Sarasota County has begun upgrading the Bee Ridge Water Reclamation Facility, which is the County’s largest wastewater facility which has been blamed for spilling hundreds of millions of gallons of polluted water and potentially contributing to water quality issues in the area for years. The…
The glistening, royal violet skin of ripe mulberries greets curious foragers viewing the first frame of third-year Kendall Southworth’s interactive edible plant library, which was officially published on the New College website in February. The edible plant library is the combination of an interactive map…
In the face of fierce opposition from environmental groups and citizens in rural areas, Florida is planning a major expansion of its highways with a series of toll roads that would open new parts of the state to development. The Florida Legislature passed a bill…
Thesis students Erin Everdale, Julian Hunter and alumni Jules La Rosa’s create the beat for the Magician tarot card’s frenzied polyrhythm; their hands bang spoons and knives on metal cups in one of the 22 scenes that makes up Everdale’s haunting “living tarot” thesis production.…
As Jessie “Monkeyman” Moore’s elderly capuchin monkey sucked its wrinkly grey pinky toe without a care in the world, Moore somberly imparted that he is the last true organ grinder in the United States of America. It’s college night at the Florida State Fair, and…
In the first public response to a class action lawsuit filed by three Newtown residents opposing Sarasota County’s controversial redistricting effort, county officials are moving to dismiss it. The plaintiff filed the December 2019 lawsuit in response to the County Commission’s plans to redraw the…
