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This home at 607 Mourning Dove Drive on Bird Key sold for $3.6 million. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 7, 2012
Four-bedroom Bird Key home sells for $3.6 million

A home on Bird Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate. David and Lisa Grain, of Sarasota, sold their home at 607 Mourning Dove Drive to Elaine Hargarten, of Fairfax, Va., for $3.6 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 21, 2018
Lakewood Ranch Rotary, Business Alliance unite

Networking event highlights eduction, business and service.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Paula Lunn took this photo of the sun setting over Longboat Key from the New College campus.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 19, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Paula Lunn took this photo of the sun setting over Longboat Key from the New College campus.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
This week's FYI Friday features a story about Hart's Landing and a Sarasota County Sheriff's Office homicide investigation.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • August 8, 2014
VIDEO: FYI Friday - Your weekly news roundup

Catch up on the week's most important and most interesting news stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County with FYI Friday.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 29, 2010
Cherokee Park home sells for $1.7 million

Nelson Checkoway and Paula Morgan, of Ogunquit, Maine, sold their home at 1758 Cherokee Drive to Michael Bernstein and Sarah Skebba, of Sarasota, for $1.7 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Lynn Jones took this sunset photo while practicing with her new camera in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 18, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Lynn Jones took this sunset photo while practicing with her new camera in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Jan Rulli took this photo of Tropical Storm Debby over the Gulf of Mexico.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 18, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Jan Rulli took this photo of Tropical Storm Debby over the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The home at 1835 Lincoln Drive has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,881 square feet of living area. It sold for $922,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 2, 2010
Avondale home sells for $922,000

A home in Avondale tops all real-estate transactions from Nov. 1 to Nov. 8.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 8, 2010
Panther Ridge home sells for $612,000

Leroy and Sherri Kellberg, Bradenton, sold their home at 6511 200th St. E. to Cale and Maria Chamberlin, Bradenton, for $612,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Family portraits are one of the stops on the Day4Hope schedule.
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • July 23, 2019
Sarasota, Manatee churches hold a 'Day4Hope' for families in need

Throughout Sarasota, Bradenton and Venice, 18 churches will fulfill 3,000 children's back to school needs.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2013
Bob Plunket's Beach Books

Let's talk about beach books. Sarasota is, after all, the perfect town in which to read one. Most visitors bring along a bestseller or two, and getting lost in a story that's fun and entertaining is an important part of the vacation experience.

  • Arts + Culture
Lynda Young has utilized the food pantry at Woodland, The Community Church since it opened five years ago. She relies on the free nonperishable items to feed her three children.  Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • May 28, 2014
Food Bank launches food drive to fill pantries' shelves

The White Out Hunger campaign's Grand Challenge kicks off earlier this year to meet the high volume of visitors to area food pantries during the summer.

  • East County
  • News
"I'm completely devoted to it," Caiti Ward says of Irish dancing. "I'd never give it up for any other dance."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • February 9, 2011
Irish spring

The effervescent Caiti Ward has spent most of her life in Irish dance dresses, curly wigs and tights. The lead bad-girl of 'Rhythm in the Night' proves she's anything but unruly.

  • Arts + Culture
Pearl and Don Constantino say they enjoy playing pickleball at Bayfront Park, but they’re always prepared in case the court is in use.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 22, 2019
Pickleball plans firm up with consultant report

Town study shows where courts could be added, and for how much.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2014
News Briefs

Budget tool wins Public Technology Institute award; Commission rejects county solicitation ordinance; Census: Key population grew 1.14% in one year

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2009
Cops Corner

A fire broke out in a bathroom stall in a movie theater restroom. The theater manager said the flames nearly rose above the stall walls, but the fire was quickly extinguished

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 26, 2013
Rode mode

Bert Bleven, 90, rode his bike 962 miles from his home in Louisville, Ky., to his second home at Whispering Sands on Siesta Key. His wife, Eve, flew to Sarasota from Kentucky and greeted him on his arrival Sept. 20.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Brenna Foster submitted this sunset photo, taken near G.WIZ in Sarasota.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 26, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Brenna Foster submitted this sunset photo, taken near G.WIZ in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Patti O'Berg and Allen Kretschmar in "Harvey." Courtesy.
  • By Paula Atwell |
  • April 3, 2013
Theater Review: 'Harvey'

"Harvey" is probably best known as a 1950 film starring Jimmy Stewart and Josephine Hull. Mary Chase, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for drama as a result, wrote the play. The Players' production captures all the old-fashioned quaintness of a slower, simpler time.

  • Arts + Culture
Benderson Development plans to redevelop the remains of a vacant mobile home park near Siesta Key.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 26, 2014
Benderson pitches Stickney project

Siesta Promenade would bring a hotel and 250,000 square feet of retail to the gateway to Siesta Key, causing worry among residents.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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