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The East County Observer and Bogey’s Restaurant and Sports Pub have teamed up to showcase the East County’s top athletes. Each recipient’s article will be featured on the restaurant’s wall.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 25, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Delaney Riggins

Lakewood Ranch sophomore forward Delaney Riggins scored four goals and a penalty kick, including two versus Manatee in the Class 4A-District 11 championship game Jan. 21, helping lead the Lady Mustangs to their third consecutive district championship. Here is an inside look at this week's Athlete of the Week.

  • East County
  • Sports
Lakewood Ranch senior Joel Ferguson and his younger brother, Jason, have been playing soccer together for the past 10 years.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 25, 2012
Lakewood soccer squad benefits from brotherly love

Co-captains Joel and Jason Ferguson hope to lead the second-seeded Mustangs to a district title and beyond in their final season together.

  • East County
  • Sports
The number of district titles the Lakewood Ranch High girls soccer team has won after defeating Manatee 2-0 in the Class 4A-District 11 championship game Jan. 21.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2012
JUST THE STATS

1 - The number of times the Braden River High girls basketball team has defeated Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Sports
"You feel like you're experiencing it with (the actors)," student director Sammi Brown, 18, says. "It's both yours and theirs — a culmination of ideas."
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 25, 2012
ODA senior learns lessons on and off the theater stage

Out-of-Door Academy senior Sammi Brown says many of her life lessons have been learned on the theater stage. This time, however, she found a new perspective from outside the spotlight.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
This Greenbrook Village home, which has six bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,039 square feet of living area, sold for $615,000. Photo by Jen Blanco.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 25, 2012
Greenbrook homes top weekly real estate sales

Two homes in Greenbrook Village top all transactions in this week's real estate. Jeffrey and Sara Hirter sold their home at 15121 Sundial Place to Stuart and Shannon Lipsteuer, Lakewood Ranch, for $615,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Medallion Home celebrates record year; Keller Williams adds two to staff; Cool Today wins Angie's List award; Timucuan opens office in Lakewood

  • East County
  • News
Lakewood Ranch resident Jon Martin took this photo in October, on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Lakewood Ranch resident Jon Martin took this photo in October, on Longboat Key.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The home at 668 Lyons Lane in Sleepy Lagoon has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,057 square feet of living area. It sold for $990,000. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 25, 2012
Four-bedroom Lyons Lane home sells for $990,000

Paul and Sherri Stanley, Tampa, sold their home at 668 Lyons Lane, in Sleepy Lagoon, to Donald and Annette Niederpruem, Tampa, for $990,000. Built in 2008, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,057 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 25, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Longboat Key Club to unveil new tavern; Save Our Seabirds now charging admission; Jude Connally store opens on St. Armands; Sarasota Yacht Club is certified clean

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Meet this week's athlete, Hallie Schiffman
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 25, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Hallie Schiffman

If Hallie Schiffman could sail seven days a week, she would. The 11-year-old's father, Mark, works at Sarasota Sailing Squadron as the maintenance technician, and she has grown up around boats.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
71 — Highest percentage game for the week of Jan. 3, by Barbara Raphael and Isabella Wagner for all four bridge games in the Longboat Key Duplicate Bridge Club and Merrill Duplicate Bridge Club.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2012
JUST THE STATS

12:59:21 - The finish time for first place West Florida Performance Handicap Racing Fleet Non-Spinnaker boat Necessary Evil, skippered by Dave Olson, in the Snowbird Regatta.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2012
Bridge Bites: Wake-up call

On defense, when leading a suit, we follow certain conventions such as 'top of a sequence' or 'fourth best,' all the better to help partner figure out our holding in the suit.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Laurie Adams submitted this sunset photo, taken on Holmes Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Laurie Adams submitted this sunset photo, taken on Anna Maria Island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch midfielder Aubrey Riggins scored with 23 minutes left in the second half to help send the game into overtime.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 24, 2012
Lady Mustangs advance on PKs

Lakewood Ranch goalkeeper Alexandra Latham had three straight saves, helping lead the host Lady Mustangs to a 4-3 (3-0 PKs) victory over Barron Collier in a Class 4A-Region 3 quarterfinal Jan. 24.

  • East County
  • Sports
Newt Gingrich speaks to the crowd of 4,700 people who came out to support his run for presidency.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 24, 2012
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Newt comes to town

Republican Presidential contender Newt Gingrich spoke to a crowd of 4,700 people, Tuesday, Jan. 24, at Dolphin Aviation.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Frank Burberry really got into the Renaissance theme, Sunday, Jan. 22, at the Sarasota Polo Grounds.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 24, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Polo Club goes Renaissance

Hundreds of people came out to enjoy a day at the Sarasota Polo Grounds, Sunday, Jan. 22. The Wildcat Polo team played against M&I Wealth Management and won 11 - 8. The theme for the crowd was 'Renaissance' and some people had fun dressing up in costumes, drinking out of goblets and one group of tailgaters even made a castle.

  • East County
  • Sports
The Ariel String Quartet today visited students at Braden River High School as part of the Perlman Music Program/Suncoast Education Outreach Program.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 24, 2012
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Ariel String Quartet

The Ariel String Quartet today visited students at Braden River High School as part of the Perlman Music Program/Suncoast Education Outreach Program.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Join Emily Walsh for the Observer Daily Headlines.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • January 24, 2012
JAN. 24: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota, and Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Sheila Zinder with Irwin and Sylvia Pastor
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 24, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: 'Betty Boop Ball'

Temple Beth Israel of Longboat Key held their annual fund-raiding dinner dance, Monday, Jan. 23, at the Sarasota Yacht Club. The theme of this year's fund-raiser was "Betty Boop Ball."

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Ray Rajewski is running for the District 3 seat of the Longboat Key Town Commission.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 24, 2012
Rajewski gets early start on fundraising

The District 3 challenger raised $800 in December, according to campaign reports.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The hearing, which is being held in accordance with the operating procedures for Lakewood Ranch CDDs 1, 4 and 5, is expected to last all day, and possibly longer, at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 24, 2012
Magistrate hears landscape bid protest

Hamilton "Chip" Rice today is hearing witnesses in the bid protest by Garden Leaders against three Lakewood Ranch community development districts.

  • East County
  • News
According to a press release, Duncan held a woman at gunpoint in the parking lot of the Dutch Heritage restaurant on Bahia Vista in Sarasota.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • January 24, 2012
Deputies make arrest in armed robbery case

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested Joshua Duncan, 22, for an armed robbery that occurred last week.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The county advises affected customers to boil all tap water intended for drinking, preparation of food, washing of food utensils, making ice, brushing teeth or for first aid.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 24, 2012
Water main repair begins tomorrow

A Sarasota County water main repair will affect 30 businesses and 200 residences tomorrow.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 24, 2012
Mustangs advance to district semis

The second-seed Lakewood Ranch High boys soccer team defeated Charlotte 3-0 in a Class 4A-District 11 quarterfinal Jan. 23.

  • East County
  • Sports
Sloan has lived in France for 41 years and started one of the first cooking schools outside of Paris in Lyon in 1979, Les Gastronomes de Paris.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • January 23, 2012
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Libby Sloan

Libby Sloan has had a fascinating life, especially when it comes to the culinary arts.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Join Emily Walsh for the Observer Daily Headlines.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • January 23, 2012
JAN. 23: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota, and Siesta Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Joe and Maureen Beall
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 23, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Twin Shores Senior Prom

The residents and guests at Twin Shores 'senior' prom on Jan. 20 did it just like they did in high school. People got into the spirit of things dancing in their formal wear to live covers of The Beatles, Elvis Presley and Three Dog Night. And just like back in the days, the punch was spiked (but this time, everyone is of age and they planned it that way).

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch High girls soccer team.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 23, 2012
Lady Mustangs win third consecutive district title

The Lakewood Ranch High girls soccer team captured its third consecutive district title with a 2-0 victory over Manatee in the Class 4A-District 11 championship game Jan. 21.

  • East County
  • Sports
Early voting continues through Saturday, Jan. 28.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 23, 2012
County reports early voting primary numbers

So far 1,190 Sarasota County registered Republican have taken advantage of early voting for the state's Jan. 31 Republican Primary.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A Sarasota Bay seagrass summer survey was so successful another one is planned for next month.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 23, 2012
Seagrass volunteers requested

Sarasota County is looking for volunteers to participate in a winter seagrass survey next month.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The meeting will take place at Longboat Key Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 23, 2012
Town to hold maintenance code community meeting

The meeting will include a discussion of the International Property Maintenance Code, which if adopted, would strengthen town codes.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A sheriff's office report states a home in the 7900 block of Broadmoor Pines Boulevard was burglarized around midnight Jan. 22.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 23, 2012
Palm-Aire home burglarized

The incident occurred Jan. 22, in the 7900 block of Broadmoor Pines Boulevard.

  • East County
  • News
Albie Frank, Claire Spivack, Andy Frank and Stewart Spivack
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 23, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Chinese New Year

Members and guests at the Chinese New Year dinner at Longboat Key Club and resort on Friday, Jan. 20 wished each other Xin Nian Kuai Le (Happy New Year)! Some attendees were dressed in red, others were in traditional Chinese apparel.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Ted and Shirley Alesczyk and Eloise and Carleton Godsey
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 23, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Beach Place Welcome Back

Beach Place Condominiums held a welcome back party for the homeowners on Thursday, Jan. 19. After a season away from the humid and hot summer, snowbirds were welcomed back under an orange Florida sunset.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Cynthia Anderson and Francine Torge
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 23, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Claude Butcher Opening

A magnificently sized portrait of the Florida Everglades greets attendees to the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design on Thursday, Jan. 19. Claude Butcher's large-scale, black-and-white photographs capture untouched landscape.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Chamber members
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 23, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Networking at Noon

Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce members met at Lido Beach Holiday Inn on Thursday, Jan. 19. It was a productive lunch for attendees to Networking at Noon when business opportunities were made and networking took place.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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