Sarasota, Florida -- Congressman Vern Buchanan will hold a listening session on jobs, spending and the economy in Holmes Beach. 

The session will take place on May 11 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Holmes Beach City Hall chambers, 5801 Marina Drives. 

To RSVP contact the Congressman's District Office at 941-747-9081.

Sarasota, Florida -- Financial experts from the worlds of banking, investments, nonprofit agencies and retirement planning will offer free advice at libraries around Sarasota County during "Money Smart Week @ Your Library," April 19 through April 27. 

Among the topics are budgeting; investing wisely; navigating the Medicare system; setting up wills, trusts and estates; dealing with landlord/tenant issues; and preventing identity theft. Scheduled presentations include:   

Sarasota, Florida -- The city of Sarasota has a new sound regulation dealing with unreasonable sound coming from motor vehicles. 

The ordinance took effect on April 1. Elements of the ordinance such as "plainly audible" sound and specific times of the day and night help law enforcement determine a violation. 

The ordinance states that unreasonable sound produced from within or upon motor vehicles heard plainly audible at a distance of fifty feet or more from the source of the sound.