Andrew Hlywa and his father greet visitors at Thursday’s Longboat Key Historical Society March General Meeting

Motion sensors like those used in smart phones are helping to reveal how sharks spend each moment in the wild say Mote Marine Laboratory scientists who were the first to use sensors to classify mating and other behaviors in wild sharks.

A theater presentation should depict a slice of life, either real life or a life that might be. Managing Maxine is not only a slice of real life, but it is an event of life that happens in Sarasota and around Florida every day.

March 27: Save Our Seabirds 2nd Annual Yard Sale 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 1708 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota.

It certainly felt like the end of an era with long-time Commissioner Lee Rothenberg sitting in the audience watching Mayor George Spoll run the workshop meeting last Thursday. And Rothenberg deserves credit and kudos for his commitment in showing up graciously after losing the election to newcomer Lynn Larson.

They’re at it again. Florida’s 40 state senators and 120 representatives are once again settled in for their annual 60-day session in Tallahassee and are busy conjuring up ways to sprinkle fairy dust and make the Sunshine State a better place for all its inhabitants, including themselves.

What to spend for a beach is front and center on the Town Commission agenda, and the town manager needs an answer. Since this new beach could cost as much as $50 million more than the last renourishment, this is a very important decision.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, when speaking to a group of liberal bloggers, inadvertently revealed her agenda. “Kick open the door, and there will be other legislation to follow… We’ll take the country in a new direction.”

The new legislative unit on Longboat Key is now formed. We can only hope for the best

While endeavoring to position the Key Club’s request as a “clarification” let there be no doubt that the real purpose of their request is to change the Town Code, in some cases dramatically!