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  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2009
Letters to the Editor

To send in your letters, please e-mail them to [email protected], or mail them to The Sarasota Observer, 1517 State Street, Sarasota, 34236. The Sarasota Observer gives priority to letters of local interest and about local issues. The Observer will print all letters to the editor if it feels they are of general interest, but only if the letter is signed and the author's street address and phone number are given. The editor reserves the right to condense letters.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 31, 2010
Injury sidelines senior standout

Trisha Zuknick broke the thumb on her pitching hand during the Pirates' win over Venice March 17. Zuknick hopes to return to the lineup April 13 for the Braden River's senior night.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 28, 2009
All in the Family

The Braden River High football team has eight sets of brothers on its varsity and junior varsity football teams this season.

  • East County
  • Sports
Lakewood Ranch High senior Reggie Lindsey returned to the Mustangs lineup late in the season after getting knocked out by a fastball in Lakewood's season opener Feb. 16.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 29, 2010
THE YEAR IN SPORTS: Time to Shine

From broken records to broken bones, 2010 proved to be one of the most inspiring in East County sports history.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2009
Letters to the Editor

The Longboat Observer gives priority to letters of local interest and about local issues.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 14, 2009
'Tis the stone-crab season

For generations, the Moore family has worked in the stone-crab business. Now, the family restaurant is gearing up for its 43rd season.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kent Chetlain |
  • October 21, 2009
Sabal Cove home sells for $2 million

In March 2005, as the recent real-estate bubble was about to burst, a Bloomington, Ill., real-estate firm known as DKS Properties Inc., led by its president, David Stark, purchased a 5,238-square-foot residence in the exclusive Sabal Cove subdivision, within the heart of the Bay Isles peninsula, for $2,125,000. The price was the highest ever paid for one of the lakefront properties in the 38-home Sabal Cove development located at 3334 Sabal Cove Lane.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
William S. Chaltis
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 1, 2012
Primary Election: Manatee County School Board, District 2

Four candidates are competing for the Manatee County School Board District 2 seat, including William Chaltis, Robert Moates, Dave Miner and Paul Sharff.

  • East County
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  • By Stuart and Lois Scheyer |
  • April 30, 2009
Riding the rails

Longboat Key's 'Energetic Travelers' continue to traverse North America's terrain in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

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  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 17, 2010
East County squads ready rackets

Braden River and Lakewood opened their season Feb. 16 and 17, respectively, while The Out-of-Door Academy will begin play Feb. 23.

  • East County
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  • By George Rauch |
  • February 2, 2011
Market presents another false picture

The announcement from government officials last week that our economy was growing at a 3.5% rate was misleading.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 14, 2010
Passion for game drives Woodland director

Laura Torrisi, recreation director for Woodland church, competed in the Massachusetts Women's Open June 28-29.

  • East County
  • Sports
Leonardo Leal-Geurrero will visit Harvard this weekend. "Even when I didn’t have a house to live (in) or have a home, education was where I got my strength from," Leonardo says.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 13, 2011
Tale of Triumph

When Leonardo Leal-Guerrero immigrated from Mexico in 2005, he knew no English. He then bounced from home to home -- sometimes staying with neighbors when he had nowhere else to go. Now, the Braden River senior knows his future - Harvard or Stanford.

  • East County
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  • By Kent Chetlain |
  • September 23, 2009
Emerald Harbor home sells for $1,375,000

Vicki and Paul White, from York, Pa., purchased the canal-front home at 771 Old Compass Road in the 81-lot Emerald Harbor subdivision from Lloyd Turman and his wife, Susan Atherton, for $1,375,000.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 23, 2010
Our View

Faith, hope, thanksgiving

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • January 14, 2010
Smitten with the kitchen

Susan Filson dishes in her blog, 'Sticky, gooey, creamy, chewy.'

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 20, 2009
A Package Deal

Eric Baird has constantly pushed himself to do better at what is now his $26 million packaging and shipping company. The next push: $100 million in annual revenues by 2012.

  • East County
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 13, 2010
East County - Winding River home sells for $800,000

Paul Gartenberg, Bradenton, sold his home at 14115 11th Terrace N.E. to William and Rosita Greer, Bradenton, for $800,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
This Country Club of Lakewood Ranch home, which has four bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths, a pool and 3,743 square feet of living area, sold for $835,000. Photo by Jen Blanco.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 9, 2012
Country Club of Lakewood Ranch home tops week's sales

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

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 30, 2009
10 to Contend: Greg Steube

At 31 years old, Greg Steube is the youngest candidate vying for State Rep. Ron Reagan's District 67 seat. The Bradenton native also is the only candidate to have a background in agriculture and law and experience working directly with the Legislature.

  • East County
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