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SARASOTA –– It’s the weekend owners of vacation rental properties have yearned for, especially when hotels remained open. These owners learned yesterday, May 22, that their businesses were allowed to ...
SARASOTA –– Under pressure from St. Armand’s Circle business owners, the Sarasota City Commission last Monday voted to reopen Lido Beach to the public by a 4-1 vote. City commissioners had ...
STAFF REPORT SARASOTA –– Two city streets in downtown Sarasota will partially close this weekend to assist local businesses in the economic recovery from COVID-19. The closures will begin at 4 ...
STAFF REPORT For Sarasota County:
- Solid-waste curbside collections will operate on a normal schedule.
- County facilities including the downtown Administration Center, Robert L. Anderson, Sarasota County Operations Center, Comptroller ...
SARASOTA –– A plan to re-open short-term or vacation rentals in Sarasota County is now under review by the state county commissioners learned Wednesday. And hopefully, quick approval will come ...
SARASOTA –– With no vote and minimal discussion, Sarasota County commissioners directed their attorney to proceed as normal and attempt to recover costs from the losing parties in the redistricting ...
Staff Report SARASOTA –– City residents are now under lawn watering restrictions after the Southwest Florida Water Management District, commonly known as Swiftmud, issued a water shortage order in response ...
SARASOTA –– Sarasota County tourism officials expected the news to be bad. It was. According to data released by Tax Collector Barbara Ford-Coates, revenues from the tourist development tax plunged, ...
SARASOTA –– The City of Sarasota has created a new temporary outdoor café permit in an effort to aid local restaurants with a speedy economic recovery from the COVID-19 public health ...
STAFF REPORT SARASOTA – Hospital safety report cards were released recently, and Sarasota Memorial Hospital continued its straight-A streak for keeping patients safe from medical errors, infections, accidents and other ...
STAFF REPORT ENGLEWOOD –– Testing for COVID-19 will come to Englewood for the first time this week while also continuing in North Port and Laurel. The Sarasota County Health Department ...
SARASOTA –– Small businesses within the city of Sarasota that may have missed out on the county’s larger small business assistance grants have another chance to get help. City officials ...
STAFF REPORT LAKELAND –– Starting Saturday, May 16, Publix stores will be open daily from 7 a.m.–9 p.m., and the pharmacy will return to normal operating hours. Designated shopping hours ...
SARASOTA COUNTY –– A letter sent to a Sarasota County attorney by a representative of three environmental groups contained both a warning and offers of assistance. The letter sent by ...
SARASOTA –– A generous donation by a grateful resident this week benefitted first responders and others on the front lines in the city of Sarasota in the battle against the ...
SARASOTA –– Sarasota County Tax Collector Barbara Ford-Coates reopened her Mid-County Service Center on Monday, May 11 for limited driver’s license transactions that cannot be completed online. The office will ...
ENGLEWOOD –– For property owners on Manasota Key, whose beach-front properties have been ravaged by hurricanes and tropical storms, the answer is yes. For Sarasota County commissioners, the answer is ...
SARASOTA –– With attention focused on the reopening of beaches and other amenities in Sarasota County, this bit of good news slipped by during this week’s county commission meeting. The ...
SARASOTA –– Beaches in Sarasota County are now fully reopen. Tennis and pickleball players can enjoy their sports. And now restaurants and retail businesses in the unincorporated county will get ...
SARASOTA –– It may have been politics, it may have about protecting an ally, but race was not the predominant motive behind the decision by Sarasota County commissioners to redraw ...
STAFF REPORT SARASOTA –– Drive-thru testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus will continue this week at sites in North Port and Laurel for those who have made appointments in advance. These ...
SARASOTA –– In advance of the 2020 hurricane season, Sarasota County is dropping the CodeRED notification system, and instead, launching a mass-notification system called Alert Sarasota County, hosted by Everbridge, ...
Staff Report SARASOTA –– Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings each assigned AA+ ratings this week to Sarasota County's capital improvement revenue bonds, series 2020. The bonds will be issued in the ...
SARASOTA –– It won’t be in time for this weekend but come Monday beachgoers to Sarasota County’s beaches will have access to the parking lots once again. When county beaches ...
