Donna Summer, Queen Of Disco, Dies At Her Home On Manasota Key Fl, 63

Tampa Bay Area More Financially Distressed Than Detroit

Southwest Florida Foreclosures Increasing

Snook Haven Restaurant To Close Until Next Fall For Failure To Pay Back Rent

Thousands Of Florida Residents May Be Illegally Registered To Vote

Mullet Lovers Try To Give Fish An Image Makeover

Meth Arrests In Venice

Woman With Medical Condition Crashes Into WW II Statute In Sarasota

Family Of Jogger Hit And Killed On Siesta Key By Drunk Driver Files Suit

Small Uncontrolled Plane Heading For Sarasota Crashes In Gulf

Oil Spill Is Prime Suspect In Hundreds Of Dolphin Deaths In Gulf

Banner Tourist Season For Southwest Florida

Rare Manatee Herd Captivates Viewers In Sarasota

Allegiant Air Announces New Base In Punta Gorda

Sarasota Sheriff Gets Tough On DUI’s

Armed Neo-Nazis Now Patrolling Sanford Fl ‘Prepared’ For Post-Martin Violence

Rays Players Sued In Hit And Run

Stellar Tourist Season Nearing An End

Parents Of British Students Murdered In Florida Criticize Obama

Florida AG Bondi Confident Supreme Court Will Overturn Obamacare

Deputies Crack Down On Underage Drinking At Englewood Beach

Attention Floridians:  New Drug Treatment For Pre-Cancerous Actinic Keratoses Approved By FDA

Florida Vets Outraged Over American Flag With Obama Image Flying Over County Dem Headquarters

Spring Break 941 Style

Spring Break On Siesta Key Comes Amid Talk Of Beach Alcohol Ban

Florida City Offers Free Gas For Tourists

Boca Grande Bridge Work To Begin March 10

Sarasota Named top Place To Retire; Naples 3, Venice 9

Sarasota Officials Talk Of Disbanding Police Force Over Budget Crunch

Man Who Crushes Car At Red Neck Yacht Club Reimburses Owner

Ft. Myers Man Runs Over Teen’s Car At Redneck Yacht Club

700 Rowers Descend On Sarasota This Weekend For Invitational Regatta

Boca Grande Talks New Bridge As Toll Increases To $6

Blistering Criticism Over Florida Mortgage Settlement

‘Awesome Baby’ Sarasota’s Dick Vitale Going Strong at 72

Florida Teen Calls Police To Report Mom Having Sex

 Air Tran Pulling Out Of Sarasota Airport

Florida Pays Employees To Get Drunk To Test Intoxilyzer

US To Ban Four Snakes To Save Florida Everglades

Family Blames Lax Laws And Deputies For Runner’s Death On Siesta Key

Former Northport (Fl) HS Principal Charged For Use Of Hypnosis On Students

Don Platt, 91

 Don Platt, community builder, story teller and one of the last direct links to Englewood’s pioneering families died Monday (01/10/12) at age 91.  An avid fisherman,  he is remembered for his stories of old Englewood.

Deputies Warned Driver Before Fatal DUI Crash On Siesta Key

Real Estate Sales On Boca Grande, A Bastion Of The Wealthy, Up 57 %

NY Times To Dump 16 Regional Newspapers; Sarasota Herald Tribune Among Them

Sarasota Herald Tribune Sold By New York Times

Plane Crash Kills One In Venice

Former Russian Jet Pilot Crashes Single Engine Plane In Venice, Walks Away Uninjured

Florida’s Flawed System For Policing The Police

Storch: ‘Things Could Be Worse’ Tell It To The Homeless Living The I-4 Corridor Of Central Florida

Poverty Rate Soars In Sarasota (Fl) County

Hard Times In Central Florida; Families Living In Cars

Venice Goodwill Store Opposed By Neighbors

 Police Roll-Out New Tank At Occupy Protest In Tampa

Storch: If It’s Stone Crab Season In Florida, Can The Snow Birds Be Far Behind?

Jimmy Buffett Surprises Key West Parrothead Crowd

Storch: Candy Flavored Tobacco, Industry’s Latest Tactic To Get Kids Hooked On Nicotine

Nine Arrested In Charlotte Drug House Raid

Small Plane Crashes At Punta Gorda Airport

Two Separate Sarasota Murders May Be Related

New Charlotte County Move To Curb Pill Mills

Rare Shark Attack Of Spear Fisherman Off Anna Maria Island

Charlotte County Fl Elementary Teacher Fired Over Alleged Sex, Drug Videos

FBI Says Violent Crime Down In Charlotte & Sarasota Counties

Sarasota Saudi Family Who Fled US Linked To Hijackers of 9/11

Charlotte County Commissioner Skidmore Skirts Controversy

Historic 100 Year-Old Bunk House Awaits Its Fate

Famed  Florida Photog  Saves Piece Of Pine Island

Pinellas County Fl Woman Arrested For Attempting To Sell 5-Year Old Son

Florida Deadliest State For Walkers Cyclists

Boca Grande fishing Guides & Chamber To Team Up For Richest Tarpon Tournament 2012

Foreclosure Fillings On Rise Again In Southwest Fl

Coyotes Moving In On South Florida Beaches

Sharks Could Gain Protection In Florida Waters

Siesta Key Reaps Benefits Of No 1 Ranking

Customized Golf Carts Hitting The Road In South Florida

Foreclosure Filings Continue In Most Of Southwest Florida

Weston’s On Manasota Key Sells for $7.7 M

Sarasota Restaurateur Converts circus Rail Cars Into Diner, Archive

Feds Approve Controversial Plan For Venice Airport

Hyatt Siesta Key Fractional Resort Sells For $32 M

Identical 92- Year-Old Twins Die In Florida On Same Day Of Same Cause

Hidden Gem & Beach, South Venice Ferry On Manasota Key

Home On Leave Soldier Thwarts Sarasota Bank Robber

Man Drowns In Boca Grande Pass Memorial Day Weekend

Siesta Key Beach Ranked No 1 In Nation

Boat Burns In Boca Grande Pass

Florida Tourism Estimates Positive

Miami Iman, 2 Sons Charged With Supporting Taliban

Private Trapping Of Iguanas To Begin in October On Boca Grande

Sarasota Developer Prevails In Multimillion Condo Deal In St. John USVI Fraud Trial

3 Times A Charm For Great Horned Owl On Boca Grande

Record Sale On Longboat Key; Home sells for $12.5 M

Condos Going For $50,000 And Less In Sarasota Fl Area

Butlers In The Buff Available In Sarasota

From Manasota Key To Anna Maria Full Time Residents Flee The Coast

Chance Of Tsunami Small In Florida

Book That Focuses On Boca Grande – Banyan Street – May Become Movie

Sign Of The Times: Sarasota’s Serenoa Golf Club To Be Auctioned In April

Thousands Of Sharks Spotted Off Palm Beach

Spectacular Sunset On Manasota Key, Feb.,2011
Photo By Don Storch

Ask Gary Buys Siesta Key’s Captiva Beach Resort

Fugate’s Of Boca Grande Sold To New Owners

Egg From Sarasota Stadium Produces Healthy Eaglet

The Story Behind Grande Bay Resort, St. John USVI Exposed In Sarasota Law Suits

Sarasota Property Kingpin Hits Hard Times; Suits Linked To Grande Bay, St. John USVI

PETA Touts Spicy Ad For Sarasota Parking Meters

Shift Of Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Affects Tampa Airport

Foreigners Flock To Florida Real Estate Bargains

Florida Follows Arizona’s Lead With New Bill Cracking Down On Illegal Imigrants

Where Does The Fish You Eat Come From ?

Boca Grande A Retreat For The Wealthy Who Seek Anonymity

What Can You Buy For $100,000 In Southwest Florida

Inn Holds Open House, But Many Can’t Afford New $5 Toll To Get To Boca Grande

Storch: Birds Squirrels And Me

Charlotte May Losen Sunday Liquor Sales

Punta Gorda Airport Gets 3 New Routes

Sanborn Studios Comes To Sarasota

Could Charlotte County Find Recovery In Recreation?

Charlotte, Sarasota & Manatee Place Moratoriums On Pain Mgt. Clinics

Existing Home Sales Plunge 27%; Florida Condos Cheaper Than Cars

What Can Money Buy In Florida?

Scallop Population In Sarasota Bay Down

“With A Little Bit Of Luck” Nokomis Recording Of Recession-Themed Song Will Be A Hit

County Plan Would Allow High Rise Condos On Manasota Key

Changes Planned For Sandpiper & Manasota Key

Storch: Economy Slows Sharply; Housing Value In Florida Off By More Than 60%

Even The Dead On Boca Grande Must Pay The Toll

Storch: Be Careful Who You Hold Hands With No Matter How Valid The Protest

Hands Across The Sand Drilling Foes Unite On Gulf Shores

Dearborn Street Literary Magazine Founded In Englewood

Sunset On The Gulf Of Mexico, Manasota Key, Southwest Fla.

The shell sculpture is the focal point in the
middle of the roundabout as you enter Manasota Key.