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Blake Rattigan puts the final touches on his coral reef.Buy this Photo Monday, Jul. 12, 2021 | Addison Dooley enjoys making her coral reef, which is just one of the activities schedule for the week's under the sea theme. "I like science and sea animals," Dooley says.Buy this Photo Monday, Jul. 12, 2021 | Melissa Mayoral, a Camp Banyan leader, shows Abigail Lakatos how to smash her clay onto the plastic plate so Lakatos can later use it to attach her coral.Buy this Photo Monday, Jul. 12, 2021 | Margaret Athas puts all her strength into smashing clay onto her plate as a base for her cora...

The owners built it with the stellar waterfront setting in mind. The 5,445-square-foot home embraces the water in views and accessibility.

The sale of a waterfront home on Longboat Key is the island’s highest-priced closed deal in 2021 and stands among the all-time highest prices in Sarasota and Manatee counties. Roger Pettingell, the top-producing affiliated agent with Coldwell Banker Realty in Florida, represented the seller of the home at 5965 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Joel Schemmel of Premier Southeby’s International Realty represented the buyers. The sales price of $10.15 million was the highest for a residential property on Longboat Key this year.  The custom-built home covers more than 10,000 square feet of living area, ...

Original homes and teardowns mingle in this boaters’ haven across from Oscar Scherer State Park

One of the last acts of President Donald Trump, aside from his alleged incitement of a deadly, nearly unprecedented, insurrection, was to pardon the man most responsible for his election. The late decision to issue a presidential pardon to Steve Bannon, former Trump campaign manager and White House adviser, was said to have been a difficult one, but c’mon, of course the scraggly strategist was going to receive a pass for his alleged role in a border-wall scheme that resulted in federal fraud charges. Bannon was allegedly part of a group that raised substantial money from public donors to bu...