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Unit 1506 at The Tower Residences, 35 Watergate Drive, has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,799 square feet of living area. It sold for $950,000. File photo.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 9, 2012
Tower Residences unit sells for $950,000

A condominium in The Tower Residences tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
"What I love most is that classical music moves me," June LeBell says. "It says something different, and it says something different every time I hear a piece … It's like a best friend who has something to add to my life to enrich it."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 12, 2014
June LeBell goes on the air

June LeBell was the first female announcer on a commercial classical music station in New York City. After 10 years, she is coming back to the airwaves.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 7, 2012
Emerald Harbour residents talk on the wild side

It isn't quite lions and tigers and bears.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Key resident Lenny Landau questions whether sand renourishment projects are needed every six to eight years.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 22, 2010
Landau presents beach analysis

Key resident and Longboat Key Public Interest Committee member Lenny Landau told the commission that the town doesn't yet need to renourish some portions of its beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Tim Holliday
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • November 3, 2011
Neighbors: Tim Holliday

When he was a teenager, Tim Holliday joked that whenever he had children, he would send them off to an island to be raised by a nanny.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Nora White visits students at a pre-school in Tagbilaran, Philippines. Courtesy photos.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 2, 2011
Neighbors: Nora White

This medical missions volunteer doesn't clown around on the job.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jack Black prepares his secret rib recipe at his home.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • June 20, 2012
Neighbors: Jack Black

Longboat Key's Jack Black proves to be famous for much more than his 'grate' barbecue skills.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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 Matt Orr |
  • December 13, 2012
Sarasota's Official Shopping Guide for Him

Sarasota's Official Shopping Guide for Him

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Photo by Jen Blanco
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 2, 2013
HER 'BIG BREAK': Lindsey Bergeon

Sarasota resident and 2004 Riverview High graduate Lindsey Bergeon was one of 12 golfers selected to be on 'Big Break Mexico,' which premieres May 13, on the Golf Channel.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 7, 2010
Cops Corner

Sept. 28 The Tin Man 3:50 p.m. - 600 block of South Shade Avenue. Suspicious Person. A homeowner reported that a man knocked on his door and asked for some tin foil. The man left without receiving any.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Crossing issueneeds lots of attention; 'Occupy' groups nothing like tea party

  • Sarasota
  • News
Tammy Kovar has moved 47 times in her life. She had hoped her home in Summerfield Bluffs, where she's lived for 12 years, would be her last home.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 8, 2011
Homeowner seeks relief for erosion issue

Summerfield Bluffs resident Tammy Kovar is out of options for resolving an erosion problem in her yard.

  • East County
  • News
John Marino, 69, chooses not to forget his service in the Vietnam War. Reminders are everywhere, including the desktop of his computer, where a picture of his younger self at war looks back at him.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • May 1, 2013
Tribute to Heroes: John Marino

The Vietnam War left John Marino forgotten and in pain, but the Lakewood Ranch resident won't forget.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The Wiegand family has made participating in the Living Nativity a family tradition. Pictured clockwise from bottom left are: Fairyn, Alexander, Benjamin, Catherine, Lance, Elizabeth, Davis and Sarah.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 12, 2012
A Christmas Story

The Tabernacle Church will host its 26th annual Living Nativity Dec. 13 through Dec. 16.

  • East County
  • News
PCL Civil Constructors placed a palm tree on the last segment of the bridge as it was hoisted into place, symbolizing the firm had completed the project.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • August 21, 2013
The Bridge: Ten years later, controversy is 'water under the bridge'

An engineer and an architect involved in the design and construction of the the John Ringling Causeway Bridge reflect on the troubled water they faced and had to cross.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"If there isn't music, you can't get enough feeling out of it," Natalie Almeter, center, says of theater. "I love music." Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 29, 2012
East County resident makes opera debut

East County resident Natalie Almeter loves to sing and recently began testing her vocals with the Sarasota Opera.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Courtney Chapin, Sebastian Aguirre and Sydney Panzarino all posted impressive finishes at the YMCA Florida Swimming State Championships Feb. 10-12, in Orlando.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 29, 2012
Wave Runners make a splash

The Lakewood Ranch YMCA Wave Runners sent 35 swimmers to the YMCA Florida Swimming State Championships in Orlando.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2010
Our View

It was inevitable

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2009
Welcome Back: In Memoriam

Longboat Key residents who have died from May through October.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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