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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 3, 2014
'Whatever it takes'

Unicorp President Chuck Whittall is prepared to spend $35 million and five years to redevelop the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 3, 2014
Colony Lender files partition suit against Breakpointe LLC

Colony Lender LLC is asking a judge to force the parties to bid on a 2.3-acre parcel at the resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 3, 2014
Disorientations darken turtle nesting season but it is still not working.

Two hatchlings died last week after they crawled into the road, possibly due to bright lights along the beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 3, 2014
Neal plans Indigo, new Lakewood Ranch community

Neal Communities plans to continue growth in the East County.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 3, 2014
The man with a plan

On the heels of completing his 10,000th home, Pat Neal remains focused on building out Lakewood Ranch, and doesn't show signs of slowing down anytime soon.

  • East County
  • News
Heritage Harbour South CDD supervisor Lee Bettes said his greatest lesson learned throughout his time on the board is communicating with board members and residents. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • September 3, 2014
Departing CDD supervisor shares lessons

Heritage Harbour residents and supervisors say CDD meetings lack communication and requires more time to discuss the issues.

  • East County
  • News
Bob Bowling, pictured with football players Justin Ross, Jimiah Albritton and Davion Banks, is the only athletic director Braden River High has ever known since it opened its doors in 2005. Photo by Jen Blanco
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 3, 2014
Lasting Legacy

After 41 years as a coach, teacher and mentor, Braden River High Athletic Director Bob Bowling officially retired from his post Aug. 29.

  • East County
  • Sports
Courtesy photo Dan Miller
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 3, 2014
Football Friday

The Observer recaps the first week of football season.

  • East County
  • Sports
The group of retired U.S. military officials met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, bottom right, and other Israeli officials. Courtesy photos
  • By Caleb Motsinger
  • September 3, 2014
LBK resident meets Israeli prime minister

Rear Adm. Steve Branham and his wife, Susan Phillips, recently traveled to Israel with a group of military retirees.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Michael Koscec submitted this photo of a heron standing on a groin on Longboat Key. The supermoon is faded in the background.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2014
Weather: Longboat Key

Michael Koscec submitted this photo of a heron standing on a groin on Longboat Key. The supermoon is faded in the background.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch High junior Riley Bohan began lifting her freshman year after a good friend talked her into the sport. Photo by Jen Blanco
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 3, 2014
Going for Gold

Lakewood Ranch High junior Riley Bohan won three gold medals at the USA Weightlifting National Youth Championships earlier this summer.

  • East County
  • Sports
'I like to tell stories,' Sherry Derrenberger says of why she wants to be sit-down comedian. 'I like people to laugh.' Photo by Pam Eubanks
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 3, 2014
Derrenberger doesn't let MS get her down

Sherry Derrenberger wanted to be a standup comic but had to alter her dream slightly.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The Modena has 4,228 square feet of space, four bedrooms and four-and-a-half baths. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 3, 2014
Business Briefs

Homebuilder sets new roof for pricing; Orchid nursery to host open house; Community Haven expands Haven Industries program

  • East County
  • News
Kelly Gannon submitted this photo, taken in Lakewood Ranch.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2014
Weather: East County

Kelly Gannon submitted this photo, taken in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2014
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Aarts
  • By Caleb Motsinger
  • September 3, 2014
Cedars Tennis Resort mourns the loss of tennis director

Cedars Tennis Resort Tennis Director Jeff Aarts died of a heart attack last month. He was 59.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Rev. Norman and Joan Pritchard. File photo
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 3, 2014
Christ Church names new pastor

The Rev. Norman Pritchard will lead the nine-year-old congregation after 18 years at a Michigan church. He takes the pulpit Nov. 30.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Pilates Body studio with two reformers in the left foreground and Gyrokinesis equipment on the right. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • September 3, 2014
Pilates offers proven health benefits

Although interest in Pilates has burgeoned, it is clearly more than a fad.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
This is the first gun turn-in since April 2011. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has received 380 firearms from gun turn-ins.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • September 3, 2014
Sheriff's Office to hold gun turn-in

Two hundred thirty-two firearms were reported stolen last year, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Courtesy photo
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 3, 2014
Real Estate Reports

Beach Residences unit sells for full $3.7 million asking price; SAR, MAR consider merger

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This home at 551 Bowsprit Lane in Country Club Shores has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,374 square feet of living area. It sold for $785,000. Photo by Caleb Motsinger
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 3, 2014
Country Club Shores home sells for $735,000

A home in Country Club Shores tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Best of: Asian fusion blends the best of all worlds
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 3, 2014
Best of: Asian fusion blends the best of all worlds

In Sarasota restaurants featuring Asian fusion abound.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Steve and Catherine Price will open a second Harvest United Methodist Church 17 years after they opened their first church. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • September 3, 2014
Church to open second location

Seventeen years after launching Harvest United Methodist Church in East Manatee, the congregation is expanding to the west.

  • East County
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 3, 2014
Suspects steal belongings, attempt to burglarize home

It's one thing to have your personal belongings stolen from your locker, but it's another nightmare altogether when the suspects who stole your belongings try to break into your home that same day.

  • East County
  • News
The Out-of-Door Academy's new $5 million facility will house the Dick Vitale Family Student Center and Dart Foundation STEM Center. Courtesy rendering
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • September 3, 2014
Building STEMs from hopes of college preparation

The Out-of-Door Academy gives middle and high school students a glimpse of college-level thinking with new facility.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 3, 2014
SMR firms up a new athletic center design

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch plans to renovate and expand center with a $2.3 million project.

  • East County
  • News
This home at 6674 Coopers Hawk Court has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,302 square feet of living area. It sold for $545,000. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 3, 2014
Greenbrook Village home sells for $545,000

A home in Greenbrook Village tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 3, 2014
Primary election: How Longboat voted

The following are vote totals for Longboat Key in the Sarasota and Manatee County precincts for the Aug. 26 primary election.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 3, 2014
Our View

How a forlorn Russian changed lives

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Shannon Snyder tendered his resignation to run for an open County Commission seat. Commissioners discussed the possibility of reappointing him following his forthcoming resignation.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 2, 2014
Commission balks at proposed Snyder appointment

A proposal to appoint Shannon Snyder to fill the commission seat from which he is resigning drew ire at tonight's City Commission meeting.

  • Sarasota
  • News
As more families head to East County to fill new housing developments, area schools are gearing up to support the extra heads in classrooms.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • September 2, 2014
East County braces for growing enrollment

New numbers show the Manatee County School District welcomes 1,200 more students compared to a year ago.

  • East County
  • News
The City Commission will discuss the potential reappointment of Shannon Snyder to a seat he will soon be vacating at a meeting this evening.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 2, 2014
City Commission applicants step forward

The pool of candidates for two Sarasota City Commission will crystalize over the next ten days, and could include multiple familiar faces around City Hall.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The 2014 Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master Sandsculpting Competition will run for an additional day this year.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • September 2, 2014
SKVA discusses outdoor displays, upcoming events

The Siesta Key Village Association members voiced continued concern for the enforcement of the proposed amendment change to allow outdoor displays and discussed this year's Sandfest, Crystal Classic and Light up the Village.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Teacher Ashlyn Dobson accepts a card from incoming student, Ella C.
    By
  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • September 2, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: St. Boniface first day of school

St. Boniface Catholic Church welcomed new students for the first day of preschool Tuesday, Sept. 2. The Siesta Key church hosts preschool for children ages 1 to 4 years old throughout the school year. Students were dressed in their favorite back-to-school gear with new backpacks, sunglasses and sneakers.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Surveillance video helped community members and Sarasota County deputies identify Jeromy Parsons as the man seen taking a woman’s purse from Skinny Dip Frozen Yogurt Bar Aug. 7.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 2, 2014
VIDEO: Deputies arrest homeless man for purse theft

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has charged 25-year-old Jeromy Parsons with grand theft for allegedly stealing a woman's purse at a yogurt shop last month.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The demolition of the former Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort began Aug. 28.
  • By Caleb Motsinger
  • September 2, 2014
Demolition begins at former Longboat Key Hilton

Site owner Ocean Properties is now another step closer in redeveloping the property.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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