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  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 7, 2011
Our View: Talk about a travesty ...

There are a lot of people and companies buying distressed properties in Sarasota County to rehab and rent them out.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
This condominium in The Vue tops all transactions in this week’s real estate at $4.5 million. Built in 2017, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,816 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 4, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for April 17-21 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Nokomis

A condominium in The Vue tops the week’s sales at $4.5 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
The home offers nearly 8,500 square feet and was designed by architect Thorning Little and built in 2010 by Bruce Saba. The home includes four bedrooms, four bathrooms and two half baths. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 13, 2022
Harbor Acres home sells for $15.5 million

The 1.5-acre property on Vista Drive fronts Sarasota Bay.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Pillars of the Kentucky polo circuit, Misdee Wrigley Miller and James Miller began visiting the Sarasota Polo Club in 2004.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • February 22, 2019
Horse Play

When James Miller ponied up to buy the Sarasota Polo Club last year, he set out to prove to his wife that you can lead a horse to water and make it drink.

  • LWR Life
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • January 26, 2012
Term-limits case bumped up to high court

The Second District Court of Appeal has asked the Florida Supreme Court to combine a Sarasota County case with a term-limits case it already has agreed to hear.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Greenhouse complex damage at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Downtown Sarasota campus includes 40 lost panes of glass. (Courtesy  Marie Selby Botanical Gardens)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 30, 2022
Selby Gardens sustains no significant damage from Hurricane Ian

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens will close both its Downtown Sarasota and Spanish Point campuses to make repairs and clear debris.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board Chairman.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • October 26, 2016
Planning board chairman expresses concerns about $1B Colony project

Planning and Zoning Board Chairman Jim Brown isn’t sure property’s footprint is big enough for $1 billion redevelopment plans.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 20, 2012
East County siblings set to take center ice

Thirteen-year-old Courtney Kreitling and her younger brother, Alex, 10, will perform in the My Favorite Things: A Holiday Skating Spectacular Dec. 1 and Dec. 2, at the Ellenton Ice & Sports Complex.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2022
East County weather page photo: September 1

Shellie Robin took this photo of a Gulf fritillary raised in her own butterfly garden in Del Webb of Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Architect Guy Peterson's home is for sale.
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • June 16, 2017
Personal Space

Architect Guy Peterson’s home blends art and family living.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Delray Beach-based Ocean Properties Ltd. will acquire the Chart House property at 201 Gulf of Mexico Drive in October.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 30, 2013
Web Year in Review: September 2013, Key Club to purchase Chart House

Ocean Properties Ltd., owner of the Resort at Longboat Key Club, announced plans Monday to expand its club footprint on the southern tip of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • June 23, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A lot hinges on this call

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Giancarlo Gamboa-Barrios is a Take Stock graduate who hopes to attend the University of Central Florida.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • December 5, 2018
Take stock in success of Braden River High graduate

Lakewood Ranch resident and Braden River High graduate proves importance of mentors and Take Stock in Children of Manatee County program.

  • East County
  • News
Peter Wish
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • February 4, 2022
Book Talk, Mayor Erik Arroyo visit Selby Library

The first speaker was Peter Wish, an author whose strategy Arroyo used in his campaign.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Pirates senior linemen Daniel Galvin (78) and Zach Moore (75) process the game's outcome as time expires. The Pirates lost 24-21.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 3, 2018
Another painful loss for Pirates against Venice

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • East County
  • Sports
Commissioners are taking steps to finding a solution to Siesta Key's parking problem.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • October 12, 2017
Commission taking small steps toward solving Siesta Key's parking problem

Commissioners agreed that a public lot at 6647 Midnight Pass Road would be the easiest option to pursue now.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Single-car accident closes Fruitville Road east of I-75.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 22, 2016
Downed power lines close Fruitville Road

Single-car accident just east of I-75 causes closure.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 25, 2009
Community leaders get locked up for a good cause

The Muscular Dystrophy Association 'arrested' local community leaders Thursday at its South Sarasota Lockup. The organization hopes to raise $60,000.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Customers peruse the jewelry section at last year's Royal Rummage Sale.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • February 27, 2019
St. Mary Catholic gets ready to rummage

The annual sale will be held from noon to 4 p.m. on Friday, March 1 and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 2.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Shahid Avraham records all his music in his Lakewood Ranch home studio — usually in the dark. Photo by Niki Kottmann
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • August 29, 2018
Local artist Shahid Avraham to release new hip-hop album, 'Some Real Quality'

Lakewood Ranch-based singer/songwriter Shahid Avraham is about to release new music — album 'Some Real Quality' — for the first time in more than two years. But he acts like he never stopped.

  • Arts + Culture
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