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Unit 704 at The Beaches of Longboat Key has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,602 square feet of living area. It sold for $770,000. File photo.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • December 12, 2012
Two-bedroom Beaches condo sells for $770,000

A condominium in The Beaches of Longboat Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Martin Epstein, trustee, and Sondra Epstein, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 704 condominium at 775 Longboat Club Road to Francoise Janssen, of Longboat Key, for $770,000.

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Barbi Nutting submitted this sunset photo, taken at one of the public beach accesses on Longboat Key.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 12, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Barbi Nutting submitted this sunset photo, taken at one of the public beach accesses on Longboat Key.

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  • December 12, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Certified Collectibles Group adds coins to portfolio; Lee Wetherington Homes re-launches custom-lot division; Nutter Custom Construction breaks ground in the Lake Club

  • East County
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This home in Lake Club, which has five bedrooms, four baths, two half-baths, a pool and 6,068 square feet of living area, sold for $1.25 million. Photo by Josh Siegel.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • December 12, 2012
Five-bedroom Lake Club home sells for $1.25 million

A home in Lake Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Brookfield Relocation Inc. sold the home at 16318 Foremast Place to Reuben and Sarah Ben-Arie, of Lakewood Ranch, for $1.25 million.

  • East County
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Maggie Bechtold submitted this sunrise photo, taken over Lake Uihlein in Lakewood Ranch.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 12, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Maggie Bechtold submitted this sunrise photo, taken over Lake Uihlein in Lakewood Ranch.

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Photos by Loren Mayo
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • December 12, 2012
Food & Cooking: Made by loving hands

Observer food editor Molly Schechter shares two cookie recipes just in time for the holidays.

  • Arts + Culture
"Be curious. Follow your instincts. Make mistakes. Learn from them. Try to laugh at yourself now and then," Nat Krate says.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • December 12, 2012
A life fulfilled: Nat Krate

Nat Krate, a Sarasota artist known for his realist paintings of florals and nudes, bares it all.

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Artist Patrick Dougherty needs a lot of sticks. Courtesy.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • December 12, 2012
Scene & Heard

Artist needs help picking up sticks; A&E votes Yea for '1776'; My flight into Veronese

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  • By Paula Atwell
  • December 12, 2012
Theater Review: 'Annie'

The Players' production of the ever-popular "Annie" lived up to the illustrious past of the beloved musical, winning the hearts of the audience with its fresh, heartwarming, sincere exuberance.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • December 12, 2012
Music Review: Curtis in Sarasota

It still amazes me that a lot of people don't know about the Curtis Institute of Music. In musical spheres, it's more illustrious than Juilliard because it takes only the top of the crème-de-la-crème of young musicians and they're all on scholarship!

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"I get my ideas when I'm very calm sitting in the garden or before I go to sleep," Bob McComb says. "I have a pad by my bedside, and I'm usually sketching in the dark."
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • December 12, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Let there be lights

Bob McComb sheds a little light on how his Christmas-loving crew turns Selby Gardens into a magical, glowing holiday display.

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Since Roger Capote moved away from home, he’s had a themed tree. But this year, his partner, Jim Wilson, wanted a colorful tree. Photos by Loren Mayo
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  • Loren Mayo
  • December 12, 2012
Home & Garden: Crazy 'Bout Christmas

To some, decorating for the holidays means climbing into the attic and passing down box after box of precious Christmas heirlooms carefully wrapped in tissue paper, then settling down to unpack them with hot apple cider.

  • Arts + Culture
Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchock in "Hitchcock." Courtesy.
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • December 12, 2012
Film Review: 'Hitchcock'

If you love movies and the filmmaking process, "Hitchcock" is a must-see. It tells the story behind the making of "Psycho" and while doing so, exposes the turbulent and loving relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and his wife, Alma.

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 12, 2012
Crafty Genes: Thank you cards

Join do-it-yourself editors Mallory and Leslie Gnaegy as they create personalized thank you cards.

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  • By Chef Judi Gallagher
  • December 11, 2012
TWIS = This Week Is Sweet

TWIS = This Week Is Sweet

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