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Amanda Sebastiano. Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch home, which has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,861 square feet of living area, sold for $850,000.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 8, 2014
Country Club Village home sells for $850,000

Alvaro Joves and Maria Maldonado, of Miami, sold their home at 7217 Greystone St. to Robert Hofmann, of Bradenton, for $850,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
'Downton Abbey' comes to town
    By
  • June LeBell
  • January 8, 2014
Tidbites

'Downton Abbey' comes to town; Sarasota wins coveted awards; The Blue Rooster crows; and A special New Year's treat for our readers.

  • Arts + Culture
Beruff
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • January 8, 2014
Builder sets company record in home sales

Sales totaling $100 million in 2013 keeps local builder Medallion Home optimistic about the future of the company.

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Doreen Steinhauser submitted this sunset photo, taken near Palma Sola Bay in Bradenton.
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 8, 2014
Weather: East County

Doreen Steinhauser submitted this sunset photo, taken near Palma Sola Bay in Bradenton.

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Susan and Cliff Scholz, Susan and Tim Clarke and Mickey Callenen attended last year's Party on the Pass.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 8, 2014
Save the dates

We're looking forward to an eventful season. Here, we choose our top 10 picks for the winter/spring season.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Fitness leader Sherry Fidellr will be leaving the Recreation Center at the end of the season after 20 years.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • January 8, 2014
New year brings fitness options for Longboaters

This column heads into its 17th year with its most news ever about fitness classes. There is an exciting array of new formats, teachers and time periods at both the Longboat Key Education Center and Bayfront Park Recreation Center.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Kurt Schultheis. This home at 531 Chipping Lane in Country Club Shores has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,341 square feet of living area. It sold for $760,000.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 8, 2014
Country Club Shores home sells for $760,000

Geza and Ilona Benko, of Longboat Key, sold their home at 531 Chipping Lane to Victor and Anamaria Mitchell, of Castle Rock, Colo., for $760,000.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
File photo. Maison Blanche chef/owner Jose Martinez and his wife, Victoria, with celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse during the September filming of 'Coming to America.'
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 8, 2014
Business Observer

Travel + Leisure names Key Club in top 500 resorts; Maison Blanche owner featured on 'Emeril's Florida'; Mediterranean restaurant to open on St. Armands; Longboat Key Chamber moves to the Centre Shops

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Barbara Thurston submitted this sunrise photo, taken near Emerald Harbor on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 8, 2014
Weather: Longboat Key

Barbara Thurston submitted this sunrise photo, taken near Emerald Harbor on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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Jean Weidner Goldstein
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • January 8, 2014
Social Studies: Jean Weidner Goldstein

Sitting on a couch in Designing Women Boutique, founder and CEO Jean Weidner Goldstein opens up about her life as a dancer, an entrepreneur and a newlywed.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • January 7, 2014
10 songs to beat the cold

10 songs to beat the cold

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Gerri Aaron, Anne Verig and Marvin Albert
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • January 7, 2014
AJC Open House

AJC Open House

  • Black Tie
Sarasota Medical Pregnancy Center Director Jennifer Carey
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • January 7, 2014
The Good News: Sarasota Medical Pregnancy Center

Sarasota Medical Pregnancy Center helps women make informed decisions about parenthood.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Lights installed at Five Points Park in 2011 remain in the trees, but have been shut off since June. The DID has struggled to agree on a replacement system since then.
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 7, 2014
Five Points tree lighting hits impasse

The Downtown Improvement District board, unsatisfied with its options for lighting the trees at Five Points Park, continues to look for a more cost-effective solution.

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  • News
"The Whipping Man" runs through Feb. 2, at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe.
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • January 7, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'The Whipping Man'

The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's current production of Matthew Lopez' 'The Whipping Man' takes audiences to a Passover like no other.

  • Arts + Culture
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