“This is a perfect storm of incompatibility. Lido Pavilion is being robbed.”

The long-term project to stabilize the Lido Key shoreline is predicated on dredging a portion of the accumulated sand in Big Sarasota Pass and depositing it on about 1.6 miles of south Lido Key Beach.

The end of 2014 brought some eight-tentacled surprises to Mote Aquarium in Sarasota. On Dec. 26, Mote’s Caribbean pygmy octopuses — whose baby pictures made the national news earlier in 2014 — had babies of their own. More than 20 new babies from one mated pair are now hiding behind the scenes, currently too delicate […]

Friday marked the latest development with the groundbreaking of Park Residences of Lido Key where 18 units will be completed within a year on the last developable vacant parcel on Lido Key.

Some people living on Lido Key worry the erosion problem on their beaches may soon endanger some structures. The Army Corps of Engineers suggests dredging Big Pass between Lido Key and Siesta Key. The $22 million project would use 1.1 million cubic yards of sand from the shoal in Big Pass to renourish Lido Beach, […]

Lido condominium sells for $3.97 million A condominium at the Ritz Carlton Beach Residences on Lido Key sold for $3.97 million this week. The condominium is unit 801 at 1300 Benjamin Franklin Drive, it represents the fifth-highest condominium sale in Sarasota in the past year. The 4,194 square-foot, three-bedroom, three-and-a-half bath condo has two terraces, […]

A sea turtle rescued from entanglement in a crab trap and treated by Mote Marine was returned to the sea Friday morning from Lido Beach.

‘The article amounted to a lack of understanding on the reporter’s part, but had the potential to damage a reputation.’

The owner of a vehicle parked at Lido Key Beach cracked his car windows for ventilation on Aug. 1, and unwittingly left room for a thief to enter. Sarasota Police released photographs captured by a Longboat Key surveillance camera of the man suspected of stealing $240 in cash and a debit card shortly after the incident. […]

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