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  • By Patti Waller |
  • March 11, 2014
Fitness that fits: Stretch it out

Fitness that fits: Stretch it out

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
A condominium at  L’Ambiance  recently sold for $5.5 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 12, 2017
L’Ambiance condo sells for $5.5 million

Residential real estate transactions for June 26-30.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the East County Observer archives.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
The 11 members of the union are wrestling with choosing one of three retirement options that Town Manager Dave Bullock has offered.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 22, 2013
Town declares impasse

The 11 members of the Longboat Key Police Department Union have until Thursday to select one of three retirement contract offers.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The home at 6615 Coopers Hawk Court in Greenbrook Village recently sold for $610,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 18, 2018
Greenbrook Village home tops sales at $610,000

Residential real estate transactions for July 2-6

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Tyler Beck, 7
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • December 22, 2011
VIDEO: ODA Students tell all about Santa

ODA students tell what they've learned about St. Nick.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • November 30, 2011
Acts of kindness help neighbors

Each week through December, the Observer Group will feature a local donor who is involved with Season of Sharing, a community-wide fundraising partnership created by The Community Foundation.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Join Mallory Gnaegy as she reports today's headlines.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • June 12, 2012
June 12: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Unit 8 condominium at 5611 Gulf of Mexico Drive has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,672 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 10, 2016
Avignon Villas condo sells for $670,000

The Unit 8 condominium at 5611 Gulf of Mexico Drive has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,672 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2013
United Way initiative targets reading proficiency

The United Way of Manatee County has launched its second year of ReadingPals, a program Barney and Carol Barnett, of the Barnett Early Literacy Initiative, fund.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2013
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Weekend's best bets: Friday, Nov. 28
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • September 19, 2014
Weekend's best bets: Friday, Sept. 19

Weekend's best bets: Friday, Sept. 19

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Joe Bondi relaxes at his home on Longboat Key.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • May 16, 2012
Neighbors: Joe Bondi

Joe Bondi - and his entire family - have an affinity for Longboat Key's easy living.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The new Goodwill donation center will take items such as gently used clothing, furniture, small appliances and more, is slated to open in late November.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2011
News Briefs

Goodwill building new donation center in Lakewood Ranch; Windsor hosts Alzheimer's conference; Neal's Central Park celebrates first birthday; Manatee County offers pet adoption promotion; Sheriff's office nabs award for campaign; Meridian College offers $1 haircuts for kids

  • East County
  • News
Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road is closed today in observance of Presidents Day.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 21, 2011
Town Hall closed today

The town of Longboat Key and its departments will be closed today for the Presidents Day holiday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A penthouse in the Hudson Crossing condominiums on South Orange Avenue recently sold for $1.84 million. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,511 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 16, 2018
Hudson Crossing condo sells for $1.84 million

Residential real estate transactions took for July 30 and Aug. 3.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
The Southpointe Shores home at 7697 Cove Terrace recently sold for $3,149,000. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, three-and-two-half baths, a pool and 4,797 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 5, 2018
Southpointe Shores home sells for $3,149,000

Sarasota Southpointe Shores home sells for $3,149,000; Siesta Key condo sells for $2.5 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Photo by Jessica Salmond Some residents attempt to solve the problem by putting up no-parking signs.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • July 3, 2014
Shell Road closure drives beachgoers to new street

Roberts Point Road residents petitioned the Sarasota County Commission for no parking signs on their street to deter beachgoers from crowding the road.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Kate Honea and Ricardo Graziano as "Sugar" and "Prince” in the Sarasota Ballet's "John Ringling's Circus Nutcracker" Photo by Frank Atura.
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • December 19, 2012
Dance Review: 'John Ringling's Circus Nutcracker - The World's Greatest Ballet'

Not only did the Sarasota Ballet revive a holiday tradition with its world premiere of Matthew Hart's "John Ringling's Circus Nutcraker," but it has created a new Sarasota celebration surely to be enjoyed by ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls and children of all ages for many years to come.

  • Arts + Culture
Macaroni & Cheese
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • December 29, 2010
Comfort and Contrast

Square 1 Burgers & Bar owners Bill Shumate and Joanie Corneil share exclusive recipes for Observer readers.

  • Arts + Culture
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