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  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 6, 2010
Signs of the silly season

Signs of the silly season

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 1, 2015
YO Sushi! opens second U.S. location

The new store opens today in The Mall at University Town Center.

  • East County
  • News
Senior Loni Shamble scored nine points in the Lady Mustangs 54-39 loss to top-seeded St. Petersburg Lakewood.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 9, 2011
DELAY OF GAME

After referees arrived an hour late, the Lakewood Ranch girls basketball team fell to St. Pete Lakewood 54-39 in the Class 4A-District 10 finals Feb. 5.

  • East County
  • Sports
This home at 65 Lighthouse Point Drive has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,933 square feet of living area. It sold for $3,012,500. (Courtesy photo of Matthew Morris Premier Sotheby’s International Realty)
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 13, 2015
Lighthouse Point home sells for $3,012,500

A home in Lighthouse Point tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
"The Cake" will introduce audiences to Della, a baker who is stuck in a moral quandary. Courtesy photo
  • By Katie Johns |
  • April 3, 2019
Asolo Repertory Theatre stages play 'The Cake' by producer of 'This is Us'

Asolo Repertory Theatre's 'The Cake' uses a story about food to find humanity in diversity.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • December 9, 2016
PINC Conference visits Sarasota

The Sarasota Opera House hosted the 3rd annual PINC Conference.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Sarasota Christian Middle School cheerleading squad won a national championship in its first season of competition. (courtesy photo)
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 2, 2016
Hit or Miss: Jen Blanco

Middle School Cheerleading squad puts Sarasota Christian on the map.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Public Works General Manager Todd Kucharski discusses the city’s two concepts for redesigning Pineapple Park at the Sarasota Farmers Market Saturday. The city is soliciting public feedback on a master plan for the downtown park.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 5, 2017
Pineapple Park plans leave questions unanswered

Residents want an improved Pineapple Park. Getting them to agree on what that looks like might be a challenge.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Summerfield Information Center currently serves as an information center for Lakewood Ranch and the office for Lakewood Ranch Community Activities Corp.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 9, 2016
Information Center's future uncertain

Within a month, SMR set to move out of the 20-year-old building at Summerfield Community Park.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kathryn Parks |
  • June 4, 2013
Top 10 reasons musical theater people are like Superman

Top 10 reasons musical theater people are like Superman

  • Arts + Culture
Photo by Amanda Sebastiano This Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch home, which has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,892 square feet of living area, sold for $955,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 6, 2014
Country Club Village home sells for $955,000

A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 5, 2010
Teenager garners gold at rowing championship

Pine View's McKayla Taaffe won gold at the 2010 USRowing Club National Championship in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Bishop Animal Shelter Exceutive Director Keith Pratt stands in the exercise area of the shelter's newest facility, a 25,000-square foot animal rescue center and isolation facility with capacity for 68 dogs and 250 cats.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • February 17, 2021
Bishop Animal Shelter plans shelter donation to Manatee County

Bishop Animal Shelter plans shelter donation to Manatee County

  • East County
  • News
“Scorch” star Amber McNew — Courtesy photo
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • July 24, 2019
Star of Urbanite Theatre's 'Scorch' goes from the classroom to the stage

Amber McNew’s acting journey continues on the Urbanite Theatre stage— in an edgy play her former teacher is directing.

  • Arts + Culture
Unit 302 at 464 Golden Gate Point has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,135 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,767,500.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 5, 2014
A home in The Oaks sells for $2.8 million

The following residential real estate transactions took place between May 19 and May 23.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • September 20, 2012
New merchants group forms

The Sarasota Downtown Merchants Association's agenda is to lobby for Main Street improvements, bring in customers and be a united voice for shop owners.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Unit 802 at the Beach Residences has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,964 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.84 million. Courtesy photo
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 22, 2014
The Beach Residences condo sells for $2.84 million

The sales of two condominiums in The Beach Residences top all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
A bee drinks nectar from a Mexican sunflower. Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 7, 2015
'Pollinator challenge' goes abuzz

Sarasota and Manatee County are promoting the use of pollinator-friendly plants in neighborhood gardens.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Halfacre Construction's executives say owner Jack Cox always has treated them like brothers. Photo by Jay Heater
  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 18, 2020
Strong foundation key to success for Lakewood Ranch's Halfacre Construction

Lakewood Ranch's Halfacre Construction celebrates 50 years in business.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota resident Erik Luxembourg picked up his first tennis racket when he was 3 years old.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 5, 2015
Champion on the Court

Sarasota resident Erik Luxembourg captured his seventh gold ball at the National Men’s 50s Doubles Clay Court Championship Oct. 11 through Oct. 18.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
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