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  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 9, 2011
Our View

Don't take the bait

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2012
2012 Best of Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy the year's best Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
The Waterlefe Golf and River Club home at 10506 Riverbank Terrace recently sold for $870,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,386 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $800,000 in 2015.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 21, 2018
Waterlefe home tops local sales at $870,000

Waterlefe home tops local sales at $870,000

  • East County
  • Real Estate
At the core of the lawsuit against the town, and most others filed against governments, public agencies and private businesses, is the formatting of documents and information posted on their websites.Â
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 3, 2019
ADA lawsuit filed against Longboat Key over website

Town's lawyer in case said no clear standards exist for governments to follow.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This home at 20910 Parkstone Terrace recently sold for $2.05 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 21, 2017
Concession home tops local sales at $2.05 million

Residential real estate transactions for Nov. 6-10

  • East County
  • Real Estate
This home in Bay View Heights, which has five bedrooms, five baths, one half-bath, a pool and 4,605 square feet of living area, sold for $2,679,800. Photo by Yaryna Klimchak.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 9, 2013
Home in Bay View Heights sells for $2,679,800

A home in Bay View Heights tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Linda Houze, of Sarasota, sold her home at 2610 Cardinal Place to Casa Cardenal LLC for $2,679,800.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Willis Smith executives Dave Sessions and John LaCivita with Howard Tibbals at the groundbreaking of the Ringling Museum Tibbals Circus Museum in 2003.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • May 31, 2022
Willis Smith celebrates 50 years of impact in the Sarasota and Manatee counties region

Mote, Ringling and schools projects highlight the Lakewood Ranch company's resume.

  • East County
  • Business
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 4, 2022
Lakehouse Cove home tops Lakewood Ranch/east Bradenton area sales at $2.3 million

A Lakehouse Cove home at Waterside is the top seller this week at $2.3 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • June 16, 2021
Senior reflections

Although there were challenges, particularly amid the pandemic, students say they're grateful for their time in high school.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 24, 2021
Two-condo sale in the Casa de la Playa building is week's top real estate deal

Sale of a pair of condos on Siesta Key tops transactions for Sarasota and surrounding areas in the week of Oct. 11-15.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Deep Lagoon gives every diner an up-close view of Little Sarasota Bay. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Su Byron |
  • November 11, 2022
Must-try waterfront restaurants in Sarasota, Longboat Key, Osprey

Looking for a table by the water? For a close encounter with Florida’s natural splendor, enjoy one of these waterfront restaurants on a nearby key.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
This home at 13614 Legends Walk Terrace in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch recently sold for $975,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 19, 2017
Country Club Village home sells for $975,000

Residential real estate for July 3-7

  • East County
  • Real Estate
This home at 6927 Westchester Circle has six bedrooms, five and a half baths, a pool and 10,144 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 1, 2015
Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch home sells for $1.8 million

See a listing of home sales here.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
O'Mariah Gordon celebrates a career-high 34-point performance to help Florida State beat the University of Miami on Feb. 16.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • March 19, 2025
O'Mariah Gordon ready for final March Madness test with FSU

The former Braden River High star has been a key to the Seminoles being the second-highest scoring team in the nation.

  • East County
  • Sports
Sargassum is a "blobby" seaweed that floats on top of the water.
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • May 9, 2023
Scientists say sargassum belt could still hit Sarasota area

Climate Adaptation Center CEO Bob Bunting said an early-season hurricane could push the sargassum farther north into the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jordan Brown.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 14, 2023
East County Athlete of the Week: Jordan Brown

The Lakewood Ranch-based golfer has played well on the Florida Junior Tour in 2023.

  • East County
  • Sports
Hotel guest evicted for taking too many paper plates
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 31, 2023
Hotel guest evicted for taking too many paper plates

All you can eat breakfast does not mean all you can take plates. This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Bill Kaser and Don Deibert started the Senior Transport Services nonprofit to provide transportation for seniors. Lakewood Ranch's Deibert died May 15.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • May 31, 2023
Co-founder of Senior Transport Services dies

The death of Lakewood Ranch's Don Deibert has left the nonprofit in dire need of volunteer drivers.

  • East County
  • News
Olivia Spiegel is a junior on the Lakewood Ranch High cross country team.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 23, 2023
East County Athlete of the Week: Olivia Spiegel

The Lakewood Ranch High cross country junior finished 30th at states in 2022.

  • East County
  • Sports
Downtown merchants Darci Jacobs, Ron Soto and Harmoni Krusing Bens said they could be amenable to eventually eliminating some Main Street parking spaces — but only if the city significantly expanded the nearby parking supply.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 20, 2021
Main Street businesses protest streetscape idea

Although city officials and property owners have expressed a desire to redesign two key downtown blocks, merchants aren’t happy with the prospect of losing parking spaces.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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