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Sarasota beach club buried with sand from Hurricane Helene
The Suntide Island Beach Club in Lido Beach, has been left in a state of devastation following the impact of Hurricane Helene. The hurricane's record-breaking storm surge swept large amounts of sand into every room on the ground level with some rooms up to 4 feet of sand.
Sarasota County, Florida, restaurants with most violations in last 30 days
In the past 30 days, Sarasota County has seen a flurry of restaurant inspections, with some establishments facing multiple violations. The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation conducted inspections at 265 restaurants, revealing that while 195 passed on the first visit, 70 required follow-up inspections.
Arts Editor: Sarasota Performing Arts Center prompts questions from commissioners
In two weeks, Sarasota City Commissioners are expected to vote on an implementation agreement to move forward with plans to build a new performing arts center in a 50/50 partnership with the Sarasota Performing Arts Foundation. At a recent workshop, commissioners had some of the same questions readers have been asking me about the cost of the project (still to be determined), where people will park (still to be determined), how much it will cost to maintain (still to be determined). A manager for the project said the planning team is working to provide some answers before the Oct. 21...
Sarasota, Bradenton area island restaurants work to reopen after Hurricane Helene closures
I'm both heartbroken and inspired by what I'm seeing from our local restaurant community a week after Hurricane Helene devastated large swaths of coastal Sarasota and Manatee counties. The damage caused by the storm surge to local homes and businesses is terrible. However, witnessing the community come together to support one another —...
'Harper was loved': Siesta Key neighbors find box of ashes washed in by Hurricane Helene
SIESTA KEY, Fla. — Hurricane Helene has turned people's lives topsy-turvy, and many have lost precious lifelong and irreplaceable mementos to the disaster. That sense of immense loss is why one woman in Siesta Key is on a mission to get someone's memory back home to them. She hopes to reunite a box of ashes with the rightful owner after it washed up in their yard from the storm.
Week 7 Football Roundup: Lakewood Ranch, Parrish, North Port, Southeast among winners
A roundup of Sarasota and Manatee County high school football games played on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. Lakewood Ranch 24, Sarasota 21 LAKEWOOD RANCH - There were just enough mistakes and big plays to make Friday night’s Sarasota-Lakewood Ranch matchup one of the more entertaining games of the high school football season. ...
Helene’s powerful storm surge killed 12 near Tampa. They didn’t have to die
Hurricane Helene’s storm surge struck Florida fast and hard when it slammed into Gulf Coast communities near St. Petersburg. Longtime residents had never seen anything like the 8-foot wall of water that pushed ashore, and that was the problem. Because the Sept. 26 storm surge was unprecedented, many people living near the beaches ignored mandatory evacuation orders and stayed behind, thinking the warnings were exaggerated. Some people still escaped the rising waters and others were rescued. But 12 died from the surge, including a retired restaurant owner, a former hairdresser, a beach lover and a teacher who was about to retire.
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