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After many failed nesting attempts on Siesta Beach, Ms. Sanibel has successfully nested on Caladesi Island for the past two years. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • June 8, 2021
Bird of the Week: Checking in with Ms. Sanibel

Tagged snowy plover heads north to nest after finding trouble on Sarasota-area beaches.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Several new homes are being built on Magnolia Road near Pine and Hughes streets.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • June 7, 2021
Revved-up real estate market helps Longboat property values rebound

Early projections show a 5.37% increase in Longboat Key's property values compared to a year ago.

  • Longboat Key
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Tim Williams' Tesla has its charging port on the driver's side of the car.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • June 7, 2021
Longboat rejects car-charging grant

The town of Longboat Key would have been responsible for the cost of electricity as part of FPL's grant program.

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A white Hyundai Sonata and silver Ford Expedition crashed Monday evening on Gulf of Mexico Drive near Bay Isles Parkway.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • June 7, 2021
Gulf of Mexico Drive crash sends two people to the hospital

The crash happened Monday evening in front of the Islands West Condominium complex.

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Mary Lou Johnson. File photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • June 7, 2021
Luring in awards

"The Lure of Sarasota and Her Islands," a photography book by Mary Lou Johnson, won a Finalist award.

  • Longboat Key
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Carlie Paquin
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • June 7, 2021
Just in time for summer

Alvin's Island reopened just in time for summer vacations to start.

  • Longboat Key
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County Commissioner Mike Moran said he expects public expenditures to produce measurable results — and he doesn’t believe the Economic Development Corp. is meeting that standard. File photo.
    By
  • David Conway
  • June 7, 2021
Economic Development Corp. could lose county funding

Commissioner Mike Moran, a critic of the Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County, wants to phase out the county’s local business tax and redirect existing reserves.

  • Sarasota
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Holly Staley
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • June 7, 2021
Phillippi Shores names new principal

Holly Staley most recently served as a principal at an elementary school in New York.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Sophie and Lucy won the most patriotic prize in 2019.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • June 7, 2021
Freedom Fest celebration and parade is on in Longboat Key

The COVID-19 pandemic forced the town of Longboat Key to cancel its 2020 Fourth of July festivities.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • June 7, 2021
Investigators seek answers in UTC gunfire incident

Sarasota County deputies say shots were fired between at least two vehicles on Cattlemen Road on Saturday night.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • June 7, 2021
Rotary Club of Longboat Key plants tree at new fire station

The Longboat Key Fire Department will now be looked over by a "shady lady."

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • June 7, 2021
Lord's Warehouse volunteers dive deep into buried treasure

Longboat Key's Lord's Warehouse thrift store always gets treasures, but this year donation season is lasting longer.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
From left; Michael Taylor Shaklik, Katherine Ward, Congressman Buchanan, Elizabeth Jendrysik, and Andrew Fischer.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 7, 2021
Four Sarasota-area students appointed to U.S. service academies

Sarasota-area graduates among 11 put forward by Buchanan and Steube.

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Les McCurdy is ready for the show to start again.
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • June 7, 2021
McCurdy's Comedy Theatre to reopen June 11

Les McCurdy is hopeful vaccinated audiences will be ready to return to his comedy club on June 11.

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Built in 1994, the home at 502 S. Casey Key Road has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and 4,496 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 6, 2021
Casey Key home sells for $4.4 million

Residential real estate transactions for May 24-28.

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