Bob Mudge

VENICE — It appears Maxine Barritt Park won’t be renamed for Bob and Sue Vedder.

SARASOTA — Sarasota Memorial Hospital joins the ranks of the Sarasota County’s centenarians this year, marking “A Century of Caring,” as the book celebrating its anniversary is titled.

VENICE — Venice City Manager Ed Lavallee announced his retirement to the city staff Friday afternoon in an email addressed to "Colleagues and Friends."

VENICE — A 64-unit apartment complex proposed for East Venice Avenue needed at least four of the five Sarasota County commissioners to vote for a small-area comprehensive plan amendment Wednesday.

SARASOTA — The Sarasota County Commission will hold two unrelated meetings Tuesday that could each draw a crowd.

VENICE — The Citizen Advisory Board has formulated its game plan for preparing an after-action report on last year's hurricanes.

VENICE — It appears Maxine Barritt Park won’t be renamed for Bob and Sue Vedder.

City workers begin clearing out Centennial Park after Hurricane Milton struck Venice and the rest of Southwest Florida in October.

VENICE — There's some good news in the bad news about the damage the South Jetty received from hurricanes Helene and Milton: It's so severe that repairs have become a

OSPREY — An Osprey man is free on $9,000 bond on charges including battering two Sarasota County deputies who arrested him at Sarasota Memorial Hospital's Sarasota campus, where he was being treated for injuries.