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Observer Staff
June 10, 2015

Universal praise

Country Club Shores resident Robert Gault is a strong supporter of a future undergrounding project and the work town staff oversaw to analyze every property on the Key.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Adam Hughes
June 10, 2015

Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch home sells for $1.44 million

A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

East County
Real Estate

Adam Hughes
June 10, 2015

Water Club condominium sells for $2.4 million

A condominium in the Water Club at Longboat Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

Longboat Key
Real Estate

Amanda Sebastiano
June 10, 2015

Handcrafted home

A cabinetmaker and artist, Pat Ringley turns a house into a shabby chic cottage using wood and his own hands.

East County
Real Estate

Amanda Sebastiano
June 10, 2015

Primrose grows up in its first decade

Although the Lakewood Ranch community has changed, Primrose School’s vision has stayed consistent since it opened. 10 years ago.

East County
Neighbors

Heather Merriman Saba
June 10, 2015

Fashion Insider: Feelin’ Sunny

With all of the beautiful summer weather Sarasota has been enjoying, Black Tie was feeling sunny this week.

Black Tie

Observer Staff
June 10, 2015

OUR VIEW | Should you do fiber optic, too?

Let’s be honest: If you studied the graphic on page 3 of last week’s Longboat Observer, you probably swallowed hard or your eyes bugged out at the cost of installing underground utility lines per household.

Longboat Key
Opinion

Kurt Schultheis
June 10, 2015

Conversation with with Julius Halas

Before former Longboat Key Fire Rescue Chief Julius Halas, 61, left the town to become director of the Florida Division of State Fire Marshal’s Office in 2009, he gave the Longboat Observer his personal cellphone number and said to call any time.