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  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 9, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Parking meters a bad idea, getting worse

  • Sarasota
  • News
Dr. Mary Murray
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2013
News Briefs

Mall at UTC adds second restaurant; Manatee director of high schools resigns; KB Home files another lawsuit in Willowbrook case; Lakewood Ranch promotes community with annual tour

  • East County
  • News
Joyce Tappan loves cheering on her thoroughbreds at stakes races.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • May 2, 2012
Neighbors: Joyce Tappan

Joyce Tappan doesn't just horse around - she has 48 winning pictures.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Brian Gunnell |
  • May 2, 2012
Bridge Bites: The power of deduction

This is not the most swashbuckling auction ever to appear in Bridge Bites, but the deal does provide a test for Declarer's powers of deduction. Cover up the E-W hands if you would like to test your own powers.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 15, 2012
News Briefs

Youth may register for free Orioles clinic; Second public meeting set for Gulf Gate Library; Background-check fingerprint process changed

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Lakewood Ranch High junior Ashley Bongart is currently ranked sixth in the state and 11th in the Southeast region for her graduating class.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 21, 2013
Racking up W's: Ashley Bongart

Ashley Bongart spent the summer traveling to some of the region's top USTA and College ITA tournaments in hopes of improving her game.

  • East County
  • Sports
For the serious rancher ... Photos courtesy of Hembree and Associates
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • December 19, 2012
3 Things: Back at the Ranch

Sarasota started out as a cattle town and there are many small ranches out east that carry on this tradition.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jeremy Whatmough |
  • October 20, 2010
My View: Key is too special for a cell tower

A 15-story cell tower would be contrary to what is described in a new Vision Plan report. It would make us look like an industrial park.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 20, 2010
Inside the artist's studio

Teams of local artists took over Art Center Sarasota's gallery for its third Artists at Work fundraiser.

  • Arts + Culture
Birthday couple Wayne and Mindy Rollins. Photo by John Revisky.
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • February 5, 2014
Black Tie & Tales

Unmasking the Opera gala; Fierce, Fabulous and 40; Super Bowl round-up; and Tidbits.

  • Arts + Culture
John Neal, president of the John Neal Homes division of Neal Communities, is eager to be offering homesites in University Park again.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 23, 2011
FINISH LINE (with VIDEO)

John Neal Homes, the exclusive homebuilder in University Park Country Club, is working to build out the remainder of the 20-year-old community.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 16, 2010
YourObserver.com wins national award

YourObserver.com won first place in its class for "Best Site Architecture and Overall Design" in the 2010 Suburban Newspapers of America Community Website Contest.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 23, 2009
Siesta Key home sells for $1.8 million

A home in Mira Mar Beach tops all sales in this week's real-estate transactions. Hubbard and Claire Singleton, of Cobb, Ga., sold their home at 65 Beach Road to Stuart Johnson, of Dallas, for $1.8 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • January 7, 2010
Patterson Foundation to honor family's giving legacy

The Patterson Foundation will honor Jim and Dorothy Patterson's heritage through nine targeted areas of giving.

  • Sarasota
  • News
This home at 1540 Hillview Drive has five bedrooms, six baths, one half-bath, a pool and 7,074 square feet of living area. It sold for $4.5 million. Photo by Heather Merriman
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 14, 2014
Home in Siesta Properties sells for $8.85 million

A home in Siesta Properties tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Craig Wolfe is looking to bring some excitement and a competitive spirit to the court this season as The Out-of-Door Academy's volleyball coach.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 29, 2012
Competitive spirit: Craig Wolfe named The Out-of-Door Academy volleyball coach

Craig Wolfe, a former collegiate and current USA Volleyball adult travel team player, was named The Out-of-Door Academy's new volleyball coach.

  • East County
  • Sports
Sarah Miller, with her parents Gene and Tina Miller and brothers: Moriah, Zachariah and Noah, will play for USF.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 16, 2011
Lakewood soccer stars ink college choices

Lakewood Ranch's Sarah Miller and Taylor Jo Salmon both signed letters-of-intent Feb. 9 to play college soccer.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • January 6, 2010
Orchestra rings in 2010 with benefit concert

Grammy Award-winning violinist James Ehnes and Mozart pianist Robert Levin will headline the Jan. 16 Sarasota Orchestra show to benefit its musicians.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 25, 2011
Colony Lender acquires ownership share

Colony Lender LLC now possesses a 15% interest in the recreational assets at The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, including the tennis courts.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 12, 2015
Avondale home sells for $1.7 million

The following residential real estate transactions took place between October 26 and October 30.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
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