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This Country Club home at 8009 Royal Birkdale Circle sold for $1.42 million. It has six bedrooms, four bathrooms, a pool and 4,367 square feet of living area. (Photo by Ian Swaby)
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 12, 2022
Country Club East home tops sales at $1.58 million

A Country Club East home tops this week's sales at $1.58 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Chef Judi Gallagher |
  • November 26, 2012
TWISS = This Week is Sweet AND Savory

TWISS = This Week is Sweet AND Savory

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Ernie Kretzmer, 90, will be giving a substantial gift to the Sarasota Ballet so they can start building a new and much needed rehearsal space.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • September 16, 2015
The Gift of Giving: Ernie Kretzmer and the Sarasota arts

Their shared love of art brought them together. Now, Ernie Kretzmer is honoring his late wife, Alisa, with a new rehearsal studio for the Sarasota Ballet

  • Arts + Culture
The Pilates Body studio with two reformers in the left foreground and Gyrokinesis equipment on the right. Courtesy photo
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • September 3, 2014
Pilates offers proven health benefits

Although interest in Pilates has burgeoned, it is clearly more than a fad.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Observer Media Group Editor/CEO Matt Walsh, pictured at last year’s debate, will moderate tonight’s forum.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 8, 2015
Observer to host candidate debate tonight

All four candidates for the Longboat Key Town Commission will participate in tonight's event.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Courtesy photo
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2011
Prairie dog digs his new burrow

He's known for getting into all kinds of riffraff beneath the Bobby Jones Golf Club. But Putter the prairie dog has settled into his new digs at Sarasota Jungle Gardens and will be officially welcomed during a homecoming celebration by the gardens, Mayor Suzanne Atwell and the city of Sarasota at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 21.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Town Hall employees lovingly call all gators in Lake Uihlein, "Happy."
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 24, 2015
Ranch secures gator permitting change

Lakewood Ranch officials hope a new targeted harvest area permit will allow them to better monitor the conduct of gator trappers on property.

  • East County
  • News
The commissioners will also discuss again the issues with the crosswalk at the Legacy Trail and Central Sarasota Parkway intersection. File Photo.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • September 22, 2014
County Commission to discuss incentive grant

Sarasota County Commission will discuss giving a company a financial incentive to expand within the county at Tuesday's meeting.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Traffic on Longboat Key is one of the main pressures on infrastructure. Terry O'Connor
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • November 30, 2016
Barrier island mayors project $61.5M funding gap

An infrastructure funding gap of $61.5 million is expected to develop within 15 years, according to a report by the four barrier island mayors.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Emma Weyant won a silver medal in the Women's 400-Meter IM at the Olympics on Saturday night. Photo courtesy Mike Lewis/USA Swimming.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 24, 2021
Sarasota's Emma Weyant takes silver medal in women's 400 IM at Olympics

Sarasota skateboarder Jake Ilardi failed to qualify for the Street finals at the games.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • September 11, 2013
School board postpones budget vote

The Manatee County School Board, following the advice of Superintendent Rick Mills, delayed a decision to adopt its 2013-14 budget because it did not give the public enough time to review it.

  • East County
  • News
Carole Stevens Bibisi creates another work of art in her home studio.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 8, 2016
Artist’s love of felines catapults her into adult coloring market.

Carole Stevens Bibisi shows that coloring books can have purr-sonality.

  • East County
  • News
Alana Kutt
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 25, 2014
Sidelines

Local golfer wins championship; Rosedale to hold junior golf camps; Ancient Oak to hold Ole Glory shoot; GSJGA hosts summer event

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 17, 2015
Familiar Focus

After spending last year at Booker, safety Vince Sellers Jr. is looking to make a name for himself at his father’s alma mater.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • November 20, 2018
Familiar Faces: Michelle Kapreilian

Michelle Kapreilian never thought her journey would take her into nonprofit, but she has never felt more at home.

  • Black Tie
The commission meeting will be held in the county's administrative building. File photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 27, 2020
Manatee commissioners talk about coronavirus emergency

Manatee County board also to discuss meeting schedule.

  • East County
  • News
The building that contains the sauna where Lori Martin's body was found.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 23, 2018
Evidence leads to suicide conclusion

A four-month Longboat Key Police Department investigation led to a determination that Lori Martin, 54, took her own life.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • September 28, 2017
Designing Women Boutique reboots salon series for the fall

The first DWB Salon Series lecture of the season was given by writer Lucia Blinn on Sept. 28 at Designing Women Boutique.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Bonnie Silvestri |
  • July 2, 2013
Head to the Selby Gardens to celebrate the Fourth

Head to the Selby Gardens to celebrate the Fourth

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 31, 2012
Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party to focus on local roots

This year's Gourmet Lawn Party will benefit four local children's charities.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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