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  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2011
Cops Corner

7300 block of Desert Ridge Glen. Identity theft. The victim reported unknown person(s) used her identity and credit card information without her permission to make unauthorized charges.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Gary Berns |
  • June 8, 2011
Delay incorporation vote

As chairman of the Friends of Lakewood Ranch, I write to respond to your editorial entitled, "Too soon for petitions."

  • East County
  • Opinion
"Everyone has been so supportive of my vision," Virginia Hughes says. "I don't know how the older people are going to take it. Maybe they'll get nostalgic about it."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • September 22, 2010
Risqué business

The founder of Sarasota's first burlesque troupe flaunts her feminine wiles.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 17, 2013
Home in Harbour Walk sells for $1 million

A home in Harbour Walk tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Robert Kral and Katherine Peters, of Park Ridge, Ill., sold their home at 548 Fore Drive to Cynthia Murphy, of Bradenton, for $1 million. Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 4,539 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $900,000 in 2009.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 1, 2009
Siesta Key condo sells for $562,500

A condominium in Fisherman's Cove tops all real-estate transactions for the week of Sept. 2 to Sept. 9. Carolyn Byers, trustee, sold her Unit A-304 condominium at 8900 Blind Pass Road to William Bortz, of Parachute, Colo., for $562,500.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Robin Roy |
  • October 8, 2009
Land offer complicates parking garage

M&I Bank wants to lease its vacant lot to the city for public parking. At least one commissioner thinks the potential acquisition could replace the planned Palm Avenue parking garage.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Dick Vitale is donating the proceeds from his book, which retails for $14.95, toward pediatric cancer research.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 9, 2011
Vitale pens first children's book

If "A" is for "Awesome" and "B" is for "Baby," then legendary ESPN basketball commentator Dick Vitale has just made a slam dunk for children's literature -- and for pediatric cancer research.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jessi Smith |
  • February 29, 2012
Ringling in Bloom Flourishes in its Second Year

Ringling in Bloom Flourishes in its Second Year

  • Arts + Culture
The town of Longboat Key received a permit last week to restore its severely eroded north end whenever needed for a period of 10 years.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 22, 2010
North-end receives beach project permit

The town of Longboat Key received a permit for an emergency beach project that will bring 133,000 cubic yards of sand to the north end next year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 29, 2012
Mixon Fruit Farms hosts Orange Blossom Festival

The fourth Orange Blossom Festival will feature games, entertainment, crafts and more.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2013
News Briefs

Candidates reinforce their stance on issues at CONA forum; Tandem parking up for City Commission vote; Patterson Foundation launches Legacy of Valor campaign; Ringling announces 2014 lecture schedule

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lee Roy Selmon's Matt Thomas
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • June 1, 2011
Edibles: Lee Roy Selmon's: 'more than barbecue'

While its signature dishes include the likes of pulled pork, Mama's meatloaf and wings, the menu at Lee Roy Selmon's is unusually broad.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2011
Letters to the editor

Long-term success of rail line should be determined

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The Mustangs will continue their campaign in the regional quarterfinals against Tampa Jesuit. Photo by Brian Blanco.
  • By Lainee Jennings |
  • February 2, 2011
Ranch falls in district finals

Palmetto posted a 4-1 upset over No. 1-seeded Lakewood Ranch in the Class 4A-District 10 championship Jan. 28.

  • East County
  • Sports
This home at 1220 Sharswood Lane has four bedrooms, four baths, two half-baths, a pool and 3,947 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.25 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 11, 2013
Two-bedroom home on Casey Key sells for $2,275,000

A home on Casey Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Paradise Yacht Club Inc. sold the home at 3917 Casey Key Road to John Briggs III and Leslie Briggs, trustees, of Nokomis, for $2,275,000. Built in 1956, it has two bedrooms, three baths and 2,679 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2.85 million in 2005.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Lennie Macarthur, Sasha von Dassow, Nancy Streetman, Barb Ahern and Janis Payne
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • December 8, 2011
Musicians pull some strings to form new orchestra

The Glenridge String Orchestra's 20 members meet weekly to practice for their spring concert.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 25, 2012
Torraco brings tenacity to state attorney race

The defense attorney wants to curtail spending and change the way the state attorney office operates.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Dana Saltz and Kate Vega |
  • April 7, 2010
Film festival moves into classrooms

This week, two students from The Out of Door Academy and Booker Middle School review "Alma."

  • Arts + Culture
This Country Club of Lakewood Ranch home, which has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,890 square feet of living area, sold for $785,000. Photo by Jen Blanco.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 2, 2012
Country Club home tops week's sales at $785,000

A home in the Country Club of Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Walter and Lisa Stone, Sarasota, sold their home at 13615 Blythefield Terrace to Andrew and Carie Schoenfeld, Bradenton, for $785,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Dirk Meyer. Courtesy photo.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • September 7, 2011
Scene & Heard

Show your talent; Sarasota Chorus of the Keys seeks vocal men; Animation students win Independents' Film Festival; Dirk Meyer named associate conductor

  • Arts + Culture
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