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This home in Siestas Bayside at 624 Waterside Way sold for $4,562,500. Built in 2008, it has fourbedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,986 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 6, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for March 20-24 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis

A Siesta Key home in Siestas Bayside tops the week's sales at $4.56 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Cartographer Andy Woodruff figured out the effects on sunrises and sunsets with permanent Daylight Saving or permanent Standard Time.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 14, 2018
The dark side of Daylight Saving Time

Let's reconsider that push to mess with our clocks.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
603 Buttonwood Drive is listed at $4.19 million by Michael Saunders & Company.
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • May 31, 2023
Longboat Key home sales slow with end of season

Residential real estate properties are typically on the market between two and three months with a lack of demand driving prices lower.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kristine Nickel |
  • November 24, 2021
Lifestyle Rx: Creating healthy habits

Getting square with our values is what creates motivation.

  • Health
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 4, 2009
Harry's loses outdoor seating

Town staff says Harry's Continental Kitchens is not eligible for any of the 36 outdoor dining seats the restaurant and deli utilized.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key beaches were not crowded in early December.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • December 7, 2022
Busy season arrives on Longboat Key

Longboat's tourist time looks hearty with Southwest Florida vacationers scrambling to find winter accommodations.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 6, 2022
East County weather page photo: October 6

Edward Contreras captured this sandhill crane striking a pose in Lakewood Ranch’s Central Park community.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
File photo
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 17, 2013
BUSINESS OBSERVER

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce's new board of directors took office Thursday, July 11.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Greenbrook's Rita Carney, Joe O'Neill, and Jenifer Dodson are leading efforts to reduce traffic noise coming from State Road 70.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • April 14, 2022
As SR 70 traffic grows, some residents seek peace and quiet

Community Development District 4 officials say that solutions to the noise problems might be in the works.

  • East County
  • News
"Sometimes you have to be a little proactive, you can't just go with the flow," says neurosurgeon and political leader Dr. Benjamin Carson.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 27, 2013
Common-Sense Politics advocate Ben Carson speaks in Sarasota

Neurosurgeon and political speaker Dr. Ben Carson hopes to initiate change in the same style as the late General C. Everett Koop.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • July 14, 2022
10 fun things to do in Sarasota

Whether you're visiting or live here, there are at least this many experiences that shouldn't be ignored.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The rollover crash happened at about 6:30 a.m. Thursday near the Mobil gas station on Gulf of Mexico Drive. Photo courtesy of the town of Longboat Key.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • May 6, 2021
Man taken to hospital after rollover crash on Gulf of Mexico Drive

Part of Gulf of Mexico Drive was closed early Thursday morning as first responders cleared the crash.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Christmas in the Garden at the Longboat Island Chapel
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • December 12, 2022
Christmas cheer lights up Longboat Key

Good thing it's not turtle season because Longboat Key is shining bright.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Hanna Hornung of North South Wealth Management/Avalon Farms watches her shot soar into the goal to start the scoring April 23 in a match at the Sarasota Polo Club.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 23, 2023
One Sunday match remains in Sarasota Polo Club season

The April 30 finale marks the end of a season that saw huge crowds but also the loss of the clubhouse due to a January fire.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Kimberly Braun |
  • February 28, 2012
Home, Heart and You!

Home, Heart and You!

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
The upper school at Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy is expected to be open by the fall 2023 semester.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • January 18, 2023
Lakewood Ranch Prep's upper school begins to take shape

As enrollment opens for kindergarten through seventh grades and ninth and 10th grades, construction continues on the upper school.

  • East County
  • Schools
City Commissioners this week authorized increasing the agreement between the city and Ajax Paving Industries of Florida for Ringling Trail design-build services by $29,114 to a total of $2.79 million.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 6, 2022
City OKs ballot language for commissioners' pay raise

If voters approve, Sarasota leaders will go from $29,000 to more than $44,000 a year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
CASTO Managing Director of Southeast Development Michael Chadwick talks to the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance about his company's many projects.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • May 24, 2023
More restaurant choices headed to East County

CASTO executive talks about his company's many development projects in the Lakewood Ranch area.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Bay Haven Elementary School for Basics Plus fourth grade teacher Jennette Schwaed invited Mayor Kyle Battie into the classroom to read for story time.
  • By Dariela Delgado |
  • January 25, 2023
Bay Haven school shares story time with the mayor

Fourth grade teacher Jennette Schwaed invited Mayor Kyle Battie into the classroom.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Phil Solorzano, co-owner of Solorzano Bros. Pizzeria, said his shop's van is a valuable marketing tool.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 28, 2010
TOP STORY, JUNE: Sour Dough

Solorzano Bros. Pizzeria used a parked van on Beach Road to advertise its business, but condo owners across the street say it blocks their view and takes a parking spot away from tourists.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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