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Hurricane Milton made landfall on Oct. 9, 2024.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • May 31, 2025
What to know for the 2025 hurricane season

In previous seminars to prepare the community, Longboat Key officials and others emphasized the importance of staying prepared and heeding directions.

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This is the first of this project’s three phases.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 30, 2025
Sarasota city sewer project will prompt lane closures on South Osprey Avenue

Work begins June 3 replacing sewer lines that have approached their useful lifetimes.

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The Manatee County Sheriff's Office Dive Team takes a celebratory photo after pulling a sunken minivan out of the Manatee River.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • May 30, 2025
Dive team extracts stubborn minivan from the Manatee River

The vehicle was so heavy with sand, three prior attempts by the Manatee Sheriff's Office divers failed.

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"The seamless transition to outdoor living is where this estate truly shines," the listing says. "Expansive balconies and terraces provide uninterrupted views of the turquoise Gulf waters."
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • May 30, 2025
$15.5 million estate listed for sale on Siesta Key

The Gulf-front property features balconies with each of its five bedrooms.

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A rendering by Humphreys & Partners Architects of Fruitville Gateway.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • May 30, 2025
More downtown Sarasota apartments advance toward approval

Three projects totaling 435 units, 48 priced affordable and attainable, receive partial signoff from the city's Development Review Committee.

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Red drum would be raised in an underwater pen, about 40 miles from area beaches.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • May 29, 2025
EPA approves aquaculture operation offshore Sarasota

Red drum would be raised in an underwater pen, about 40 miles from area beaches.

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Don Roberts, left, and Bob Rosinsky worked together at Goodwill Manasota for decades. (Photo is from 2012.)
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • May 29, 2025
Longtime Goodwill CEO, prominent pastor dies at 82

Don Roberts leaves a large legacy not only in growing a nonprofit, but in giving people a job — and ‘human dignity and a sense of hope when no one else would give it to them.’

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The Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport posted nearly $146.29 million in total revenue in FY 2024.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 29, 2025
SRQ airport names new chief financial officer

After 10 years at Tampa International Airport, Kevin Podsiad has been named executive vice president and CFO of Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

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Bill Waddill, pictured speaking March 25, 2021, moved to Sarasota almost 25 years ago where he continues to make an impact on the community.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • May 29, 2025
Bill Waddill wants and plans for a more walkable Rosemary District

Following a six-year hiatus with the Bay Park Conservancy, the former head of Kimley-Horn's Sarasota office is back and focused on completing the downtown Sarasota puzzle.

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The damage at 335 North Washington Boulevard on St. Armands Key following Hurricane Milton.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 29, 2025
Homeowners can apply for Resilient SRQ hurricane recovery funds

Federal dollars aimed to help address continuing recovery needs from 2022 and 2024 storms.

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The intersection of General Harris Street and Norton Street after Hurricane Debby at high tide around 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 5.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • May 28, 2025
Drainage improvement projects garner allocations in upcoming fiscal year

Although still pending Town Commission approval, Longboat Key's five-year capital plan includes several drainage improvement projects that are in various stages of design and surveying.

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Flower Child is the last restaurant to open in Center Point at Waterside.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • May 28, 2025
Center Point at Waterside is fully leased

The 50-acre mixed-use project is six years in the making.

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The building at 6131 S. Tamiami Trail used to be owned by New Dynasty and is between the Pho 101 Noodle House and Public Storage.
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • May 27, 2025
Restaurant on US 41 in Sarasota sells for $2.1 million

A veteran restaurateur purchased the building on South Tamiami Trail, which spans more than 5,500 square feet.

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Officer Dallas Troyer points out the buoys that clearly mark the vessel exclusionary zone. Still, the area is a problem for the marine patrol unit.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • May 27, 2025
Longboat Key Police Department continues to expand marine patrol unit

Now up to almost eight marine-patrol-trained officers, the department hopes to have a larger presence on the waters around Longboat Key.

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This is a finished section of the river. The water was barely visible before.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • May 27, 2025
'Tons of debris' removed from Braden River

Contractors cleared downed trees and debris from River Club Boulevard to Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.

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