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This Deer Run home sold for $2.45 million with 4,359 square feet of living area. It has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and a pool.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 25, 2025
Top residential real estate sales for March 10-14 in Lakewood Ranch

A Deer Run home on Big Buck Lane topped the week’s sales at $2.45 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Manatee County is seeking applicants for its Affordable Housing Advisory Board and the Environmental Lands Management and Acquisition Committee.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • December 4, 2024
Manatee County seeking advisory board applicants

Positions are open on the Affordable Housing Advisory Board and the Environmental Lands Management and Acquisition Committee.

  • East County
  • News
Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge at the Boyd Realty office. Van Ostenbridge is opposing Commissioner George Kruse for the District 7 seat in the primary election on Aug. 20.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 26, 2024
Manatee County Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge seeks at-large seat

Currently the District 3 commissioner, Van Ostenbridge is introducing himself now to all the county's voters.

  • East County
  • News
See Hurricane Debby's impacts around Sarasota
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 5, 2024
See Hurricane Debby's impacts around Sarasota

Severe flooding conditions exist on roads in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

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Excess sand and infrastructure damage can still be seen Wednesday, Oct. 2, at Caspersen Beach. Sarasota County Parks staff are continuing response and recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2024
Water restoration on Siesta Key nearly complete

Beaches remain closed as debris pickup begins.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Coldwell Banker Realty office on St. Armands Circle reopened on Nov. 13
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • November 19, 2024
Coldwell Banker Realty reopens its St. Armands Circle office

The real estate office renovated to build in resiliency for the potential of future flooding on St. Armands Circle.

  • Longboat Key
  • Business
Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene passed, the region prepares for Hurricane Milton to make landfall.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2024
Residents make last-minute preparations for Milton

Residents make last-minute preparations for Milton With the storm expected to make landfall early Thursday morning, locals scramble to complete their to-do lists to secure their homes and businesses.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Roxie Jerde, president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, speaks at the Sarasota Orchestra’s second Masterworks series dinner Nov. 29, 2023.
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 11, 2024
Sarasota Community Foundation CEO announces retirement

Roxie Jerde, the head of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, will retire in June 2025.

  • Sarasota
  • Business
Felicia McDermott
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • March 27, 2024
New marketing manager steps up LBK chamber's social media

Felicia McDermott will help the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce recruit more members and grow its online presence.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
This year's Best in Show award for adult artwork submitted for "Embracing Our Differences," went to Amanda Marie of Manchester, Connecticut, for “Through Your Story."
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 17, 2025
Embracing Our Differences cancels Jan. 19 opening day party

The organizers decided to nix the celebration due to forecasts of extreme weather.

  • Arts + Culture
Susan Goldfarb, program director at The Education Center, speaks with attendees at a recent showing of works by the Highwaymen Artists.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • February 18, 2025
The Education Center plans music, education and fun spring events

Program Director Susan Goldfarb encourages everyone to mark their calendars for their concerts and lectures coming up in March.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Andrew Georgiadis and Karin Murphy formerly worked together in the city'      s Urban Design Studio, but now one is accusing the other of improper practices.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 16, 2017
Draft code triggers intellectual-property concerns

A planner who contributed to the city’s form-based code says portions of a draft were cribbed from another document, but is that out-of-bounds for government work?

  • Sarasota
  • News
Models show various elevations of The Edge condominium project.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 8, 2023
New downtown condo tower nears approval

The Edge, a 10-story, 27-unit luxury residential project, would be built at the corner of Fruitville Road and Cocoanut Avenue if approved.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Cross Street is a one-block, one-way street between South Pineapple and South Orange avenues.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 7, 2024
Developer wins city vacation of Cross Street

The transfer of right of way will allow developer Orange Pineapple to incorporate an enhanced street into its redevelopment plans of several downtown blocks adjacent to Burns Court.

  • Sarasota
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Sarasota ranks second in US in GoFundMe giving
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2024
Sarasota ranks second in US in GoFundMe giving

More than 500 active fundraising campaigns are active in this area.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Photo taken by Manatee County Sheriff's Office deputies on scene on June 4, 2019.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • March 19, 2025
Bill under consideration aims to increase boating safety

A bill known as Lucy's Law would increase penalties for vessel collisions, accidents and casualties and would implement new education requirements.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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
  • News
Gov. Ron DeSantis, speaking Thursday at Booker High School in Sarasota,  presented $100,000 checks to education foundations in Sarasota and Manatee counties.
  • By Jim DeLa |
  • October 17, 2024
Sarasota granted $100,000 in hurricane aid for school staff

More than 4,000 school district employees have responded to a survey on needs.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
The Christian Retreat welcomes all denominations to stay and worship.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • September 17, 2024
The Family Church at Christian Retreat welcomes all denominations

The retreat was founded in 1968 and sits on 110 acres overlooking the Manatee River.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
In the festival closing night film "Lovers," two women return to their hometown for a funeral and meet up with some local characters at a dive bar.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • March 26, 2025
27th Sarasota Film Festival offers fresh flicks, communal screenings

"Marcella" will open the 2025 Sarasota Film Festival on April 4.

  • Arts + Culture
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