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If the for-profit operators appeal, the cases will go before a special magistrate.

On Friday, the Sarasota County Commission will discuss strategic priorities for 2026 and elect a chair. Tuesday, the City of Sarasota Historic Preservation Board will present the “Six to Save” projects, and discuss moving the McAlpin House and demolishing two historic homes on Oak Street.

Coming up this Sunday: Mitch Maley and Dawn Kitterman are back after a Thanksgiving holiday break.

Sarasota removed hundreds of sidewalk paintings this September in accordance with an FDOT directive.

Thanks to a 4-3 vote, Tal Siddique will wield the gavel in 2026. He was swept into office last fall on a wave of voter discontent.

The Sarasota World Affairs Council will host Paul Duddy at New College this Thursday.

‘The Amish Project’, directed by Murray Chase, features young actors.

On Monday, the Sarasota City Commission will discuss affordable housing incentives. On Tuesday, the Manatee County Commission will do the same and elect a new chair.  On Wednesday, the Manatee County Commission will meet to sort out long-term priorities and planning. And on Thursday, they will vote on a 2,000-home Lennar Homes plan in Parrish.

The US Recycling-McDowell Partners deal hinges on a Sarasota County Commission vote in January.

Defenders of the historically Black community say that, rather than shrink, polluted groundwater keeps spreading.