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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 14, 2012
Broker updates IDA on maintenance facility loan

Broker-dealer MBS Capital Markets will negotiate a 12-year-loan on behalf of Lakewood Ranch for its future maintenance facility.

  • East County
  • News
The Longboat Key Town Commission has some budget decisions to make at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 13, 2013
Big budget decisions set for Wednesday

The cost for the DROP program was calculated two ways: offering a two-year window for eligible employees or a five-year window.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Kristen Batt Rohr played in 60 tournaments during her seven-year professional beach volleyball career. Photo courtesy of Tim Britt
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 23, 2014
End of the road

Cardinal Mooney volleyball coach Kristen Batt Rohr played in her final beach volleyball tournament earlier this month.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Cameron Greco, a sophomore at Riverview High School, is an aspiring actor who hopes to see the message of valued diversity translate into his future field of work.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 23, 2014
The Good News: Embracing Our Differences' Cameron Greco

Using the universal language of art, Embracing Our Differences hopes to create newfound appreciation for the value of diversity.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Haile Middle student Trevor Davis fine tunes a robot his group will bring to the VEX Worlds competition.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • April 20, 2016
Braden River High, Nolan and Haile middle students work with robots

Twelve East County students are competing at the VEX Worlds competition this week.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 9, 2015
WHAT'S HAPPENING | Week of July 9, 2015

Sarasota County is slated to net about $11.4 million frok the recent $18.7 billion settlement from BP related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Thirty thousand event-goers attended Thunder by the Bay last year. File photo.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • December 20, 2012
Petition opposes event location

Some residents say they want the upcoming Thunder by the Bay event moved to another location.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Next month, when 3 million US Airways passengers pick up their in-flight magazine, they’ll be thumbing through 50 pages jam-packed with pictures and text — all about Sarasota.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • October 20, 2011
Sarasota to fly sky-high

What started out as a 14-page advertising section featuring Sarasota's cultural organizations has more than tripled in size.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Stephen Suau, who said the Fruitville Initiative was his brainchild in 2002, and Wade Matthews, the conservation chair for Sarasota Audubon Society, discuss Sarasota County commissioners denying an amendment to the Fruitville Initiative on Oct. 28.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 4, 2015
Side of Ranch column: Jay Heater

Political menu offers two sides, ends with bad taste

  • East County
  • News
Neighbors Kakoszka (right) and Hazelewood (left) discuss Sarasota Crew's propose use of its property (background).
  • By Jack Short |
  • September 10, 2015
Neighbors navigate Crew development

Residents have mixed feelings about plans for a new Sarasota Crew facility.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • October 22, 2014
Mote: 'Dead in the water'

After Sarasota failed to endorse Mote's plan for a bayfront aquarium, the organization re-examines its options to accommodate growth.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Harriet Sokmensuer Unit PH-2 at 1233 N. Gulfstream Ave. has three bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath and 3,550 square feet of living area. It sold for $2,375,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 27, 2014
Marina Tower c ondominium sells for $2,375,000

A condominium in Marina Tower tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Engel & Völkers
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 13, 2013
Real Estate Reports

Engel & Völkers opens Whitney Beach plaza office; Five Longboat Key Coldwell agents honored at gala; MS&Co. showcases its properties at Hurlingham Club

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 25, 2009
Manatee government to close for Thanksgiving

Manatee County government offices will be closed Nov. 26-27 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Some services also will close.

  • East County
  • News
Pam Eubanks. Katherine Harris and Paul Blackketter, president of the Suncoast Aquatics Nature Center Associates, hope to raise $1 million from the private sector for the World Cup pentathlon finals in 2014.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 4, 2013
A greater vision

Thanks to community involvement, winning four pentathlon events adds to a strategy to become a world-class amateur sports venue.

  • East County
  • News
This home at 8447 Midnight Pass Road recently sold for $2.2 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 1, 2017
Midnight Pass Road home sells for $2.2 million

Residential real estate transactions for May 15-19.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
"I look at our clientele and truly believe they are the voices that no one hears," said Marla Doss, president and CEO for Community Haven for Adults and Children with Disabilities. "It's up to us to be the voice of the disabled in the community."
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 1, 2012
Familiar face takes top CHAC position

Marla Doss is named the president and CEO of Community Haven for Adults and Children with Disabilities.

  • East County
  • News
Amanda Sebastiano This Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch home, which has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 3,543 square feet of living area, sold for $725,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 26, 2014
Country Club Village home sells for $725,000

A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch and a Langley Park home top all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 15, 2010
Neal to host golf fundraiser

Neal Communities will hold its second Neal Communities Golf Challenge, a four-person golf scramble beginning with a shotgun start at 1 p.m., Sept. 25, at University Park Country Club, 7671 The Park Blvd.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The interruption affects about 200 customers of Sarasota County Utilities, including two churches that provide day care services.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • December 5, 2011
Boil water advisory for some Sarasota residents

County Officials have issued a precautionary boil water advisory due to a water main break affecting the north of Bahia Vista Street between Troyer Plaza and McIntosh Road.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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