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  • Observer Staff
  • November 14, 2012
News Briefs

Iannello drops out of commission race; Spencer resigns from pension board

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 14, 2012
Our View: Postmortem

Congratulations to all of the victors, Barack Obama and Joe Biden included.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • November 14, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 14, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Lucy Miller is a Longbeach Village resident and seventh-generation Cortez native. Photo courtesy of Salvatore Branciforte.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 14, 2012
Scent of a woman: Lucy Miller

Lucy Miller is the brains and nose behind Lucy Miller Pure, a line of natural and organic perfumes that debuted quietly in August - but could make a bigger splash early next year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Unit B1003 at Orchid Beach Club Residences has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,936 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,825,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 14, 2012
Orchid Beach Club Residences condo sells for $1,825,000

A condominium in Orchid Beach Club Residences tops all transactions in this week's real estate. James Dilworth of Kronberg, Germany, sold his Unit B1003 condominium at 2050 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Kenneth and Hagar Levine, of Carlisle, Pa., for $1,825,000.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Aesthetician Monee Arpin of L. Spa
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • November 14, 2012
The basics of skin fitness - from the experts

Ask a Sarasota beauty about her skin, and she's likely to mention her aesthetician. One local favorite is Monee Arpin, who recently relocated from Main Street to L. Spa on South Pineapple Avenue.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
John Caviglia submitted this sunrise photo, taken overlooking the Longboat Key Club Moorings.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 14, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

John Caviglia submitted this sunrise photo, taken overlooking the Longboat Key Club Moorings.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 14, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Chamber honors construction company for its service; Taylor Morrison rep named as panelist; John Neal Homes reports record third quarter sales; Salt and Light Productions receives Emmy nod

  • East County
  • News
This River Forest home, which has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,000 square feet of living area, sold for $585,000. Photo by Josh Siegel.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 14, 2012
Three-bedroom River Forest home tops sales at $585,000

A home in River Forest tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Harold Pearman, of Colorado Springs, Colo., sold the home at 5968 River Forest Circle to James and Stacey Leiber, of Bradenton, for $585,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Maria Mercadante took this photo of the sun setting over a softball field.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 14, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Maria Mercadante took this photo of the sun setting over a softball field.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The Observer families' recipes for a popular Thanksgiving side dish. Photo by Loren Mayo.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • November 14, 2012
THE SWEET SPOT: Unique takes on a traditional side

The Observer family shares its sweet potato traditions - sans the marshmallows.

  • Arts + Culture
Rick Herzog stands in the doorway of an unfinished "Iceberg Flotilla." It's been nine years in the making, and his next move is to make it livable.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 14, 2012
Man-made nature: Rick Herzog

The last time Rick Herzog was on a boat, he was 8 years old and he got seasick.

  • Arts + Culture
President of Sarasota Public Art Fund Tom Savage and artist of "Complexus” John Henry
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 14, 2012
Scene & Heard

They did it; Noise Ordinance takes effect; It's a small world after all; Behind the seams

  • Arts + Culture
Galleria Silecchia's "The Winner," by Glenna Goodacre, featured on the song "A Jubilant Overture," by Alfred Reed. Courtesy.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 14, 2012
Sarasota Concert Band creates community collaboration

When Linda Keefe, chairwoman of the board of Sarasota Concert Band, walked into Galleria Silecchia a few months ago, a bronze sculpture of a little boy with his arms spread wide greeted her.

  • Arts + Culture
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