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The home covers 6,512 square feet across three floors. (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • September 9, 2022
Siesta Key home auction set for Sept. 24

With no reserve, the property will go to the highest bidder. The Midnight Pass Road home is on the market for $7.9 million.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
    In Memoriam |
  • September 9, 2022
Cynthia (Cynda) Grenfell

Cynthia (Cynda) was born in New Rochelle, New York in 1930 to William Duncan Green and Gertrude Jenkins Green.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
The body of an unknown adult male was found floating near Bayfront Drive Thursday evening. (File photo)
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • September 9, 2022
Sarasota police investigating death of man found in the bay

The body of an unidentified adult male was found floating near Bayfront Drive. Police do not expect foul play.

  • Sarasota
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Commissioner George Kruse and Commissioner Vanessa Baugh supported a decrease in millage. (File photo)
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • September 8, 2022
Manatee County Commissioners set plans for additional decrease in millage

Manatee County's millage rate has been reduced by .30 mill for Fiscal Year 2023-2024.

  • East County
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Commissioner Vanessa Baugh wasn't even up for election in the primaries but had a major impact on the winners. (File photo)
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • September 8, 2022
Constant attacks on Manatee commissioner backfired during election

Intensified attacks on Vanessa Baugh could have hurt incumbents' run for reelection.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Commissioner Vanessa Baugh wants Manatee County to begin creating workforce housing through land trusts as soon as possible. (File photo)
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • September 8, 2022
Florida Housing Coalition seminar provides key workforce housing tips

Manatee County commissioners could identify some land trust possibilities by late this year.

  • East County
  • News
SSSA president Ken Shepard takes a mighty cut at a ball. (Photo by Ryan Kohn.)
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • September 8, 2022
Sarasota Senior Softball Association emphasizes fun

The league focuses the enjoyment of the game, for as long as players want to compete.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 8, 2022
East County weather page photo: September 8

Gordon Silver captured these two Sandhill crane colts getting to know each other just hours after emerging from their shells off State Road 70 near Lorraine Road.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 8, 2022
Sarasota weather page photo: September 8

Dale Hayes captured this spoonbill flying over Myakka River State Park.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 8, 2022
Longboat Key weather page photo: September 8

Diane Suner captured this great blue heron on Lido Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The 25-acre Sarasota Kennel Club has been abandoned since it closed in late 2019. (File photo)
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • September 8, 2022
SRQ Airport Authority confirms lawsuit approved to stop apartments at dog track site

The Sarasota Bradenton Airport Authority has voted to pursue legal action against the city of Sarasota over apartments near the runway.

  • Sarasota
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(Photo courtesy of the Chicago Zoological Society's Sarasota Dolphin Research Program, taken under the National Marine Fisheries Service Scientific Research Permit #20455)
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • September 8, 2022
Dolphin study changes focus from patterns to conservation

The Sarasota Dolphin Research Program was started in 1970 and tracks about 170 dolphins around Sarasota Bay.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Commissioners green-lit Raleigh, North Carolina-based Aventon Cos. plans for Aventon Sarasota on the 25-acre property across University Parkway from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. (Courtesy image)
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • September 8, 2022
SRQ to challenge city's approval of apartments at former kennel club

The Sarasota Bradenton Airport Authority suggests legal action may ensue to block Aventon Sarasota, a 372-unit multifamily complex beneath its noise contour.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The home at 1321 Point Crisp Road has five bedrooms, six-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,572 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 8, 2022
Siesta Key property tops sales at $7.2 million

A Siesta Key home on Point Crisp Road tops the week's sales at $7.2 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Lakewood Ranch's Joseph Novak, at 91, has had his 41st book published. (Photo by Jay Heater)
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • September 8, 2022
91-year-old Lakewood Ranch author keeps writing on human learning

Joseph Novak has written 41 books and published more than 150 papers on human learning, cognitive psychology in learning and concept mapping.

  • East County
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