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Oleda Baker, 75, is always ready for her close-up.
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • December 15, 2010
Oleda Baker helps us break the age barrier

The author of 11 books and former model shares her beauty secrets and advice.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Robert Peterson died March 15. He was 88.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 22, 2012
Robert Peterson changed shape of local organizations

Sarasota philanthropist, visionary and renaissance man J. Robert Peterson died March 15, due to complications from vascular surgery. He was 88.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 29, 2009
Mustangs prevail in spring game

After trailing 14-13 at halftime, the Mustangs reclaimed the lead early in the third quarter of Friday night's spring game against Cape Coral Island Coast when quarterback Reggie Lindsey connected with Damen Gilbert on a 47-yard completion.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2010
Cops Corner 09.02.10

A man locked his keys in his car while it was still running. An officer was able to unlock the door by pushing a piece of wire underneath the window.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Joe Hendricks |
  • April 26, 2013
GoTonight.com a win-win-win for music lovers, venues and local bands

GoTonight.com a win-win-win for music lovers, venues and local bands

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • July 16, 2009
My View

Sarasota County's license fever

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Town Manager Bruce St. Denis, right, and town labor attorney Reynolds Allen discuss why the town is not able to give the firefighters a contract that involves spending more money.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 9, 2011
Town sides with St. Denis

The Town Commission agreed with Town Manager Bruce St. Denis on the three issues left to resolve a new firefighter contract last week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 15, 2009
Hlywa hopes to submit plans for tourism units

Andrew Hlywa, owner of the Whitney Beach Plaza, is marketing available north-end properties to developers to create a resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 17, 2009
Parking future in question

With parking meters out of the equation, the city's money-losing parking department faces possible elimination.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 16, 2009
Anderson requests reinstatement

At a Dec. 8 appeal, the attorney for former Longboat Police Officer Jessica Anderson told the town manager that other Longboat officers were treated differently than Anderson.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Paulette and Christopher Ayres sold their home at 7328 Chelsea Court to W. Mark and Cynthia McKoy, Bradenton, for $1.17 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 18, 2011
University Park Country Club home sells for $1.17M

A home in the Chelsea subdivision of University Park Country Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 18, 2010
Five sales this week surpass $1 million mark

Of the key sales recorded at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses, five occurred on Longboat Key, including two in Manatee County, two on St. Armands Key and one on Bird Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • August 18, 2010
Banker returns to her musical roots

Marcy Gilroy went from a high-powered bank executive to a piano teacher for toddlers.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Stephen Warne |
  • June 1, 2012
Domestic Partnership Registry in Sarasota?

Domestic Partnership Registry in Sarasota?

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
The plaza originally was envisioned to have retail shops below with professional space above, but the concept never really came to fruition.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 27, 2011
The New Deals

With banks finally foreclosing on units in San Marco Plaza, business owners have begun snatching up spaces at reduced prices and increasing traffic to the plaza.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 15, 2010
Dead or Alive?

The Town Commission approves a plan the Key Club rejects. Welly: 'There is no plan B.'

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Unit A-401 at L'Ambiance, 415 L'Ambiance Drive, has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, two half-baths and 3,220 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.4 million.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 11, 2011
Recent sellers of $12.5 million home purchase $2.4 million L'Ambiance unit

Herbert and Sandra Moss, of Elkins Park, Pa., sold Unit A-401 at 415 L'Ambiance Drive in the 145-unit L'Ambiance, located behind the Islandside gates of the Longboat Key Club and Resort, to Siegfried and Eva Schulte, of Rochester Hills, Mich., for $2.4 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
This four-bedroom home on Waterton Lane in The Lake Club tops this week's real estate transactions. It sold for $1.2 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 11, 2011
Lake Club home tops sales at $1.2 million

A home in Lake Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate. CNLBank sold the home at 7905 Waterton Lane to Thomas Munro of Suffolk, England, for $1.2 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 24, 2010
Cops Corner

Nov. 15 Jimmy Choo, where are you? 4:50 p.m. - 1300 block of Thornapple Drive. Grand Theft. A woman told deputies that UPS had left a box at her front door, but when she returned home it was no longer there. Inside the box were three pairs of shoes valued at $400.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By June LeBell |
  • July 1, 2009
Music Review: Sarasota Music Festival

The best and the worst thing about live music-making is that it's transitory, and, unless there's a recording of the evening, what happens disappears the moment it's made.

  • Arts + Culture
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