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This home at 843 Norsota Way sold for $2.55 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 26, 2017
Bay Island home sells for $2.55 million

Residential real estate transactions took place between Jan. 9-Jan.13.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 26, 2017
Longboat Key weather page photo: Jan. 26

Barbara Raber captured this shot of a snowy egret walking in the Longboat Key water.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sarasota sports roundup: 01.26.17
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 26, 2017
Sarasota sports roundup: 01.26.17

Sarasota sports roundup: 01.26.17

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
East County sports roundup: 01.26.17
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 26, 2017
East County sports roundup: 01.26.17

East County sports roundup: 01.26.17

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 26, 2017
Longboat Chamber celebrates its members

The chamber held it annual meeting and awards breakfast on Jan. 26 at the Holiday Inn Sarasota-Lido Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sunday’s storm drove high seas up the beach on Lido Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 26, 2017
Lido Key beach project is critical to public safety

Sarasota city manager makes case for solutions in sand wars

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
High winds whip up the surf.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 26, 2017
Sand war: only losers

Give Sarasota City Manager Tom Barwin credit for trying to keep the Siesta-Lido sand war out of court. Our elected leaders should do whatever it takes to do the same.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
In March 1981, Longboat Key voters voted in favor of a mid-Key bridge.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 26, 2017
Bridge to Longboat …

… 50 years of stop-and-go talking

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The town of Longboat Key bought Howard Rooks' 2.2 acre Amore restaurant property on Bay Isle Road for $2.2 million.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 26, 2017
Stakes rise on town center

The town’s acquisition of the Amore restaurant property makes sense for the development of a town cultural center. But it now raises important questions.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Clyde Metcalf. Photo by Jen Blanco.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 26, 2017
Under longtime coach, Sailors find formula for baseball success

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Malachi Wideman hangs on the rim after a dunk.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 26, 2017
Riverview freshman shows sky-high potential

He's making waves with his dunking ability, but has an all-around strong game.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Fernando Vega is optimistic a new approach will help address criminal activity near his business.
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 26, 2017
2nd Street businesses unite to fight crime

Businesses near City Hall and the SCAT transfer station say the area is rife with drug dealing and other criminal activity — and they hope a new philosophy will help stop it.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The downtown CRA helped fund public-private partnerships like the construction of the Whole Foods complex on First Street.
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 26, 2017
City, county prepare to hash out downtown CRA conflict

The city is making one last effort to informally settle a dispute with the county over the payment of tax funds, but the county isn’t changing its stance on the issue.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Business owners — particularly restaurants — are taken aback at the fees associated with a forthcoming parking garage project on St. Armands.
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 26, 2017
Garage costs surprise St. Armands businesses

The city is working on plans for a 521-space parking garage on St. Armands Circle — and businesses in the area are taking issue with their portion of the bill.

  • Sarasota
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The county will review Benderson' s proposed Critical Area Plan, which would allow for density increases within the 24-acre Siesta Promenade property.
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 26, 2017
Residents propose buying Siesta Promenade property

Benderson Development is moving ahead with a mixed-use proposal for Stickney Point Road and U.S. 41, but some neighbors are desperate to block the project.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The first synagogue located on the corner of Sixth Street and Washington Boulevard.
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • January 26, 2017
Temple Beth Sholom celebrates 90 years

To know Temple Beth Sholom's history is to know Sarasota’s history.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • January 26, 2017
YourTown 01.26.17

Blase Cafe celebrates 20 years and St. Boniface welcomes its new choir director.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 26, 2017
Meet A.G. Lafley, former Procter & Gamble CEO and bayfront planning chairman

He ran one of the biggest companies in the country. Now, he’s helping lead the redevelopment of Sarasota’s bayfront.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Enjoy this week' s edition of Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 26, 2017
Cops Corner: Sarasota 1.26.17

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Hayley Walding.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 26, 2017
Sarasota High Fives: 01.26.17

Sarasota High Fives: 01.26.17

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Patrick Skladanowski.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 26, 2017
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: 01.26.17

Sarasota Athlete of the Week: 01.26.17

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • January 25, 2017
New waterfront development hosts launch party

The Strand is an upcoming community that will feature 156 units.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Judy Arndt, Louise Williams and Janet Shepherd
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 25, 2017
Christ Church hosts potluck dinner

Attendees gathered in the church's fellowship hall for their first Wednesday night dinner of the season.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sarasota sports roundup: 01.25.17
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 25, 2017
Sarasota sports roundup: 01.25.17

Sarasota sports roundup: 01.25.17

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Jack Miller finished first in the Men' s 2nd Varsity 8+, Men' s Lightweight 8+ and the Men' s Lightweight 4x. Photo by Jen Blanco.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 25, 2017
Sarasota Crew starts season strong

The club had 34 first-place finishes at the Plant Spring Invite on Jan. 21.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
East County sports roundup: 01.25.17
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 25, 2017
East County sports roundup: 01.25.17

East County sports roundup: 01.25.17

  • East County
  • Sports
Rocky Aker died Jan. 16 when his car was rear-ended on State Road 70 at Braden Run. Police suspect the driver who hit Aker may have been impaired by alcohol. An investigation continues.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 25, 2017
Remembering Rocky

Family hopes patriarch's legacy will inspire others to live, love better.

  • East County
  • News
Cops Corner
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • January 25, 2017
Cops Corner

Interesting local police reports

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
VFW Post 12055 members Dave Daily, George Johnston and Denny King hope the post can find a new home. They are sitting in a 1953 Korean War Jeep.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • January 25, 2017
Lakewood Ranch VFW post needs new home

Side of Ranch: Jay Heater

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Berkley Mason
  • January 25, 2017
Pinewood Derby day drama

Project teaches Lakewood Ranch Scouts accountability from start to finish.

  • East County
  • News
Jeff Smith, the president and CEO of R.E. Crawford Construction, loves his new building at 6650 Professional Parkway in Lakewood Ranch.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • January 25, 2017
Lakewood Ranch construction company has new digs

R.E. Crawford hosts ceremony for its new building.

  • East County
  • News
Rebekah Boos and her dog, Lola, Grayson Tullio and Monica Oberer and her dog, Hooch, mingle during a Doggies for Duchenne fundraiser to announce a beer named for the race.
    By
  • Berkley Mason
  • January 25, 2017
Special hops for Doggies for Duchenne 5K

Big Top Brewery makes pineapple pale ale for charity running event.

  • East County
  • News
The EZ10 costs more than $200,000 and uses GPS mapping to know its routes. It stays in route within 1 cm.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 25, 2017
Driverless shuttle gives Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch jolt

Mall at UTC owners ponder future with the EZ10 driverless shuttle.

  • East County
  • News
Howard Rooks will sell the Amore building to the town of Longboat Key for $2.2 million.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • January 25, 2017
Town OKs deal to buy Amore

The $2.2 million deal adds another two acres to the future site of the Longboat Center for Arts, Culture and Education.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Gregorius brothers hope their app brings families and friends back together.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 25, 2017
StoryTime brings the family back together

The app's READwithME features allows users to video chat while reading the same book.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
At 183 feet in height, Islands West is one of the two tallest buildings on Longboat Key. The structure has a 360-foot setback from Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • January 25, 2017
How High: Building heights stall push for Longboat code changes

As town staff aim to bring dozens of properties into conformity, concerns about building heights bubble to the surface.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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