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FST's 'The Four C Notes' brings back the days of doo-wop
Aug. 3 is a special day for John Michael Coppola. But it's not his birthday or his wedding anniversary. It's the anniversary of a Chicago area bride who asked him to do a pop-up show featuring the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons at her 2013 reception. That...
Sarasota County moving forward with plan to buy Albritton Fruit Farms
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Following a unanimous vote at Tuesday’s Sarasota County Commission meeting, the county is set to buy 341 acres that are currently home to Albritton Fruit Farms. The land is located at 9665 S.R. 72 in Sarasota. The county’s goal with the purchase is to help...
How to keep safe from lightning
Thunderstorms roll through Tampa Bay during summer months like clockwork: Sometime usually between 4 and 7 p.m., dark clouds form, rain pours down, thunder claps — and lightning strikes. Florida sees millions of strikes a year. On July 25, four teens were struck by lightning while standing under a...
Grants support Hermitage Artist Retreat artist programs and community initiatives
The Hermitage Artist Retreat has been awarded nearly a dozen grants totaling over $238,000 that will support a variety of programs and initiatives, including residencies for Hermitage Fellows, arts education support, and program accessibility. A leading national arts incubator, the Hermitage is the only major arts organization in Florida’s Gulf Coast exclusively...
Sarasota County Sheriff retired K-9 dies
SARASOTA, Fla. — The Sarasota County Sheriff's office announced the passing of retired K-9 Indy on Monday. Indy worked in patrol and narcotics odor detection for seven years with his retired handler, according to a Facebook post. The sheriff's office highlighted Indy's numerous achievements during his 1,579 calls including nearly 600 narcotics sniffs and apprehending 27 people.
Top 15 offensive linemen in Sarasota, Manatee to watch in 2024 high school football season
SARASOTA - They are known as a football team's "thick necks," but the five players charged with protecting their quarterback and opening holes for their backs are a team's engine. If the unit fails in cohesion and execution, runners don't run, and passers don't pass. One of Riverview High's favorite sons, David Baas, was plucked from the school's Kiltie Band by late Rams head football coach John Sprague and put on the Riverview offensive line. Somewhere at...
How Florida's olympians are doing so far
The Olympics are in full swing, and our hometown athletes are on the hunt for gold.Let's check in on how Florida's Olympic delegation is doing so far:Delray Beach tennis star Coco Gauff suffered an emotional loss yesterday in the third round of women's singles play after a controversial refereeing decision.The 20-year-old U.S. flag bearer is still competing in women's doubles and mixed doubles.Key Biscayne soccer phenom Benjamin Cremaschi and the U.S. men's under-23 soccer team beat Guinea yesterday to advance to the knockout stage — the first quarter-finals berth for the men's squad since 2000.Cremaschi plays professionally for his hometown...
‘A matter of life and death’: How disaster response endangers US farmworkers
This story was originally published by Grist. When Hurricane Idalia struck Florida last summer, a tree fell straight through a trailer occupied by a migrant-farmworker family in Hamilton County. They couldn’t afford to move, even temporarily, so the family of six just picked up the things they could salvage and continued to live around the rotting tree.
Sarasota School Board budget projects spike in private school vouchers, enrollment drop
The Sarasota County School Board is poised to approve a budget projecting a decline in district enrollment and a dramatic increase in private school vouchers, new documents show. The state of Florida projects the use of Sarasota County's Family Empowerment Scholarships, typically called vouchers, to increase from 2,944 in 2023-24 to 4,688 this year — a 59% increase. Meanwhile, enrollment in the district's public schools is projected to decrease slightly, by 334 students compared to last year. ...
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