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Living spaces include ceilings up to 17 feet high with floor to ceiling windows.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 24, 2023
One-of-a-kind Lido Shores home on the market at $10 million

The post-modern Sarasota school of architecture residence on Morningside Drive overlooks Pansy Bayou.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
This Esplanade Azario home at 16112 Umbria Place sold for $1.42 million. It has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,101 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 24, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for Jan. 9-13 in Lakewood Ranch

An Esplanade Azario home on Umbria Place tops the week's sales at $1.42 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Town rules only cover size of docks and permanent structures.
    By
  • Lauren Tronstad
  • January 24, 2023
Longboat learns little from town canal survey

Only 11 responses were received from the 89 surveys that were sent out twice.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Kathleen Cravens is a student member of The Rocketry Club at Suncoast Science Center/Faulhaber Fab Lab.
    By
  • Dariela Delgado
  • January 24, 2023
Fab Lab's Rocketry Club aims high — 15,000 feet, to be exact

High schoolers at Suncoast Science Center/Faulhaber Fab Lab are designing and building a rocket to soar more than 2 miles into the air.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Braden River boys basketball junior Marcus Schade.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 24, 2023
East County Athlete of the Week: Marcus Schade

The Braden River boys basketball junior leads the Pirates with 16 points per game.

  • East County
  • Sports
Tammy Sawmelle, the dean of nursing for the State College of Florida, shows how a simulation works. Nursing students are able to go through simulations in SCF's neonatal unit, birthing suite, pediatric ICU, medical ICU, trauma ICU, surgical ICU, neuro ICU and cardiovascular ICU.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • January 24, 2023
SCF Manatee-Sarasota grows nursing program

State College of Florida will be able to accept 350 students into its programs as a result of $1.1 million raised through community partnerships and matched by the state legislature.

  • East County
  • Schools
Shallow water and big boats don't mix
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 24, 2023
Shallow water and big boats don't mix

The operator of a boat outside the normal channel was just waiting for a tow. This and other police reports in this week's Longboat Key Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Blue Man Group will splash the Van Wezel stage with its colorful performance for two nights this week.
  • By Observer Staff
  • January 24, 2023
The best things to do around Sarasota for Jan. 26 to Feb. 1

From musical performances to the strange and funky sights of a Pecularium, check out the top arts and entertainment events of this week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
From the property's beach groin, the scale of the project is evident.
    By
  • Lauren Tronstad
  • January 24, 2023
St. Regis developer asks Longboat for parking garage permission

Desired changes could go before the Planning and Zoning Board as early as March.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Paul Seed (left) presents the literal big check in the amount of $10 million to SPAC Foundation Board Chairman Jim Travers.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • January 24, 2023
SPAC Foundation receives $10 million gift

A foundation operated by a Canadian businessman with a seasonal home on Longboat Key is helping fund the architectural design phase for the proposed Sarasota Performing Arts Center.

  • Sarasota
  • News
New Sarasota High football Coach Josh Phillips was previously the defensive coordinator at Manatee High.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 23, 2023
Sarasota High hires Manatee defensive coordinator as football coach

Josh Phillips played football and ran track at Yale before embarking on a coaching career.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Police handcuff 36-year-old Darryl Williams in a store parking lot in Sarasota. He was charged with four felonies.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 23, 2023
Officer bitten in scuffle leading to Sarasota man's arrest

Police say that another officer was spit on as officers worked to detain the suspect on a felony charge.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Progress at University will be located next to the former Sarasota Kennel Club, which may be developed into another apartment complex.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • January 23, 2023
One SRQ-adjacent apartment complex progresses while a second remains on hold

The City Commission gave the go-ahead for the 280-unit Progress at University apartment development. Meanwhile the legal battle over Aventon apartments next door will go on at least through the spring.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Gisele Pintchuck and Edie Chaifetez attend Embracing Our Differences 20th Anniversary Grand Opening.
    By
  • Dariela Delgado
  • January 23, 2023
Bayfront art exhibit emphasizes our differences

The 20th anniversary of the Embracing our Differences exhibition attracted more than 13,000 entries.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • January 23, 2023
Familiar Faces: Rogelio Capote

Rogelio Capote — CAN Community Health's social figure — talks about his experiences in Sarasota from out of college to now.

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