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This Lakewood Ranch home features three bedrooms and three bathrooms.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 16, 2011
Lakewood Country Club home sells for $760,000

Guillermo Gonzalez and Maria Rivadeneira, Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 7218 Ashland Glen to Michael and Sandra Humenik of Gaithersburg, Md., for $760,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Seniors Rachel Cannon and Michelle van Dalen have played a combined seven sports every year since the seventh grade.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 16, 2011
Record-Setters

The Out-of-Door Academy seniors Rachel Cannon and Michelle van Dalen have earned a record number of varsity letters since they both began playing multiple sports in the seventh grade.

  • East County
  • Sports
Former Palmetto High wide receiver Joe Hills returned to Athletic Edge in December to begin training for his Pro Day March 24.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 16, 2011
Ranch center fosters NFL dreams

Former Palmetto wide receiver Joe Hills and Michigan State University offensive tackle J'Michael Deane have been training at Athletic Edge in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 16, 2011
My bracket is ready ... Is yours?

There are perhaps no two words that unite sports fans more than "March Madness."

  • East County
  • Sports
Dana Hutchins started playing softball at 6 years old.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 16, 2011
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Dana Hutchins

Lakewood Ranch junior Dana Hutchins went 4-for-4 at the plate with a triple, a stolen base, four RBIs and two runs scored, helping lead the Lady Mustangs to a 9-2 victory over Pennsylvania's Owen J. Roberts High March 12.

  • East County
  • Sports
After beating the odds, Robby Lyons, 12, is now playing his second season of Minors baseball at Braden River Little League.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 16, 2011
Love of game fuels Little Leaguer

After undergoing two reconstructive ankle surgeries last summer, 12-year-old Robby Lyons is back on the diamond playing baseball for Braden River Little League.

  • East County
  • Sports
Chris Marquez competed for the first time in two years March 12.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 16, 2011
Lakewood Ranch pro returns to the court

Lakewood Ranch Athletic Center Head Tennis Professional Chris Marquez competed in the 2011 Tennis Exhibition Tour for Charity March 12 at Jacaranda West Country Club in Venice.

  • East County
  • Sports
Nick Scardina plays first base.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 16, 2011
OBSERVER TEAM SPOTLIGHT: Nick Scardina

Each week, The East County Observer will introduce one player from the Lakewood Ranch Little League Observer team.

  • East County
  • Sports
Chris and Ethna Lynch
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 16, 2011
Emerald Isle Style

We asked local Irishmen and women for the scoop on an authentically Irish St. Patrick's Day. Some of their answers left us a wee bit shamrock-shocked.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Unit S-202 at La Firenza, 4125 Gulf of Mexico Drive, sold for $2,635,000 in February.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 16, 2011
February sales summary

The following is a summary of key residential real-estate sales recorded for the month of February at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
"Jean has an aura around her," says Iain Webb. "When I first got here, I attended a luncheon and all you could hear were people whispering Jean's name, and then suddenly the doors opened and there she was. She has that charisma."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 16, 2011
Prima on a pedestal

On the eve of the Sarasota Ballet's 20th anniversary gala, founder Jean Weidner gets ready for her standing ovation.

  • Arts + Culture
"I like going out in the lobby after a show and hearing people say they loved the set," Matt Nitsch says. "I don't need to hear it to feel good about what I do, but if it happens, it always makes me happy."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 16, 2011
Technical prowess

Matt Nitsch arrived at The Players Theatre straight out of college. The technical director explains why, after a decade of musicals, he's never left for a nine-to-five job.

  • Arts + Culture
"Water bottles were the easiest material and the most obvious reminder that we need to do more to recycle," Andrea Mihalyffy says.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • March 16, 2011
Local artist finds beauty in waste

Andrea Mihalyffy's 'waste chimes' will change the way you see plastic water bottles. Meet the artist making a statement.

  • Arts + Culture
Unit 902 in Phase I of the Beaches of Longboat Key-South, 775 Longboat Club Road, has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, and 1,842 square feet of living area. It sold for $960,000.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 16, 2011
A home in Bay Isles sells for $1.8 million

The transaction was the largest of the 14 sales recorded on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys during the week of Feb. 28 and March 4 at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses and the sole sale to exceed $1 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Joel Morganroth and Richard Perlman
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 16, 2011
Real Estate Reports

Perlman offers limo tour of keys to potential buyers; D'Agostino joins Coldwell's Longboat Key office; Valarie Wadsworth joins MS&Co. St. Armands office

  • Longboat Key
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