Sarasota

Holly DeWitt and Marina Pope became close friends while building choir and band programs.

The city will now revert to its former parking hours and hourly rates — with free parking on Sundays and paid parking ending at 8 p.m. during the week – while the increased charges for citations will stay in effect.

Downtown Sarasota's newest bakery is a family affair — and a way for its Ukrainian owners to stay connected to home during an ongoing war.

The city will focus on modernizing the mechanical and electrical equipment at its 12th Street facility. Three electrical buildings will be torn down and consolidated into one, with a new backup generator.

Criminal citations for sleeping outside in Sarasota have increased more than fourteenfold since 2020, driven in part by expanded police training that now empowers officers throughout the department to enforce the city's lodging ordinance.

The latest legal clash comes just months after SITC Inc. sued Sarasota County and each commissioner for voting down Live Local projects located in rural neighborhoods.

Nate Jacobs' Sarasota-based company returns with a new revue celebrating Marvin Gaye at the biennial festival in North Carolina.

Lynn Goldsmith's "Shared Light" takes visitors on a garden pathway lined with fine art photographs of flowers. Inside, images of the gardens' artist in residence, rock legend Patti Smith, hang next to equally dramatic floral images.

During the last five years, the Florida Legislature has voted to pass more than 50 laws restricting local government’s ability to respond to issues ranging from how they manage growth to how they fund roads or oversee elections.

Scrappy is still alive, still swimming in Sarasota Bay — and thanks to researchers who freed him — helping tell a much bigger story about dolphin conservation.

For Sarasota County Commissioner Joe Neunder and his reelection challenger Jim DeNiro, this year’s District 4 primary has become a battle of who can paint the other as most friendly to developers.

Questions remain about what organizations will receive state support.