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  • Historical Society Society of Sarasota County Mourns a Great Loss

    by Marsha Fottler, President Our board was informed that Howard Rosenthal passed away on Wednesday night after a long illness due to heart problems and his need for a kidney transplant. His wife, Priscilla Waldron notified us. Howard was a past president of this historical society, serving  from 2011 to 2017 and he remained involved after… Read more

  • John Ringling’s Ghost Hotel

    Visit the unfulfilled promise of a Longboat Key Ritz Carlton with “Bill and Nancy”… she’s wearing those shorts… wait… not Bermudas but Jamaicas! Isn’t it a gas to remember details like that? Click to watch this Florida Memory film: John Ringling’s Ghost Hotel Read more

  • School days, school days

    When I was a schoolgirl, school started the day after Labor Day. So our last beach day, last picnic, last chasing fireflies was bittersweet…. but oh, how excited I was with my new school supplies. Okay, yeh, I was one of those kids, the ones who liked school, all the way through ’til graduation. I… Read more