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Meryl Streep embodies Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady."
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • January 18, 2012
Film Review: 'The Iron Lady'

Meryl Streep always takes acting to a higher plateau.

  • Arts + Culture
An Out-of-Door Academy base runner races to first base. Photos Courtesy of Tom Hubbard.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 13, 2013
Cougars tame Thunder

The Cardinal Mooney High baseball team defeated rival ODA 5-1 in Class 3A-District 10 action March 5.

  • East County
  • Sports
Says Steve Tatone: "As soon as I considered the fact that I could direct my own stuff, the next thought was, 'Well, let's make it right here in Sarasota.'"
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 30, 2011
The noisemaker

Steve Tatone turns up the volume on the Sarasota Film Fest. Meet the local, indie filmmaker with Hollywood potential.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 14, 2010
Fencing Academy wins division championship

The Sarasota Fencing Academy & Club won its first division championship May 8-9, defeating 15 other established clubs in the United States Fencing Association's Central Florida Division.

  • East County
  • Sports
This home at 7935 Treesdale Glen has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,985 square feet of living area. It sold for $668,600. Photo by Pam Eubanks
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 5, 2014
Warwick home tops sales at $1.11 million

A home in Warwick Gardens tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Lakewood Ranch High senior co-captain Kyle Benson
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 12, 2011
Athlete of the Week: Kyle Benson

Lakewood Ranch High senior co-captain Kyle Benson shot a 4-under par 68, helping lead the Mustangs to victory in the Donald Ross Memorial Tournament Oct. 3 in Sarasota.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2012
Our View: Signs of life

Let's feel good for a change, or at least better. Economic growth - vis-a-vis the contractions of 2009 and 2010 - is definitely under way.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Danae DeShazer plays Hedy LaRue in Venice Theatre's "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
  • By Paula Atwell |
  • November 14, 2012
Theater Review: 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'

A Broadway smash, and a Tony and Pulitzer prize winner in the early 1960s, this zany, irreverent musical has enjoyed several recent revivals.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 14, 2012
Mixon celebrates harvest season

The Harvest Fest runs Nov. 16 through Nov. 18.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2012
News Briefs

Planning commission discusses SMR project; Osteopathic med school enrollment up; Accident due to dropped cell phone

  • East County
  • News
Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant co-owner Alan Moore's longest job at his restaurant was the face patrons saw as they entered the door with menus in hand ready to take them to their tables.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 15, 2015
'End of an Era' for Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant

The Moore family prepares for its next course after selling the iconic 47-year-old Longboat Key restaurant.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Joe Griffith became a state certified fire investigator about three years ago.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 16, 2011
Firefighter launches Lakewood business

East Manatee Fire Rescue Lt. Joe Griffith will provide classes and certifications for firefighters and others from his new venture in Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 17, 2016
Pomello Park home tops local transactions at $1.3 million

Residential real estate transactions Feb. 1-5

  • East County
  • Real Estate
This Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch home, which has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,441 square feet of living area, sold for $771,000. Photo by Pam Eubanks
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 20, 2014
Country Club Village home sells for $771,000

A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Unit 601 at Beau Ciel, 990 Blvd. of the Arts, sold for $1,525,000. File photo.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 8, 2012
Beau Ciel condominium sells for $1,525,000

A condominium in Beau Ciel tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Barbara Mei, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 601 condominium at 990 Blvd. of the Arts to Herta Cuneo, of Vernon Hills, Ill., for $1,525,000.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Unit 5 at 360 at 280 North Shore Road has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,834 square feet of living area. It sold for $750,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 11, 2013
Bay Isles home sells for $1,855,700

The following residential real-estate transactions took place between Aug. 26 and Aug. 30.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 11, 2013
Commission raises millage increase 10%

For the first time since 2010, the town's millage rate is increasing from 1.8872 mills to 2.0760 mills to pay for rising pension costs.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Brian Gunnell |
  • June 27, 2012
Bridge Bites: We've got you surrounded

Perhaps East should have tried 5 (diamonds) over 4 (spades), that would be a cheap sacrifice if 4 (spades) is making.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Supervisors on Lakewood Ranch Community Development District 4 were able to keep assessments exactly the same.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 15, 2011
CDDs approve tentative budgets

Town Hall's Interim Executive Director Steve Zielinski said the budgets were 'prudent' and would meet the needs of each district.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2011
OUR VIEW: Valid straw poll imperative

The two sides in the debate over Lakewood Ranch incorporation do not agree on much. But one thing they have in common is a tit-for-tat dance that is probably confusing the incorporation debate more than anything else.

  • East County
  • Opinion
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