The Murals Nobody Owned: Sarasota Moves to Claim Lido’s Wade-In and Casino Paintings
For $4,000, the city would adopt Tim Jaeger's 2020 murals of the 1955 wade-ins and the lost Lido Beach Casino. Behind them on the...
Water Main Haulers Leave GMD Sidewalk Cracked
Bay Harbour board member says loaders hauling soil and sod for the Country Club Shores pipe job are cracking slabs along Gulf of Mexico...
Longboat Key Historical Society Gets a Lease and a Deadline
Commission turns down Michael Drake's bid for five years, wants visitor counts and financials, and BJ Bishop asks whether the society can survive at...
Sarasota Plows Paradise at Full Throttle
More than 35,000 homes are approved or advancing across Sarasota County and its city core. The beaches are not getting any bigger, the roads...
89,969 Cars, Ten Searches: Longboat Key Puts Its Flock Cameras on the Table
On Monday afternoon, Police Chief Russ Mager will stand before a new town manager, a returning commission and a town filling up for season...
Beneath the Buzzwords: Friling’s 100-Day Report Hides a Power Play
An LBK News analysis: Karie Friling's 23-page "From Listening to Action" report is half conference tote bag and half blueprint, and the blueprint would...
Taxes, Tides and a $74 Million Bridge Dominate Sarasota-Longboat Summit
A $5.6 million Amendment 3 hole, a sand treaty for New Pass, a channel the Coast Guard gave up on, a $74 million bridge...
Coast Guard crew frees entangled loggerhead in waters off Sarasota
Somewhere in the Gulf between Venice and Big Sarasota Pass, a loggerhead sea turtle old enough to have been cruising these waters since the...
One Pump, One Hour, One More Flood: The County Blames the Rain and St. Armands Still Wants Answers
A stormwater pump tripped offline for 66 minutes on Oct. 6 and the Circle flooded again, with water pushing into businesses. The county now...
Carl Abbott Taught Houses How to See
Carl Abbott carried the Sarasota School further than anyone. Some of his finest houses on the keys are already gone. What happens to the...