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Lauren Acton, right, and her mother, Gail Keppler, now live across the street from each other in Central Park.
    By
  • Michael Eng
  • March 16, 2011
Home, Sweet Home

Lake Erie College of Osteophathic Medicine student Lauren Acton bought her first home in Central Park in Lakewood Ranch. Her sale was the 8,000th for Ranch developer Neal Communities.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 16, 2011
Cops Corner 03.17.11

An unknown white male in his 50s or 60s approached the victim while she was shopping at the grocery store. The suspect distracted her by telling her he was throwing a party and didn't know what kind of cheese to buy.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Alan Quinby, president of the Children's Guardian Fund; Alan Abramowitz, executive director statewide GAL; and Pam Hindman, director, 12th Judicial Circuit GAL
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 16, 2011
News Briefs 03.17.11

The Children's Guardian Fund honored more than 450 local Guardian ad Litem volunteers at its annual Appreciation Luncheon at the Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club March 11.

  • East County
  • News
Mary and Jamie Uihlein credit MD Anderson for saving Jamie's life six years ago. The East County couple now want to raise funds for the center.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 16, 2011
Uihlein family swings for MD Anderson

The Polo Under the Palms fundraiser for The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston featured the highest-rated Sarasota Polo Club match to date.

  • East County
  • News
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
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
  • News
Muir
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 16, 2011
Business observer

Northern Trust announces Muir's promotion

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • March 16, 2011
Sarasota Open returns to Longboat Key Club

The 2011 Sarasota Open Tennis Tournament will take place April 23 through May 1 at the Longboat Key Club Tennis Gardens.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 16, 2011
Scoreboard

Check out the latest local bridge scores.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Alan Thacker submitted this sunset photo, taken near Coquina Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 16, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: Golden rule

Alan Thacker submitted this sunset photo, taken near Coquina Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Donna Swan
  • March 16, 2011
Deal us in

How to set up a winning defense

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Molly Schechter, Gibraltar, Elizabeth Flower and Chairman Harold Ronson
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 15, 2011
'A Madcap Evening ... At the Circus'

'A Madcap Evening ... At the Circus'

  • Black Tie
Voters approved the $16 million beach project by 76.2%.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 15, 2011
Beach project, charter amendment approved

On Election Day, Longboat Key voters overwhelmingly approved a $16 million beach project and a charter amendment that clarifies partial terms for commissioners.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Chargers will host their first tournament in Lakewood — the Florida Youth Soccer Association tournament — April 30.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 15, 2011
Clearwater Chargers expand to Ranch sports complex

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch announced today that the Clearwater Chargers would be an anchor tenant at the new sports complex scheduled to open next month in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 15, 2011
ODA earns fifth win of the season

The Out-of-Door Academy baseball team defeated Pennsylvania's Owen J. Roberts High 7-4 March 12.

  • East County
  • Sports
Freedom Elementary will host its round-up from 3:30-6:30 p.m., May 12. Photo by Brian Blanco.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 15, 2011
Manatee schools schedule kindergarten roundups

Manatee County Public Schools will host registration for kindergarten students in the East County between March 30 and May 12.

  • East County
  • Schools
Turtle Beach will feature new amenities such as additional parking, a gazebo and a kayak-launch ramp.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 15, 2011
Turtle Beach to see improvements

County Commissioners approved the design of nearly a dozen improvements to the Siesta Key public beach.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The town of Longboat Key is holding its municipal election for Sarasota County registered voters at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 15, 2011
Longboat voters hit the polls

Key residents can vote until 7 p.m. today in the municipal election at Town Hall.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Joane Block, Betty O'Connor and Linda Birdy
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 15, 2011
GALLERY: My Fair Lady Afternoon Tea

Donning their Sunday best and wide-brim hats, 120 ladies from Stoneybrook gathered March 12 at the Stoneybrook Golf Club for the Helping Hands club's "My Fair Lady" Afternoon Tea. The event raised funds for Hope Family Services.

  • East County
  • News
Dolores Donnelly, Lisa Ceccacci and Bobbie Bordes
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 15, 2011
GALLERY: Miracles, Martinis and Mercedes

Supporters of the Miracle League of Manasota gathered March 12 at the Polo Grill and Bar for the organization's "Miracles, Martinis and Mercedes" event.

  • East County
  • News
Pat Marschke, Diane Della Peruta and Donna Winter
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • March 15, 2011
GALLERY: St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Women's Guild fashion show

The annual St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Women's Guild fashion show and luncheon is usually a sell-out crowd. This year was no different. Two hundred and eighty-five women attended the event, held March 15, at the Longboat Key Club Harbourside Dining Room.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Janette Brooks and Alina Klein
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 14, 2011
Renaissance Luncheon

Renaissance Luncheon

  • Black Tie
Ally Cohen, Makenzie Brown and Drew Fenner performed a skit and rap before their classmates.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 14, 2011
Gallery: Goldie Feldman Academy 'Pi Day'

Goldie Feldman Academy students celebrated National Pi Day Monday, March 14, by rapping, dancing, baking, making PowerPoint videos and hats and decorating T-shirts. Students also competed to see who would be named the 2011 Pi Day champ.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The City Commission certified the City Commission election results March 14.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 14, 2011
Clapp won't seek ballot inspection

The incumbent city commissioner, who was narrowly defeated in the March 8 election, has conceded defeat.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 14, 2011
Palm-Aire home burglarized

About $20,000 in items was taken from a home on Timberlake Lane March 13.

  • East County
  • News
The town of Longboat Key will hold its municipal election for Sarasota County registered voters March 15 at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 14, 2011
Early voting concludes on Longboat

Key residents voted early in the town's Tuesday, March 15, municipal election through the weekend at Town Hall.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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