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Roger Pettingell’s sales volume reached $61.85 million in 2013. (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 15, 2014
Pettingell ranks No. 1 for sales volume in 2013

Roger Pettingell's sales volume reached $61.85 million in 2013, making him the top-ranked local Realtor for the second consecutive year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Outgoing chairman Tommy Klauber shares about the successes of 2013.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 15, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Ranch Business Alliance Membership Luncheon

Members of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance met their new board of directors, during the organization's annual membership luncheon Jan. 15.

  • East County
  • News
Low tides have left Siesta Beach covered in seaweed.
    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • January 15, 2014
Low tides leave Siesta covered in seaweed

Calls mount for county officials to remove seaweed covering Siesta beach.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Kiltie Band will perform in the New York City Saint Patrick’s Day Parade Monday, March 17.
    By
  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • January 15, 2014
RHS Kitlie Band to hold fundraising yard sale

The Kiltie Band has been raising money to pay for travel expenses to New York by selling Tervis tumblers and holding yard sales.

  • Sarasota
  • News
District Five Commissioner Vanessa Baugh reads "The Kissing Hand" to Karen Krienen and Debbie Frazzoni's class.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • January 15, 2014
Commissioner leads story time

District Five Commissioner Vanessa Baugh read stories to students Jan. 14 at Kiddie Academy, as part of Celebrate Literacy Week.

  • East County
  • Schools
The Legacy Trail currently stretches more than 10 miles from Venice to just south of the city of Sarasota.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • January 15, 2014
Community Foundation undertakes Legacy Trail extension

The Gulf Coast Community Foundation is raising $75,000 to study a plan to extend the Legacy Trail eight miles into downtown Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
John Colon of the Florida State Board of Education promised a vocal crowd that proposed changes to the standards would make the state unique.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • January 15, 2014
State officials discuss Common Core changes

State officials traveled to Mixon's Fruit Farms Tuesday night to discuss the status of Florida's implementation of the Common Core State Standards.

  • East County
  • News
Kelsey Grau Leslie Ann Genninger and Carol Camiener
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2014
Carol Camiener hosts jewel of a party

On Sunday, Jan. 12, Leslie Ann Genninger displayed her latest collection of Murano Glass Jewelry at the Emerald Harbor home of Carol Camiener.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Kelsey Grau Co-Chairwoman of the event Julie Friedman, Honoree Ruth Ades, Rabbi Charles Savenor and Co-Chairwoman of the event Betty Levitt
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2014
Ades honored as 'Light of Torah'

Temple Beth Sholom honored the Longboat Key resident as the 'Light of Torah' at its annual Torah Fund Study Day and Award Luncheon Jan. 7.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Retired Senior Editor Dora Walters snapped this picture of Kip O’Neill, Bob Spitzer, Fred Wilson and Maxine Spitzer.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2014
Dora the Explorer focuses her lens on the Village

Retired Longboat Observer Senior Editor Dora Walters found herself on familiar turf in December, when she made an appearance at Longbeach Village resident Kip O'Neill's 19th annual holiday party, then celebrated again with Village residents on New Year's Eve. And as usual, she started snapping photos.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2014
Don't cart off your fellow shopper's groceries

Here's one for the 'only on Longboat' file.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2014
Key student graduates from FGCU

Christina Walsh, of Longboat Key, recently graduated with her bachelor's degree from Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Club Ivory owner Ambrish Piare says he has spent nearly $85,000 on sound proofing to accommodate residents of the Plaza at Five Points.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • January 15, 2014
City rejects Club Ivory complaint

The Sarasota city attorney's office denies claims that the downtown nightclub was operating illegally as an "adult cabaret."

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy photo Brooke Farnsworth, 17, Joseph Grosso, 18, Tiffany Miller, 16, and Jenna Greenfield, 15
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2014
Playwright promo

Theatre Odyssey this weekend will showcase the work of six students, including four from Lakewood Ranch High School, during the second annual Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2014
Climb for cancer

Four students from Nolan Middle School will fight cancer while swinging from the trees this weekend.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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