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WSLR News @wslrnews.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

📡Coming up today at 6 p.m. on WSLR 96.5: Turmoil in Venice - Ramon Lopez has exclusive interviews with Joan Farrell, the Venice City councilmember who just resigned, and Ron Smith, the sitting councilmember who was elected by a landslide after he said developer Pat Neal asked him to drop out.

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WSLR News @wslrnews.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Citizens Protect The Ringling includes donors, board members of the Ringling Museum of Art Foundation and former chairs of the foundation, including Nancy Parrish: wslr.org/new-college-...

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New College takeover of Ringling Museum meets resistance - WSLR+Fogartyville

The plan looks like a 'guppy trying to swallow a whale', group argues.

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WSLR News @wslrnews.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Sarasota County commissioners unanimously sided against high-profile suburban projects twice in two days. We were there for the public comment and vote that rejected the rezone of farmland adjacent to the Celery Fields as part of a proposal by D.R. Horton to build 170 homes: wslr.org/sarasota-cou...

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Sarasota County commissioners stop development near Celery Fields - WSLR+Fogartyville

The commission unanimously sided against high-profile suburban projects twice in two days.

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WSLR News @wslrnews.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

A Florida Senate bill could end development-funded public art. We talked to the Republican legislator whose district includes the city of Sarasota. She did not know of any colleagues planning to file a companion bill in the House, and indicated she would not support one. wslr.org/florida-sena...

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Florida Senate bill could end development-funded public art - WSLR+Fogartyville

One Sarasota legislator says she will neither sponsor nor vote for it.

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David Dean @srqblue.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The hearing was amazing. Over 50 people signed up for public comment, literally ages 9 to 90!

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WSLR News @wslrnews.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Today's big story: the Sarasota County Commission unanimously rejected the rezone of 50 acres of farmland adjacent to the Celery Fields as part of a proposal by D.R. Horton to build 170 homes. WSLR News reporter Ramon Lopez was at the meeting and will have a report on tonight's broadcast at 6.

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Home - WSLR+Fogartyville

WSLR+Fogartyville is a center for creative expression and community engagement that amplifies the voices of our diverse community and promotes peace, sustainability, democracy, and social and economic...

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WSLR News @wslrnews.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Members of the Sarasota County School Board this week heard from the superintendent about policies and procedures in place regarding immigration enforcement officers and schools: wslr.org/sarasota-sch...

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School Board discusses executive order allowing ICE in schools - WSLR+Fogartyville

Sarasota district officials say current procedures will not change.

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WSLR News @wslrnews.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

We talked to the author of "The Great Florida Cattle Drive" about "what Florida used to be like and could still be like, if we work hard enough to preserve it" ahead of his Feb. 16 book signing at Triangle Ranch: wslr.org/cattle-drive...

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Cattle drives, cow hunters, and disappearing wilds - WSLR+Fogartyville

Sarasota journalist's upcoming book is about 'what Florida used to be like and could still be like, if we work hard enough to preserve it.'

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WSLR News @wslrnews.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

We attended the artist's reception for “Evoking Conversations of Historical Events, Current Issues and Race,” an exhibition of photographs by Lily Evans at Fogartyville, and spoke with Evans and Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative's Michele Redwine: wslr.org/black-arts-c...

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Black Arts Collaborative spotlights Lily Evans' photography - WSLR+Fogartyville

Fogartyville exhibition combats complacency and highlights 'humanity, equity, justice and a respect for life.'

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WSLR News @wslrnews.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Coming up at 6 p.m. on WSLR News: preview of Jan. 21 Stormwater Workshop of Sarasota County Commission; agenda includes presentation on rainfall impacts from 2024 storm season, overview of potential stormwater regulatory & operational changes - Listen at 96.5 FM in Sarasota or stream at WSLR.org

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WSLR News @wslrnews.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The Sarasota County Fire Department wants to expand its coverage area. But its proposal to cut back the county’s last volunteer fire department increasingly looks too hot to handle. wslr.org/plan-to-shri...

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Plan to shrink Sarasota's last volunteer fire department gets pushback - WSLR+Fogartyville

The county's fire chief says the pros are better equipped to serve the growing community, but defenders rally behind the volunteers in Nokomis.

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WSLR News @wslrnews.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Commissioner Joe Neunder is the new chair of the Sarasota County Commission, passing over the more senior Ron Cutsinger.

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