means of dealing with burgeoning coyote problems


County turns over public parking spot next to Oceane complex on Siesta Key to condominium association


Lobbying ordinance proposed by Sarasota City Commissioner Arroyo fails to win approval


35-year-old Bradenton man charged with hit-and-run death of Sarasota woman in February incident


City of North Port loses nearly 1.5 million gallons of treated wastewater as rain overwhelms storage ponds, while City of Venice pipeline break results in undetermined amount of raw sewage spilling


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Sheriff’s Office to conduct special details in effort to improve bicyclist and pedestrian safety


34 illegal firearms recovered during Sarasota Police Department’s Operation Safe Summer


Registration open for Sarasota County’s 19th Annual Sustainable Communities Workshop, set for Nov. 7


City and County of Sarasota administrative offices and facilities to be closed in observance of Labor Day


Selby Gardens announces winners of virtual 44th Annual Juried Photo Exhibition


Conservation Foundation helps Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park grow