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Michael Saunders & Co. President Drayton Saunders gives Doug Kerr, of the Venice Symphony, a grant check.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 24, 2013
REAL ESTATE REPORTS

MSC Foundation awards $30,000 in grants; Century 21 Dockside Realty releases new iOS app; Island Real Estate of Anna Maria announces top agents; SAR announces lowest inventory in a decade

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lisa Henson's summer job at New College of Florida is more casual than a typical education setting. Students call teachers by their first names, and all participants dress casually.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • July 24, 2013
Local teacher heads up Duke summer camp

Braden River High School teacher Lisa Henson spends her summers educating, rather than teaching, as head of a Duke University summer camp in Sarasota.

  • East County
  • News
Unit 18A at Regent Place, 655 Longboat Club Road, has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,564 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.75 million. File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 24, 2013
Regent Place condominium sells for $2.75 million

A condominium in Regent Place tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Thomas and Hwei Sung sold their Unit 18A condominium at 655 Longboat Club Road to Paul and Patricia Purcell, of Hinsdale, Ill., for $2.75 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • July 24, 2013
Heritage Harbour CDD refinances bonds

Heritage Harbour South CDD supervisors learned the refinancing of the district's 2002 bonds will result in a 12.06% annual reduction in annual assessments.

  • East County
  • News
Chip McCarthy, IMG Academy vice president of finance and operations, oversees a $40 million expansion project at the Bradenton facility. Mark Wemple.
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • July 24, 2013
Total excellence

The IMG Academy expansion project, nearly $200 million over 15 years, is a grand attempt to capitalize on a growth opportunity. The project is off to a fast start.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Before he left, Gov. Rick Scott managed to get a scoop of Mixon's famous orange-swirl ice cream.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • July 24, 2013
Scott makes an informal stop in the East County

Gov. Rick Scott took questions about a variety of issues from area business leaders.

  • East County
  • News
Seven-year-old Ally Frank said she wanted to enter the pageant so she could make new friends.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 24, 2013
Pre-teen qualifies for national pageant

Ally Frank, 7, placed as second runner-up in the 2013 National American Miss' Miss Florida Junior Pre-Teen Pageant.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 24, 2013
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Eight-year-old Summer Cardwell scored 140 points to win the high-point award for the girls 8 and under division at the TBAY Invitational June 29 and June 30, in Lakeland.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 24, 2013
Athlete of the Week: Summer Cardwell

Eight-year-old Summer Cardwell scored 140 points to win the high-point award for the girls 8 and under division at the TBAY Invitational June 29 and June 30, in Lakeland.

  • East County
  • Sports
This home in The Concession has four bedrooms, four baths and 5,491 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.9 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 24, 2013
Home in The Concession sells for $1.9 million

A home in The Concession tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Wall and Karol Kent, of Roswell, Ga., sold their home at 8307 Farington Court to Robert Buck and Jane Nagy, of Bradenton, for $1.9 million. Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, four baths and 5,491 square feet of living area.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Doreen Steinhauser submitted this sunset photo, which was taken in Bradenton.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 24, 2013
Weather photo

Doreen Steinhauser submitted this sunset photo, which was taken in Bradenton.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 24, 2013
COPS CORNER HALL OF FAME: Longboat Key

"Will this be in Cops Corner?" We understand Longboat Key police get that question a lot.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Beth Nursey submitted this photo of a storm in the Gulf of Mexico, taken near Veranda Beach Club.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 24, 2013
Weather Photo: Longboat Key 07/23/13

Beth Nursey submitted this photo of a storm in the Gulf of Mexico, taken near Veranda Beach Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Learn how to make Shrimp and Scallop Togarashi Grill and watch an instructional video.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • July 24, 2013
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Pier 22

This week we went in the kitchen with chef Greg Campbell of Pier 22 for Shrimp and Scallop Togarashi Grill. Learn how to make the dish in this week's in the kitchen.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"She sees celebrities who are advocates for certain causes, and that's why she wants to do it. That's her calling — to bring awareness," Paula Swain says of her daughter Hannah's goal of becoming a famous actress.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • July 24, 2013
'Any Dream Will Do'

Hannah Swain spent two years in a hospital bed with a life-threatening form of leukemia. Now that she's a survivor, she has a message to share.

  • Arts + Culture
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