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  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 21, 2009
Business Observer

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  • Sarasota
  • News
The celebration will honor all of Lakewood Ranch's founding residents, including Sandi McCarthy, the first to close.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 13, 2010
SMR celebrates 15 years

The Lakewood Ranch developer will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the first home sale Oct. 15 at Sarasota Polo Club.

  • East County
  • News
Lorraine and Cory Collins share a passion for food and cooking.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 13, 2010
Main Street chefs dish out service

Cory and Lorraine Collins are cooks at competing restaurants on Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

  • Arts + Culture
Beverly “Bev” Shapiro holds the Marine Corps coat that belonged to her late husband, Mel, along with the Marine Corps cap he often wore.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 15, 2011
Memorial melody

Beverly Shapiro and her late husband, Mel, wanted to hear the Marine Hymn at Sarasota's Memorial Day parade. Now, the hymn will play at future events.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This home at 751 Siesta Key Circle has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and 4,717 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.9 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 31, 2011
Casey Key home sells for $2.6 million

A home on Casey Key tops all the transactions in this week's real estate, Aquos Properties LLC sold the home for $2.6 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 3, 2010
Business Observer 03.04.10

Lakewood Ranch-based homebuilder Neal Communities has closed 47 contracts since the beginning of the year -- including four for more than $1 million -- the company reported this week.

  • East County
  • News
Taffy's current Manager Don Povec and owner Jack Peffley
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 25, 2012
Taffy's celebrates colorful history

Fifty years ago, Jack Tafeen and his wife, Peggy, opened a high-end men's apparel store and tailor shop on St. Armands Circle. Today, Taffy's Menswear is the oldest retail merchant on the Circle.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Daria Deringer |
  • May 7, 2009
STANGS: Mustangs use force, win movie competition

Lakewood Ranch TV production students win big at the Manatee County Film Rush.

  • East County
  • Schools
Traffic will be rerouted near St. Armands Circle during a construction project this month.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 6, 2010
Construction projects hit the Key

Two Florida Department of Transportation construction projects on Gulf of Mexico Drive and St. Armands Circle began this week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Immigration reform protest in Tallahassee last month. Note use of "anti-immigrant" when the issue is "illegal immigrant," and the use of children.
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • June 8, 2011
MY VIEW: Needed: immigration principles

Immigration reform frustratingly died in the Florida Legislature last month. What is so difficult about making everyone play by the same rules?

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Roy |
  • October 8, 2009
Roundabout work to begin in May

A consensus of downtown residents and business owners told the city they prefer that the Five Points roundabout project begin before summer, so it's completed by tourist season.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By George Rauch |
  • September 30, 2009
The price of gold remains cheap

A Market Watch article published in June 2003 suggested that a hike in the price of gold was unavoidable. Gold was then priced at $380 an ounce.

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  • Neighbors
"Opera, to me, is the study of singing correctly," Joseph Ryan says. "I don't mean to negate the value of pop music or blues or jazz, (but) I'm an opera guy. It’s the main thing I aspire to do every day."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • January 18, 2012
Joseph Ryan: A Life out Loud

It's hard to believe Joseph Ryan used to be shy. The booming baritone cantors at three churches, sings with the Artist Series, Gloria Musicae and Key Chorale. He often sheds his good guy rep to play the villain in an opera.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Elise Lipoff

Young Professional of the Year -- Finalist

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 17, 2010
Home Depot employee constructs lesson

Mark Campbell giving East County kids a chance to learn as they build.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 17, 2010
End of the Road

Lakewood Ranch saw its miracle season come to an end with a 2-1 (PK, 5-3) loss to St. Johns Bartram Trail in the Class 4A state semifinals Feb. 10.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 16, 2010
CDDs adopt tentative budgets

Lakewood Ranch community development district supervisors last week adopted tentative budgets that will go to public hearing in August. All four districts averaged increases of less than $30 per household annually.

  • East County
  • News
"There are actually more people living outside of the country who know about this train than people living in Sarasota," Bob Horne says. "It's designed for small weddings, business meetings and fashion shows. It's still a work in progress."
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 1, 2011
Off the beaten track

Once upon a time, Bob Horne owned a diner chock-full of circus paraphernalia. Now, he's running a circus train that serves lunch and Sunday brunch, hoping it will one day haul passengers from its home base to various cities and offer everything from circus acts to jazz music.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • February 27, 2013
Savor the spices of Peru

Take a peek at local Peruvian cuisine and inspire your tastebuds.

  • Arts + Culture
This home at 1930 Datura St. has four bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath, a pool and 3,064 square feet of living area. It sold for $910,000. Photo by Yaryna Klimchak.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 18, 2013
Home in Siesta Beach sells for $1,200,100

A home in Siesta Beach tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Freeman and Jane Epes, of Sarasota, sold their home at 4801 Higel Ave. to Richard Rothmund and Dianne Bambeck, of Cincinnati, for $1,200,100.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
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