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Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch plans to expand the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club Athletic Center by about 6,900 square feet.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 21, 2013
SMR announces improvements

Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch is planning three major facility improvements for the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club.

  • East County
  • News
Hayley Wielgus, Geraldine Fabrikant and Gail Devers listen to Joan Kane explain the struggles she overcame to achieve success.
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • October 12, 2016
Black Tie & Tales 10.13.16

Manicures, massages and female empowerment...just a few of our favorite things

  • Black Tie
Ray Alexander, owner of Engel & Völkers Anna Maria Island/Longboat Key said he has always been interested in the vacation market. File photo.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 22, 2011
FULL STORY Engel & Volkers launches new Longboat Key office, division

The new vacation division, E&V Vacations International, will be based out of the company's new office at Mediterranean Plaza.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • April 5, 2015
Film Review 'Wild Tales'

Ironies, coincidences and bad behavior collide in the explosive new film, "Wild Tales."

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
The city worked with merchants and the film crew to coordinate the shooting earlier this month.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 30, 2017
Filming disturbs St. Armands merchants

Despite restrictions on special events in St. Armands Circle during season, film crews are allowed to gather footage in the commercial district.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • May 10, 2012
Neighbors: Bob Zahn

Bob Zahn worked for 42 years as a telephone lineman in Indiana before retiring to paradise on Siesta Key in 1989.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Wellington Chase Homeowners Association President Kathy Peters, center, asks the developer why only a few homeowners seemed to receive notice of the proposed zoning change. Photo by Jessica Salmond
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • December 3, 2014
Apartment plans rile Palmer Ranch residents

Residents mainly from the Wellington Chase neighborhood voiced their displeasure during a three-hour meeting with the project's developer.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • April 3, 2014
Shelter compromise receives mixed reactions

In a bid to resolve a dispute over the location of a future downtown Sarasota homeless shelter, the Sarasota city and county commissions added a third site option to their list.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Calvin Farias, Patrick Ward, Jessica Cohen and Edward French in Will Tuckett's "The Secret Garden."
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • August 11, 2014
DANCE REVIEW: 'The Secret Garden'

Read Anna Dearing's review of Sarasota Ballet's performance of Will Tuckett's 'The Secret Garden.'

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Amanda Landesberg |
  • July 16, 2012
Ladies' Night at Darwin's on 4th

Ladies' Night at Darwin's on 4th

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  • Things To Do
Someone cut a "T" in the victim's screen door to his lanai. The victim thinks this probably occurred at 11 a.m., when someone knocked on the front door.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 29, 2010
Cops Corner 09.30.10

Someone cut a "T" in the victim's screen door to his lanai. The victim thinks this probably occurred at 11 a.m., when someone knocked on the front door.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 6, 2013
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Your Fitness Instructor moves to new location; AMI Water Shuttle adds Longboat Key stop; Mote Marine, Whole Foods team up for Giving Challenge; Key Club to host orthopedic surgeon Dr. John Moor

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 21, 2010
Casa del Mar reservations manager books retirement

Mildred 'Millie' Kossmann retired last week after working 28 years at Casa del Mar.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 1, 2010
Longboat tar baby: a cell tower

It's becoming the Br'er Rabbit tar baby of Longboat Key - subject of cell towers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Two properties at 16 Sandy Hook Road recently sold for $5,850,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 28, 2018
Sandy Hook Road properties sell for $5,850,000

Residential real estate transactions for Nov. 12-16.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • July 26, 2015
Film Review: 'Southpaw'

Jake Gyllenhaal doesn't pull any punches in the new film, "Southpaw."

  • Arts + Entertainment
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Eva and Donnie Waldroup at last year's Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party. File photo
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 2, 2014
Lawn Party seeks to fatten grants, scholarships

The Kiwanis Club hopes to raise $70,000 for local children at this year’s delectable dining event.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
St. Armands LLC purchased the building at 343 St. Armands Circle for $850,000. The 647-square-foot building was constructed in 1959.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 22, 2010
Sunglass Express Optical building sells for $850,000

St. Armands LLC, a Florida limited-liability company managed by Robert and Yvonne Schloss, purchased the building at 343 St. Armands Circle, where their Sunglass Express Optical store is located, for $850,000 from Darol Fry, 178 N. Washington Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Sara Moone |
  • May 31, 2013
Newton Vineyard brings a taste of Napa Valley to the Sarasota bayfront

Newton Vineyard brings a taste of Napa Valley to the Sarasota bayfront

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Eric Garwood
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • January 11, 2017
New managing editor arrives at Observer

Journalist grew up and spent most of his career in Florida

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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