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Cyclists use Segment 3 of Legacy Trail for the first time.
    By
  • Blake Fussell
  • March 9, 2022
Legacy Trail's success creates more options for travel, could connect regionally

Downtown leg of Legacy Trail can spur a wide variety of recreational and other uses.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 9, 2022
Home on Higel Avenue is the week's top seller at $5.8 million

A Siesta Key home on Higel Avenue is the week's top seller at $5.8 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Vote by mail voters stopped by the Supervisor of Elections office on Tuesday to drop off ballots.
    By
  • Blake Fussell
  • March 8, 2022
Sarasota retains single-member districts

57.2% of voters say "No" to the charter amendment.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Blake Fussell
  • March 8, 2022
Siesta Key groups meet with Sarasota city leaders to discuss annexation

Save Siesta Key, among other groups, met with Mayor Eric Arroyo in February.

  • Siesta Key
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 8, 2022
SRQ adds second airline flying direct to Northeast

Breeze Airways announces plans for twice a week flights to Connecticut.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Baltimore Orioles will begin minor league spring training workouts on March 10 at Ed Smith Stadium's backfields and at the Buck O'Neil Complex at Twin Lakes Park.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 7, 2022
Orioles open minor league spring training to fans at no cost

The club will begin minor league workouts on March 10 and games on March 16.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • March 6, 2022
Shark's Tooth 10k returns to Rothenbach Park

Shark Tooth event takes to the trails of nature preserve.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • March 6, 2022
Fresh Fridays welcomes neighbors and newcomers

The monthly event was held March 4.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The ceremony took place adjacent to two fairways, under a tree.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 4, 2022
Work underway on Bobby Jones restoration

Sarasota city leaders celebrate with the community the legacy of its nearly 100-year-old golf course and its future.

  • Sarasota
  • News
As predators in the food web, Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes help maintain healthy ecosystems by keeping prey populations, such as rodents, in balance. (Photo by Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • March 4, 2022
Rattlesnakes best appreciated from afar

Although not naturally aggressive towards humans, these ecologically important snakes will defend themselves when threatened.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Built in 2021, PH1901 of the Ritz Carlton Residences in the Quay includes four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and 5,893 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 3, 2022
Quay penthouse sale tops $10.5 million

Quay penthouse sale tops sales at $10.5 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 3, 2022
Sarasota weather page photo: March 3

Lisa Klemeyer captured this photo of downtown Sarasota on a foggy morning.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
When Lauriel Trotman and the Sailors take the field next fall, the football landscape of Florida will look a lot different.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 3, 2022
Prose and Kohn: FHSAA makes major change to football structure

Programs will now be separated by Metro and Suburban umbrellas, then by enrollment.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
    By
  • Blake Fussell
  • March 3, 2022
Legacy Trail's Segment 3 opens after ribbon-cutting at Payne Park

Legacy Trail now stretches from Fruitville Road to the Venice Train Depot.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • March 2, 2022
We should be alarmed

As we watch the death and destruction in Ukraine, Putin’s invasion should wake us up to the decline in the strength and readiness of the United States.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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