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🌱 Which Siesta Key homes just sold for around $2 million?

Siesta Key, Florida Patch AM: a 4 min read

Cheers Siesta Key! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Which Siesta Key homes just sold for around $2 million?
  • Why Siesta Beach’s sand keeps beating other Florida shores
  • How a national rowing regatta is filling Siesta Key this weekend

Also on today's calendar: Star Harmony Sound Medicine Ceremony: Heart Resonance and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 76 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 88, low: 77.
  • Sunday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 88 and low of 76 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Top residential real estate sales for May 25-29 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis (yourobserver.com) — Recent late‑May home sales show Siesta Key properties changing hands for up to about $2 million, with notable deals in Siesta Beach, Lake Rittwood, Siesta Isles, and Gulf‑front condos. The roundup also tracks high‑end transactions in Sarasota, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, and Nokomis, offering a clear snapshot of how hot the local market remains.
   

• 11 Florida Beaches With Sand So White It Looks Photoshopped (everafterinthewoods.com) — Siesta Key’s own Siesta Beach leads this roundup, praised for its 99% quartz sand that stays cool and its long, family-friendly shoreline at 948 Beach Road. The piece then compares Siesta’s award-winning white sand with 10 other standout Gulf Coast beaches across Florida, giving locals ideas for day trips while underscoring why their home beach keeps topping national lists.
   

• Youth rowing championship brings 4,000 athletes to Sarasota (mysuncoast.com) — Thousands of young rowers and their families are in Sarasota this weekend for the US Rowing Youth National Championships, with some staying on Siesta Key and praising its beaches. The multi‑day regatta at Nathan Benderson Park is expected to boost hotels, restaurants, and other local businesses across Sarasota County, with benefits that tourism officials say help maintain area parks and beaches year‑round.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Friday June 12
  • Colleen Cassidy Art Class
    Unity of Sarasota Sarasota, FL 34231
    9:00 am
  • Library Babies
    Gulf Gate Public Library 7112 Curtiss Avenue, Sarasota, FL, 34231, US
    10:15 am
  • Summer Learning: Forever Fit
    Betty Johnson North Sarasota Library 2801 Newtown Blvd., Sarasota, FL, 34234, US
    10:15 am
  • Chair Yoga at Unity Yoga on Fridays →
    Unity of Sarasota , 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota, FL, 34231, United States, , 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota, FL, 34231, United States
    11:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Sarasota

  • Sarasota Fairgrounds project faces scrutiny as state watchdog group questions funding (mysuncoast.com)

Osprey

  • ‘Preserve, restore, replace': Historic Blackburn Point Bridge debate continues (wfla.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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