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Seniors with qualifying incomes who own homes in Sarasota are now eligible for a $50,000 city homestead exemption.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • August 20, 2024
Sarasota approves property tax break for some homeowners

Seniors with qualifying household income can double their local homestead exemption from $25,000 to $50,000.

  • Sarasota
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Rick Erbacci, Stacey Fredericks and Donna Karasic
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • August 19, 2024
Second Toast Local event serves up craft beers and spirits for a cause

The event provided a tasting of craft beers and spirits while also supporting the community.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The former S.H. Kress store in downtown Sarasota is an example of a property that would be eligible to transfer its by-right developable height and density to a developer of a receiving site.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • August 19, 2024
Sarasota explores air rights transfer program to preserve historic properties

The program would allow owners of historic downtown properties to sell their buildable air rights to developers of non-historic sites.

  • Sarasota
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Students jump on the trampoline.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • August 18, 2024
Train like an Olympian: More niche sports with homes in Sarasota

The Summer Games fun doesn’t have to end. Here are two more Olympic sports you can learn in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Cardinal Mooney High's Bo O'Daniel (7) celebrates as teammate Marcus Galloway jogs into the end zone for a touchdown.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 16, 2024
Cardinal Mooney High football beats Booker High in preseason clash

Both teams made showstopping plays in a 45-32 Cougars home win.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Sarasota City Manager Marlon Brown
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • August 16, 2024
City manager describes retirement decision as 'heartfelt anguish'

Marlon Brown's letter of resignation tinged with emotion, gratitude and caution to maintain the city's course toward progress.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • August 16, 2024
Sarasota School Board election brings critical issues into spotlight

Candidates share their visions on issues including finances, political division and fostering academic success.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Jennifer Pilate, Erin McLeod and Felton Pilate
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • August 16, 2024
White House honors Senior Friendship Centers CEO with Lifetime Achievement Award

The prestigious award recognized McLeod's more than 6,500 hours of community service in her lifetime.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sarasota City Manager Marlon Brown has announced his retirement effective Oct. 15.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • August 15, 2024
Sarasota City Manager Marlon Brown announces his retirement

Coming to Sarasota in 2009 as deputy city manager, his retirement is effective Oct. 15.

  • Sarasota
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Amp Campbell takes over the Sarasota High football program in 2024. Campbell was a standout at Riverview High in the 1990s before playing under Nick Saban at Michigan State University.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 15, 2024
Sarasota High football hopes this rebuild is the final one

The Sailors have a new coach in Amp Campbell after a 1-10 season in 2023.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
According to a preliminary conceptual drawing, the residential component of the redeveloped Crossings at Siesta Key would built along South School Avenue.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • August 15, 2024
Southgate Mall redevelopment takes another step forward

Benderson Development plans to redevelop the site, now called Crossings at Siesta Key, into a mixed-use town center.

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The home at 425 Titian Drive has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,903 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 15, 2024
Top residential real estate sales for July 29 to Aug. 2 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Nokomis

A Sorrento Shores home on Titian Drive tops the week's sales at $3.51 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Sarasota Military Academy is one of six schools in Sarasota that will have speed detection cameras in the school zone.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • August 15, 2024
School zone speed cameras coming to Sarasota

Speeds around six schools in the city will be monitored in a new program authorized by the Sarasota City Commission.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Passenger turns violent against presumed good Samaritan
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 14, 2024
Passenger turns violent against presumed good Samaritan

Picked up in downtown and taken to a bayfront park, a woman begins hitting her would-be rescuer as he calls police. This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
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This photo from the upper bay shows dark stormwater runoff mixing with more saline water from the Gulf of Mexico.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • August 14, 2024
Experts warn Sarasota Bay water quality suffers after Debby

Increased fish kill and algal blooms may be the result of sewage spills and other pollutants that entered the bay as a result of the storm.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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