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SRQ Daily: PGT Innovations Donates to Local Schools with SchoolTools
More than 25 team members and leaders at PGT Innovations' North Venice location worked together to assemble and deliver SchoolTools backpacks to make a difference in the lives of local children in need through World Vision, a global Christian relief, development and...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune – ROBINSON: The progress and the work remaining to preserve the quality of our water
Red tide. It has dealt a tough blow to our community’s tourism and other businesses. It does not matter where you are in the county, you have felt the effects. It is a reminder of our most recent recession and how, when businesses suffer, so do our residents’ overall...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Argus: Examining causes, possible solutions for red tide
Argus - Red Tide The Florid red tide alga, Karenia brevis, that has been destroying sea life all along the Gulf Coast for nearly 10 months now, was the subject of a sold-out Meet the Minds event, sponsored by Argus Foundation and held at the Sarasota Yacht Club....
Sarasota Observer: Red tide bloom is unusual, not unprecedented, Mote experts say
Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium President and CEO Michael Crosby has noticed that when red tide appears, state funding for research increases. When red tide fades, so does the funding. Regardless, Mote Marine Laboratory scientists are working on solutions to...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune Photo Gallery: Argus Foundation Luncheon
It was a sold out crowd at the Argus Foundation Luncheon held at the Sarasota Yacht Club on August 30, 2018. A panel discussion, with scientists from Mote Marine Laboratory and the owner of a full scale agricultural operation, focused on the causes and solutions to...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Scientists: Lake Okeechobee runoff not causing, but may enhance, red tide
Pollution from Lake Okeechobee does not start red tides but may enhance them along the Gulf Coast, according to Mote Marine Laboratory scientists. “What we are seeing now is not unprecedented, but it is bad,” said Vincent Lovko, a phytoplankton ecologist at Mote. He...
SRQ Daily Op-Ed – Administrative Review Important to Vibrance of Sarasota
Administrative Review has become a hot topic in today’s news. The history of how and why it came to the City of Sarasota has been rewritten in an attempt to fit a narrative of convenience for those who want to see Sarasota frozen in time. In 2001, I was working in...
