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The Ringling Bridge will close one inside traffic lane next week during the hours of 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 22, 2011
Ringling Bridge becoming energy efficient

The Ringling Bridge's 98 streetlights will be retrofitted with energy efficient lights starting next week.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 29, 2009
Registration set to kick off fall soccer season

The Braden River Soccer Club will hold registration for fall recreational soccer, beginning Aug. 1.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 30, 2010
LLSA Chamber announces Small Business Awards finalists

Winners will be announced Thursday, June 17, at the 17th annual Small Business Awards Breakfast.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • February 13, 2013
Home & Garden: The heart of the home

The Sarasota Orchestra Association will present its first Symphony of Kitchens, a two-day tour of eight kitchens in the Sarasota area.

  • Arts + Culture
This home at 582 S. Spoonbill Drive has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,241 square feet of living area. It sold for $2,375,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 23, 2013
Three-bedroom Bird Key home sells for $2,375,000

Thomas and April Pampalone, of Sarasota, sold their home at 582 S. Spoonbill Drive to Charles and Charlotte Bimba, of Sarasota, for $2,375,000.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 12, 2010
Town prepares for beach project

Town attorney David Persson has drafted a letter to Gulf-front property owners requesting they sign easements for the town's upcoming beach project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Stephanie Hannum |
  • August 12, 2010
BACK TO SCHOOL 2010: The Principal: Steve Dragon

Some kids at Southside Elementary might actually want to be sent to the new principal's office.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Unit 1202 at The Beach Residences has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,964 square feet of living area. It sold for $3.07 million. Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 24, 2012
Condominium in The Beach Residences sells for $3.07 million

A condominium in The Beach Residences tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Chris and Mingi Doherty, of Lakeland, sold their Unit 1202 condominium at 1300 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Kathleen Fink, trustee, of Tampa, for $3.07 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
1214 Sea Plume Way
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • October 24, 2012
3 Things: Family-friendly homes

With so much of our housing stock built with retirees and snowbirds in mind, big family homes can be hard to find in Sarasota, particularly at a price that won't break the bank.

  • Arts + Culture
Jason Champion
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • February 22, 2012
Decor: Mid-century chic

Ask Jason Champion about the latest trends in interior design, and he'll tell you that gray is the new neutral.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 18, 2009
'Letters to Lee'

This is the second installment in a three-part series of excerpts from the book, 'Letters to Lee,' a compilation of letters written by Lt. Gen. James V. Edmundson to his wife, Lee.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 26, 2014
Pension costs rise to $3.26 million

Taxpayer costs for three frozen pension plans could rise from $2.76 million to $3.26 million if pension boards lower rates of return to appease Tallahassee pension officials.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 26, 2014
Jake Brady: Set in Concrete

Jake Brady never considered himself an artist until everyone else started labeling him one. Now, he's content signing his work.

  • Arts + Culture
Courtesy photo
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 19, 2014
Army Corps releases Big Pass study

Conclusions in the draft version of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' study on the potential dredging of Big Pass support the project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 18, 2009
CRA asked to immediately fund wayfinding

With more than $800,000 to put toward the sign system, the majority of the $1.4 million project would be funded.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Amanda Heisey |
  • September 19, 2014
Curtain Call: In defense of live performance

Curtain Call: In defense of live performance

  • Arts + Culture
Charles and Teresa Fridley, of Osprey, sold their home at 1604 Travis Lane to Eugene Cherkov and Marina Safronova-Chertkov, of Perrineville, N.J., for $1.77Â million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 29, 2016
Point Crisp home sells for $2.7 million

The following residential real estate transactions took place between Sept. 12 and Sept. 16.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • October 21, 2013
FILM REVIEW: 'Short Term 12'

"Short Term 12" is an engaging film about fractured people.

  • Arts + Culture
A public hearing about an overlay district for Whitney Beach Plaza will be continued at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at Town Hall. File photo.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 6, 2012
Overlay discussion delayed

Now you know: The Longboat Key Town Commission will continue its overlay discussion for Whitney Beach Plaza Thursday, June 21.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 16, 2009
Cheryl McKane joins Longview Realty Inc.

McKane began her real-estate career more than 20 years ago.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
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