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Siesta Key

  • By Sarasota Art Museum
  • March 7, 2024
Two New Exhibitions Come To Sarasota Art Museum

To learn more about and see these two new exhibitions, visit Sarasota Art Museum, located at the old Sarasota High School.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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Built in 1997, this home at 3251 Higel Ave. has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,733 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 29, 2024
Top residential real estate sales for Feb. 12-16 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis

A Siesta Key home on Higel Avenue tops the week's sales at $6.25 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Top nature photos from around Sarasota, Longboat Key, East County in 2024-25
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 28, 2024
Top nature photos from around Sarasota, Longboat Key, East County in 2024-25

Readers from across the region submit their photos to the Observer's 2024-25 Weather and Nature Photo Contest.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Beach University environmental classes return for 17th year
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 25, 2024
Beach University environmental classes return for 17th year

The monthlong education series is held each Thursday in March at Siesta Beach.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
A home in Sarasota Beach, which sold for $4 million, has seven bedrooms, seven-and-a-half baths and 5,184 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 22, 2024
Top residential real estate sales for Feb. 5-9 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis

A Sarasota Beach home on Plaza Des Las Palmas tops the week's sales at $4 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
The penthouse at 415 L Ambiance Drive sold for $11 million, setting a record for Longboat Key condo sales.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 20, 2024
Top Sarasota, Manatee Realtors closed sales of $2.63B in 2023

The Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee released a list of the top individual agents by sales volume.

  • Longboat Key
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The property at 8324 Sanderling Road sold for $6.75 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 15, 2024
Top residential real estate sales for Jan. 29 to Feb. 2 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis

A Siesta Key home on Sanderling Road tops the week's sales at $6.75 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
American bumblebees are important pollinators for food crops. Light pollution disrupts their day and night cycle, which affects reproduction.
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • February 13, 2024
Light pollution disrupts lives of plants and animals

Excessive artificial light at night changes wildlife behaviors, alters ecosystems and damages natural communities.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The main house at 854 N. Casey Key Road was built in 1975 and has 2,278 square feet of living area. The guest house was built in 2002 and has 1,184 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • February 8, 2024
Top residential real estate sales for Jan. 22-26 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis

A two-property sale on Casey Key tops the week’s sales at $4.35 million.

  • Sarasota
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The geographic area of the rejected Siesta Key traffic micro modeling study proposal shows the primary network in red and possible secondary network in yellow.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • February 8, 2024
County rejects proposal for Siesta Key traffic study

A proposed micro-simulation model would have cost an estimated $500,000 and provided little new information.

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  • By Bequest
  • February 5, 2024
Bequest Platinum Event: How To Solve Your Income Challenge in 2024

Join us at Art Ovation Hotel on Feb 22nd 2024, 6-8pm EST, Live Event

  • Sarasota
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The Unit 1502 condominium in The Tower Residences has four bedrooms, four baths and 3,751 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 1, 2024
Top residential real estate sales for Jan. 15-19 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis

A condominium in The Tower Residences tops the week's sales at $3.83 million

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Gary Kompothecras and his family live in one of the largest houses on Siesta Key — a three-story, 13,560-square-foot estate on Point of Rocks Road.
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • February 1, 2024
Gary Kompothecras may be larger than life, but he’s also down to earth

Siesta Key resident and entrepreneur Gary Kompothecras has been called many things. “Creator” is his favorite.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Ben Baldwin was part architect, part decorator, part horticulturalist — an elegant gentleman whose goal in life was to create beauty to live in.
  • By Robert Plunket
  • February 1, 2024
Owners of Siesta Key home preserve its modern lineage

Designer Ben Baldwin had a vision for his Siesta Key home that remains safe with its current owners — down to every detail.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
John Davidson inside his store in 2015.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • January 30, 2024
John Davidson, patriarch of Siesta Key, dies at age 93

The community leader started Davidson Drugs in 1958, founded and published the Pelican Press and tirelessly served his fellow islanders.

  • Siesta Key
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