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The building occupied by McCarver & Moser sold for $2.7 million.
  • By Sean Roth and Robin Hartill |
  • January 19, 2011
Three St. Armands buildings sell for $5.3 million

Three commercial buildings on St. Armands Circle sold for a total of $5.34 million during the first week of January.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Ryan Shaw. Courtesy Photos.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 26, 2011
Scene & Heard

Blues Fest rolls on, Strauss still rocking out; Wannabe TV scribes put on your thinking caps; Circus Sarasota expands its big top

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 22, 2009
LBK Citizen of the Year Fuller, 79, dies

Claudia Fuller was a Longboat Key resident since 1990.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A preliminary rendering shows the proposed development at the corner of Gulfstream Avenue and U.S. 41. The 144-unit condo tower is on the left, and the 275-room hotel is on the right. Courtesy photo.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • December 24, 2013
Year in Review: March 2013, Developer plans condo and hotel

Preliminary plans outline 144 luxury condos and a 275-room hotel on a 2.9-acre vacant parcel.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 1, 2012
Peridia to host craft fair

The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
In October, Colony Lender LLC filed lawsuits against unit owners seeking more than $5 million in damages for unpaid rent plus interest on a disputed recreational services lease that includes former Colony tennis courts. (file photo)
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 24, 2015
Trustee proposes $625,000 Colony rec lease settlement

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association is attempting to bury a Colony rec lease and also has its eye on acquiring a $23 million judgment from another trustee too.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Seaplace has 461 units and is located in the 1900 and 2000 blocks of Gulf of Mexico Drive. (File photo)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 6, 2014
UPDATE: Fire, four EMS calls caused traffic jam

Traffic snarled yesterday on the south end of Longboat Key as officials responded to five emergency calls at the same time.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Every morning, Vic Herbert visits each classroom to say hello to students and teachers.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • June 22, 2016
The final lesson: It's time to go

East Manatee County schools lose long-time administrators.

  • East County
  • News
Only a handful of tenant spaces remain on Lakewood Ranch Main Street. Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty President Brian Kennelly attributes the 92% leased rate to a positive trend in gross sales.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 8, 2011
MIX ON MAIN

Has Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty found the 'perfect' mix for Lakewood Ranch Main Street?

  • East County
  • News
Healthy ingredients, such as beets, zucchini, tomatoes and Himalayan pink sea salt, are the cornerstone of some area chefs' creations.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • January 2, 2013
Feeding your New Year's resolution

As we say hello to 2013, many of us are also welcoming New Year's resolutions of health and happiness.

  • Arts + Culture
Officials and community members tossed sand on Turtle Beach to commemorate the completion of the county's Siesta Key beach renourishment efforts.
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • June 13, 2016
Sarasota County commemorates completion of south Siesta renourishment

Community members and County officials gathered at Turtle Beach today to celebrate the completion of the second phase of the county’s beach renourishment efforts.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Sarasota Ballet presented "I Naploetani" Courtesy.
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • March 6, 2013
Dance Review: 'Les Rendezvous,' 'Lilac Garden' and 'I Napoletani'

Director Iain Webb has proven multiple times he is the master of orchestrating triple-bill programs, and this past weekend's was just another example.

  • Arts + Culture
Andrea Prestinario, as Eliza Doolittle, and Jeff Parker, as Henry Higgins, in the Asolo Rep’s "My Fair Lady." Photo courtesy of Annamae Bafia
  • By June LeBell |
  • November 30, 2011
Music Review: 'My Fair Lady'

Sometimes less is more, and when Lerner and Loewe authorized a chamber version of their hit show, 'My Fair Lady,' cutting the cast of 45 to 19 and the orchestra of 27 to two pianists, they knew what they were doing.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Emily Walsh |
  • August 26, 2019
Anti-semitism is on the rise

It’s not just in Europe. It’s rising in the U.S., too — thanks to social media. The Trump administration is making the fight against anti-Semitism a priority.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Courtesy photos Commissioner Phill Younger performs at a cabaret show.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 5, 2014
Younger: Think you 'cancan' dance?

In the 1980s, Commissioner Phill Younger and his wife, Fanny, spotted a cabaret restaurant while roaming the foothills of Nice, France, with a memorable moniker: Chez Fanny. They vowed to return.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Leo and Margie Tonner
  • By Dora Walters |
  • December 19, 2010
Gulfshore residents gather for good time

Gulfshore of Longboat Key residents gathered Dec. 19 at the clubhouse for a holiday party. Hosts for the evening were Nancy and Mike Freeland. For the festive occasion, Nancy Freeland adorned a tabletop display with a snowy village.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Douglas Jones and Jesse Dornan in Asolo Repertory Theatre's "Glengarry Glen Ross." Photo by Cliff Roles.
  • By Paula Atwell |
  • January 30, 2013
Theater Review: 'Glengarry Glen Ross'

Written in 1984, the play explores the grimy, sad underbelly of American capitalism hinted at in the earlier classic, "Death of a Salesman."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • September 2, 2009
Parents question district's decision

Superintendent Tim McGonegal removed four students from Lakewood Ranch after they threw acid bombs at several homes.

  • East County
  • Schools
Sen. Marco Rubio and City Manager Tom Barwin, right, discuss the status of Lido Beach.
  • By David Conway |
  • June 16, 2018
Rubio talks renourishment at Lido Beach

During a visit with Sarasota officials, Sen. Marco Rubio called Lido Key's shoreline erosion the most dramatic he'd ever seen.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The famous Act IV quartet from Verdi's "Rigoletto." Photo by Rod Millington.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • October 14, 2015
Veni, Verdi, Vici: The Sarasota Opera conquers the Verdi Cycle

This month, the Sarasota Opera kicks off the final season of its Verdi Cycle, a project nearly 30 years in the making — and something that’s never been done in the history of opera.

  • Arts + Culture
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