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Cars begin to fill the parking lot as employees prepare for the store's opening inside. Photo by Kurt Schultheis.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 28, 2012
News Briefs

Publix plans for grand opening Dec. 13; Key resident requests legal costs breakdown

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 28, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 28, 2012
Letters to the Editor

IPOC should sue Longboat Key Club and Resort parties; The Grinch paid a visit to St. Armands Circle

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
This home at 360 N. Washington Drive has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,951 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.25 million. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 28, 2012
Three-bedroom St. Armands home sells for $2.25 million

A home in John Ringling Estates tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Doug Libertore, of Sarasota, sold his home at 360 N. Washington Drive to 360 Wash LLC for $2.25 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Co-host Cyndi Edwards with Euphemia Haye chef/proprietor Ray Arpke. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 28, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Euphemia Haye chef/proprietor Ray Arpke featured on 'Daytime' show; Green Ginger Hair Design moves to new St. Armands Circle location

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Joanne Sheehan submitted this sunset photo, taken at Beach Harbor Club on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 28, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Joanne Sheehan submitted this sunset photo, taken at Beach Harbor Club on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Larry Bustle, a retired U.S. Air Force veteran and a former mayor of the city of Palmetto, has served as the District 1 commissioner since 2008, and was re-elected to his post in November.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • November 28, 2012
Bustle named commission chair

Larry Bustle was named chairman for the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners.

  • East County
  • News
This Waterlefe Golf and River Club home, which has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,123 square feet of living area, sold for $1.1 million. Photo by Josh Siegel.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 28, 2012
Waterlefe Golf and River Club home tops week's sales

A home in Waterlefe Golf and River Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Michael and Joann Dobbins, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 10611 Riverbank Terrace to Michael and Kathleen Allenbrook, of Bradenton, for $1.1 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Denise Pope took this sunrise photo while jogging in the early morning in River Club.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 28, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Denise Pope took this sunrise photo while jogging in the early morning in River Club.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 28, 2012
Cougars to be induced into Hall of Fame

Six new members will be induced into the Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School athletic Hall of Fame during the school's first formal athletic Hall of Fame induction dinner Dec. 1, at the Sara Bay Country Club.

  • East County
  • Sports
"The red carpet experience is something that’s been going on in Hollywood since the '20s, but I figured to bring it to our town, it’s something where people can have fun and kind of relive the night." — Jackie Rogers
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 28, 2012
Style Maven: Jackie Rogers

Not only is Jackie Rogers revamping male wardrobes to include baby-blue cashmere sweaters, she's ushering Sarasota into Hollywood-mode by glamorizing locals on the red carpet.

  • Arts + Culture
Warren Coville has been deaccessioning his photo collection since 2000, but he still has a few favorites hanging in his home, such as this photo essay by Clarence White School alumna Margaret Bourke-White.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 28, 2012
Developing a Passion: Warren Coville

Sarasotan Warren Coville shares the history behind the collection of 1,700 photographs he and his wife recently donated to the Ringling Museum of Art.

  • Arts + Culture
Allie Burman, Christian Serrano and Rinat Imaev, of American Ballet Theatre, at last summer's Carreño Dance Festival
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 28, 2012
Scene & Heard

Boogie Woogie Ballerinas; Remembering Jay B. Starker; Art meets education

  • Arts + Culture
Jennifer Lawrence as Tiffany and Bradley Cooper as Pat in "Silver Linings Playbook." Courtesy.
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • November 28, 2012
Film Review: 'Silver Linings Playbook'

News flash! Bradley Cooper can act. In the new film, "Silver Linings Playbook," written and directed by David O. Russell, Cooper holds his own with a hefty ensemble of award-winning actors. Cooper even manages to shine in their company.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Paula Atwell
  • November 28, 2012
Theater Review: '50s Jukebox Review'

With a little glitter, a T-Bird-load of talent, some shimmery purple curtains and an enormous wood-stained Wurlitzer, The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe shakes, rattles and rolls the '50s into living color before the eyes of a wildly enthusiastic audience.

  • Arts + Culture
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