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  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 16, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
An auction for an 80% interest in 2.3 acres of Colony Beach & Tennis Resort property planned for May 9 was postponed.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 14, 2014
Clerical error postpones Colony auction

Unicorp National Development Inc. President Charles Whittall has a contract to buy the resort's bankrupt estate, and he's confident he will win the bid for 2.3 acres at auction.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 17, 2010
RECIPE AND RESERVATION: First Street Chop House

First Street Chop House owner and Executive Chef David Arnold shares an exclusive recipe with YourObserver.com readers.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Amore by Andrea proprietors W. Howard Rooks and Andrea Bozzolo. Inset: The interior restaurant seats 210 and includes a bar, formal dining area and basement. Photos by Robin Hartill
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 12, 2014
That's Amore

The once vacant building at 555 Bay Isles Parkway will host its first customers in more than six years when Amore by Andrea opens Nov. 13.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Downtown parking meters will accept payment with coins and credit/debit cards. However, dollar bills cannot be used.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • May 18, 2011
Paid-parking primer to instruct drivers

The Downtown Sarasota Alliance will host an event to inform people how to use the new parking meters and where to find free downtown parking.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 18, 2011
Game gives glimpse into next season

Football had finally returned to the East County - well at least for a few weeks.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Chef Judi Gallagher |
  • November 13, 2012
TWIS = This Week Is Savory

TWIS = This Week Is Savory

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 11, 2013
Athlete of the Week: Caroline Dailey

The Out-of-Door Academy senior Caroline Dailey defeated Bradenton Christian's Haley Waldo 6-0, 6-0 to capture the No. 1 singles crown at the Class 1A-District 9 tournament April 2.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A home in Harbor Acres tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 10, 2015
Harbor Acres home sells for $5 milion

The following residential real estate transactions took place between Aug. 24 and Aug. 28.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming holds one of the six cameras that are now capturing data.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 12, 2013
License cameras rolling on Key

The long-waited license-plate recognition cameras began snapping data Friday afternoon on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2014
News Briefs

Stickney Point motels sell for $1.5 million; Sarasota School Board adopts final budget; Wallenda to walk tightrope across Chicago skyscrapers

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  • By Kristen Pace |
  • January 19, 2012
Dinner at Bijou Café: A Tale of Tears, a Horse, and True Love

Dinner at Bijou Café: A Tale of Tears, a Horse, and True Love

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Massaro-Fain
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 19, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Helbing recognized by Medical Economics; Grapevine earns top agency recognition; Sarasota attorney earns recognition; Manatee Tiger Bay adds Misty Servia

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 13, 2016
Guns make you safer

Few people would agree with that idea, or with two bills that would allow guns to be carried in the open. But there’s a legitimate case for how open carry can improve safety.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
A man waits at a Sarasota County Area Transit bus on University Parkway. The Manatee County Area Transit service provides no buses on University Parkway east of U.S. 301.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • August 7, 2013
MPO commissions bus-service study

The Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization has hired a consultant to determine if mass transit - bus service - is a good fit for Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
The home at 374 S. Shore Drive has four bedrooms, four baths, three half-baths, a pool and 10,883 square feet of living area. It sold for $9 million. Premier Sotheby's International Realty
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 23, 2015
Sapphire Shores home sells for $9 million

A house in Sapphire Shores tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
This home in at 2040 Oriole Drive, which has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,239 square feet of living area, sold for $1.725 million. Photo by Yaryna Klimchak.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 4, 2013
Home in Paradise Shores sells for $1,725,000

A home in Paradise Shores tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Ladd and M. Frances Baumann sold their home at 2040 Oriole Drive to Carina Rice, trustee, of Sewickley, Pa., for $1,725,000.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
"It's going to be a great family event," said Rita Lewis, restaurant manager, with Linger Lodge's General Manager David LaRusso.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 4, 2011
STRUMMING & SPICE

Linger Lodge Restaurant & Campground will host the Gator Creek Bluegrass Festival May 7.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 12, 2009
Sewage project begins in Village

A $600,000 wastewater restoration project is being performed on three roads on the north end of Longboat Key. The work is expected to last through May 2010.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Some of the hurricane victims living in Arcadia are still homeless. Most of their food comes from Myakka City United Methodist Church's relief ministry.
  • By Michael Eng |
  • April 14, 2005
Operation: LOVE

Twenty missionaries from Methodist churches in Ohio visited Myakka City United Methodist Church to help with its hurricane relief ministry.

  • East County
  • News
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