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Vanda Bayliss, 59, always dreamed of operating huge construction equipment. Her dream came true at People at Play in the East County.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 24, 2011
CAUTION: Adults at Play

If you've ever wanted to take the controls of a bulldozer or excavator, one East County business can accommodate your heavy-duty dreams.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Cate McLean |
  • April 13, 2013
Superstar Brodus Clay of WWE gets real

Superstar Brodus Clay of WWE gets real

  • Arts + Culture
This home at 1368 Harbor Drive has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,484 square feet of living area. It sold for $3 million. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 10, 2013
Four-bedroom home in Harbor Acres sells for $3 million

A home in Harbor Acres tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Barbara Edgecombe, of Osprey, sold her home at 1368 Harbor Drive to Rebekah Parker, trustee, of Virginia Beach, Va., for $3 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Vanda Bayliss, 59, always dreamed of operating huge construction equipment.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 23, 2011
CAUTION: Adults at Play

If you've ever wanted to take the controls of a bulldozer or excavator, one East County business can accommodate your heavy-duty dreams.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Anthony Paull |
  • May 15, 2012
Diversity Chorus Offers "Gershwin to GALA"

Diversity Chorus Offers "Gershwin to GALA"

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Michael Eng and Pam Eubanks |
  • January 6, 2010
Despite economy, church growth continues out east

Living Lord Lutheran Church completed recently its 3,500-square-foot expansion, while RiverLife Church is in the middle of the largest change in its 90-plus-year history.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 23, 2012
Staff will work on Laurel Park development concept

Laurel Park residents want to be able to give public input when projects are constructed on the outskirts of their community.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 31, 2010
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Main Street Memorial

Readers react to Schroeder-Manatee Ranch moving the veterans memorial once planned for Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Courtesy photo This home at 4300 Higel Ave. has six bedrooms, six baths, three half-baths, a pool and 8,623 square feet of living area. It sold for $10.25 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 19, 2014
Home in Fiddler Bayou sells for $10.25 million

A home in Fiddler Bayou tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Denise Kleiner, president of Old Braden River Historical Society, currently lives in Manatee County is an independent financial advisor, writer and speaker influenced by history and the non-profit sector.
  • By Denise Kleiner |
  • August 22, 2012
My View: Jiggs Landing memories could fill an auditorium

Times have changed for those living on the Braden River and in the surrounding communities.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Gene Venditti |
  • September 4, 2010
Mustangs stampede Braden River 21-7

Ranch ushers in new season with a decisive win over East County rival Braden River High.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • August 12, 2009
Siblings shoulder burden for area families

Stephanie Covey and her brother, James, lead Backpack Club Inc., a non-profit that assists Freedom kids.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 12, 2009
Siblings share love for baseball

Lakewood High freshman catcher Tyler Biggs taught his younger sister Maddie how to play baseball when she was 5. The two have been dominating the fields together ever since.

  • East County
  • Sports
Rifka Glatz is a Grand Bay resident who was one of 1,684 Jews rescued by Rezsö Kasztner during World War II.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 17, 2010
Story of Survival

In 1944, Dr. Rezso Kasztner saved 1,684 Jews from concentration camp fate - Longboater Rifka Glatz was one of those survivors. Temple Beth Israel will screen a documentary about Kasztner Nov. 21.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Lisa Nisenson |
  • April 8, 2013
Zappos and the value of "collisions"

Zappos and the value of "collisions"

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • September 1, 2011
Student enrollment higher than expected

Sarasota County School District administrators last week were pleased to see their first official enrollment count higher than projected, unlike the 2009-2010 school year, when the district lost state funding because of lower enrollment.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Stephanie Cole, a first-year LECOM dental student, works with Dr. Francis M. Curd to fit Ken Murry, a Tropicana fork lifter, for a new set of dentures.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 30, 2013
LECOM students provide free dentures to low-income patients

The school's inaugural class gets its first hands-on experience in a new patient clinic.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
This home at 1829 Bougainvillea St., which has five bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath, a pool and 4,857 square feet of living area, sold for $1,007,000. Photo by Yaryna Klimchak.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 6, 2013
Home in Poinsettia Park sells for $1,007,000

A home in Poinsettia Park tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Douglas Barker and Linda Desmarais sold their home at 1829 Bougainvillea St. to John and Kelly Orr, of Sarasota, for $1,007,000.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
This home at 1829 Bougainvillea St., which has five bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath, a pool and 4,857 square feet of living area, sold for $1,007,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 6, 2013
Home in Poinsettia Park sells for $1,007,000

A home in Poinsettia Park tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Douglas Barker and Linda Desmarais sold their home at 1829 Bougainvillea St. to John and Kelly Orr, of Sarasota, for $1,007,000.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Alex Quarles and Chris Voelker
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • November 14, 2012
Black Tie & Tales

'I'm not eating that'; Take a Bow, Gerri!; Tidbits

  • Arts + Culture
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