Herald-Tribune celebrates 100 years of service in Sarasota

David B. Lindsay and his brother Dick founded the Sarasota Herald in 1925, which later became the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. The newspaper’s history is intertwined with the growth of Sarasota County, including its real estate booms and economic downturns. The Herald-Tribune has won two Pulitzer Prizes and launched the Season of Sharing philanthropic fund, which has raised more than $50 million. David B. Lindsay, the founding publisher of the newspaper that evolved into the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, first set eyes on the nascent city of Sarasota from a World War I era biplane he flew from a military flight training field near…