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  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • June 20, 2013
Lasting Love

Three area couples reflect on decades of marriage and how they keep it going. They were honored June 14, during a blessing of their marriages at Temple Emanu-El.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 4, 2011
Benchmark's final report targets Morgan Stanley

The final report of the Firefighters Pension Board centers on a $209,000 payment to the board's consultant.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 19, 2013
Beach project stance shifts

The town of Longboat Key will re-bid its beach project next year in the hopes of attaining a cheaper price. That project could include three groins.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Ian Black
  • By David Conway |
  • February 6, 2014
Strong mayor supporters justify their stance

A portion of the latest charter proponents used the word 'dysfunctional' to describe Sarasota's current council/manager form of government.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Scott Dolan, owner of Big Water Fish Market, stands behind the counter at his six-month-old store. During the recent tourist season, he shelled out 65 pounds of fish per day.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 21, 2012
Big Water gets big boost from tourists

Scott Dolan went from owning and managing the clubhouse at Bobby Jones Golf Course to owning the only fish market on Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Skylar Ead |
  • January 10, 2013
Contemporary performance art series returns to Ringling Museum

Contemporary performance art series returns to Ringling Museum

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 8, 2010
Schools prep for second round of N1H1 vaccine

Clinics for the second round of vaccinations for local elementary school students will be held Jan. 13 through Feb. 3.

  • East County
  • Schools
Evan Tucker, Jack Berry, Austin Siegel, Ollie Gray and Harrison Paparatto. Courtesy photo.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • June 20, 2012
Scene & Heard

The Garbage-Men plan to rock New York City with trash jams; Rocker's memoir is a love letter to automobiles

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 26, 2011
Hawaiian islands erupt onto Conde Nast rankings

The Conde Nast Traveler 2011 Readers' Choice Survey is on newsstands now.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 6, 2010
Education Center prepares for a sumptuous season

The Longboat Key Education Center began its winter semester Jan. 4. But new classes will also be offered later this month and in February and March.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
City officials have designated a sliver of land next to the Palm Avenue parking garage as a hotel site. File photo.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 22, 2012
Hotel developers reveal hands

After legal counsel for the city determined both hotel proposals contain violations of a state constitution provision, both developers said they are willing to negotiate.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Chamber honors construction company for its service; Taylor Morrison rep named as panelist; John Neal Homes reports record third quarter sales; Salt and Light Productions receives Emmy nod

  • East County
  • News
Landscape contractor Garden Leaders has dropped its lawsuit alleging three Lakewood Ranch Community Development Districts violated state open-meeting laws while selecting a new landscape contractor.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 21, 2011
Garden Leaders drops lawsuit against Lakewood Ranch CDDs

As part of the deal, Lakewood Ranch Community Development Districts have hired the company as their interim landscape contractor.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 25, 2012
IDA approves funding proposal

The Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority voted 3-1 in favor of a 12-year funding proposal for its new maintenance facility.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 8, 2010
Business Observer

Anna Maria businesses form merchants group; Richard Crawford opens Edward Jones branch; The Columbia Restaurant celebrates 1905 Day; and New martini drink benefits Gulf Coast oil spill victims.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Downtown parking advocates suggest the city enact hours of enforcement for the new meters that take into account the busiest times of day for a particular area, when on-street parking is in high demand.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • March 31, 2011
Parking meters arrive this week

The city will begin to accept this week its first shipment of parking meters for its new paid-parking program and will begin installation during the second week of April.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Harriet Sokmensuer Unit AN-502 at 6512 Midnight Pass Road has two bedrooms, three baths and 2,143 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,825,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 23, 2014
Condominium in Crescent sells for $1,825,000

A condominium in Crescent tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Give Kids the World Kids Club member Ruth Parker, 6, who suffers from autism, heart disease and a brain tumor, was the 2008 honor child.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 30, 2011
Tara residents ready to tee off for charity tourney

Tara Golf & Country Club will host its 16th Annual Tara Members Charity Golf Tournament for Give Kids the World Village April 16.

  • East County
  • Sports
Though barely 30 feet wide, the Morris-Thomas townhouse makes a dramatic impression overlooking the greenery of Gillespie Park. Photos by Mallory Gnaegy
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • June 12, 2013
Home of the Month: Gillespie turns a corner

An upscale renovation in Sarasota's most diverse neighborhood points to a new future.

  • Arts + Culture
Amanda Sebastiano This Country Club East at Lakewood Ranch home, which has three bedrooms, three baths, two half-baths, a pool and 3,410 square feet of living area, sold for $997,900.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 22, 2014
Country Club East home sells for $997,900

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

  • East County
  • Real Estate
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