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A duplex in Golden gate Point sold for $850,000 last month.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 6, 2016
Golden Gate Point property fetches $850,000

A 7,200-square-foot parcel on the 22-acre peninsula west of downtown Sarasota changed hands this month.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Jay Heater
  • September 5, 2016
Cops Corner: East County 09.08.2016

Enjoy this week’s edition of Cops Corner!

  • East County
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City Parking Manager Mark Lyons will present formal plans for parking maters to city commissioners Tuesday.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 5, 2016
City Commission to vet parking meter plans

The Sarasota City Commission on Tuesday, will decide whether to direct staff to pursue buying 458 parking meters.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2016
Hurricane Hermine drenches Sarasota area

Our readers sent us photos of the flooding after Hurricane hit North Florida early Friday morning.

  • Sarasota
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The Chargers' Karsyn Robbins, 7, had the honor of carrying the game ball on the field.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • September 2, 2016
Despite deluge, Premier Sports Campus hosts big night in new stadium

United States U-17 women's national team prevails 5-2 over Venezuela.

  • East County
  • News
ManaSota League of Cities President Linda Yates
    By
  • Terry O’Connor
  • September 2, 2016
ManaSota League of Cities wants push for tougher vacation rental regs

Opposes legislation that mandates local government pay for relocating utility equipment within a public utility easement

  • Longboat Key
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Courtesy photo
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • September 2, 2016
Hotel Indigo changes ownership

Innisfree Hotels acquires Hotel Indigo located in the Rosemary District in downtown Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Longboat Key vote count from Aug. 30 primary at a glance.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 2, 2016
Longboat Key votes from Aug. 30 Primary Election

Races broken down by candidate or issue, vote totals and percentage of vote.

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Flooding gave this picnic spot near Linger Lodge a different look on Friday, Sept. 2.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • September 2, 2016
Swelling Braden River gives new meaning to camping on the lake

About a dozen residents at Linger Lodge need to be evacuated.

  • East County
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    By
  • Terry O’Connor
  • September 2, 2016
Familiar Longboat Key builder proposes to build 10 new island homes

Brista Homes of Sarasota wants to develop $1.35M property purchased from Mote Scientific Foundation

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Terry O’Connor
  • September 2, 2016
Hurricane Hermine fails to make lasting impression on Longboat Key

No reports of flooded homes; damage minimal

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Retention ponds in Lakewood Ranch and the surrounding areas are reaching levels not seen by residents in years. Overflow from the Braden River pours into this one, just south of Clubhouse Drive.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 2, 2016
More rain coming thanks to Hurricane Hermine

Music on Main and local football games have been cancelled for tonight.

  • East County
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    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • September 1, 2016
Signs of a Struggle

Signs advertising Mike Cosentino’s efforts to reopen a portion of Beach Road on Siesta Key now speckle Siesta Key Village, but complaints filed to Sarasota County suggest not everyone on the island is sold on the initiative.

  • Siesta Key
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    By
  • Terry O’Connor
  • September 1, 2016
Soggy Longboat Key braces for worst of Hurricane Hermine weather Thursday night

Tropical Storm Hermine dumped as much as 9 inches of water Wednesday on Longboat Key

  • Longboat Key
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The Players Centre could become the centerpiece of the Waterside Village at Lakewood Ranch development.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • September 1, 2016
Players Centre selects architect, builder for Waterside Village project

Sarasota's Schenkel/Shultz and Lakewood Ranch's Willis Smith among the major players.

  • East County
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Ogden Street on Siesta Key is a major flooding hotspot during Tropical Storm Hermine.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 1, 2016
Sarasota County warns of flooding hotspots ahead of Tropical Storm Hermine

Sarasota County warns of flooding hotspots ahead of Tropical Storm Hermine

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Tropical Storm Hermine was centered about 195 miles south-southwest of Apalachicola on Thursday morning.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 1, 2016
TS Hermine expected to become first full-blown hurricane in Florida since Wilma in 2005

Longboat Key beach erosion could be significant, according to National Weather Service forecast

  • Longboat Key
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FDOT is considering three designs for the interchange of Rye Road and State Road 64.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 1, 2016
FDOT meeting on Rye Road cancelled

The meeting will be rescheduled for later this month.

  • East County
  • News
Sandbags are available at Lakewood Ranch Park, among other locations. Courtesy image.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 1, 2016
Manatee officials: Stay inside until the storm passes

Officials expect another 10 inches of rain by end of day Friday.

  • East County
  • News
Karen Coltun took this photo from Longboat Key, capturing a shot of a rainbow over the gulf after a storm.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 1, 2016
Longboat Key weather page photo: Sept. 1

Karen Coltun took this photo from Longboat Key, capturing a shot of a rainbow over the gulf after a storm.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jeannie Sparks captured this shot of a curious lizard at Jiggs Landing.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 1, 2016
East County weather page photo: Sept. 1

Jeannie Sparks captured this shot of a curious lizard at Jiggs Landing.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 1, 2016
Still no signs of urgency

When the season’s traffic woes finally ended (for the summer), everyone said: ‘We can’t live through that again.’ Yet we’re all still waiting to hear: What is the plan?

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Susan DeVictor captured this shot of a black skimmer bringing a fish to its nesting site at Lido Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 1, 2016
Sarasota weather page photo: Sept. 1

Susan DeVictor captured this shot of a black skimmer bringing a fish to its nesting site at Lido Beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 1, 2016
Mira Mar Beach home sells for $3 million

The following residential real estate transactions took place between August 15 and August 19.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo. Christina Via-Reque as a Boba Fett.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 1, 2016
Car-directing force strong at St. Martha

St. Martha Catholic School directs traffic with intergalactic flair and "Star Wars" costumes.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Evan Berman with the second place trophy from the Bridge Base Online Youth Swiss Teams division of the North American Contract Bridge tournament.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 1, 2016
Cardinal Mooney senior finds success in card game bridge

Evan Berman, a senior at Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School, talks about what fuels his interest in the card game of bridge.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
File photo. The Standing With Our Fallen a 9/11 Fifteen Year Commemoration will take place at Patriot Plaza.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 1, 2016
Service will remember lives lost on 9/11

A 15-year commemoration will allow attendees to adopt a fallen victim of the attack.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • September 1, 2016
School Board race: Divided by party lines

Caroline Zucker will continue to sit on the school board, but some members fear political parties may be staking their claim on the Sarasota County School Board.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy photo. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Gulf Coast of Florida members Phil Yoder, Jule Doran and Jan Mazer after helping rebuild the reading garden at the North Sarasota Public Library.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 1, 2016
Returned Peace Corps volunteers continue service at home

Years after serving abroad, Peace Corps volunteers work on projects throughout Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
File photo. Natalie Gavrielov during the Sarasota Sailing Squadron's 69th annual Labor Day Regatta.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 1, 2016
Sarasota Calendar 9.1.16

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of Sept. 1.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 1, 2016
Cops Corner: Sarasota 9.1.2016

Enjoy this week’s edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Vince Sellers Jr. looks to have a big game versus Venice Sept. 2.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 1, 2016
That's the ticket ...

Check out this week's top Sarasota area sporting events.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • August 31, 2016
Bradenton home leads local transactions at $918,000

Built in 2006, 11660 Eighth Ave. Circle E. has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,617 square feet of living area.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
County offices are closed now and Sept. 1.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 31, 2016
Manatee County cancels land-use meeting

County offices are closed immediately.

  • East County
  • News
Tropical Storm Hermine spurs state of emergency declaration from Florida Gov. Rick Scott.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 31, 2016
Gov. Scott declares state of emergency as Tropical Storm Hermine forms

Longboat Key personnel prepping for 3 to 5 inches of rain

  • Longboat Key
  • News
All Manatee School District school's, office's and extracurricular activities cancelled Thursday.
    By
  • Berkley Mason
  • August 31, 2016
Manatee County schools closed on Thursday, Sept. 1

Due to heavy rainfall, all schools, district offices and extracurricular activities to be cancelled

  • East County
  • News
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