Ivory Matthews is one of four new board members on Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium's board of trustees.

Ivory Matthews is one of four new board members on Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s board of trustees.



Manatee County commissioner Mike Rahn has been re-elected chairman of the Manatee County Port Authority.

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium has added four new members to its board of trustees: Kirk Boylston, Ivory Matthews, Jourdan Reinhart, Dr. Peter Rogers and David Sessions.  

Visit Sarasota County was recently named a 2025 Readers’ Choice by ConventionSouth, a national multimedia resource for planning events in the southern U.S. 

Sarasota County Schools recently announced that Ryan Shurley has been selected as the new principal of North Port High School.