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This home at 7535 Abbey Glen recently sold for $850,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 28, 2017
Country Club Village home sells for $850,000

Residential real estate transactions for June 12-16

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Paul Fleischmann and Rita Al Jones
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 29, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Landings Racquet Club Memorial Day Barbecue

Landings Racquet Club members and their guests celebrated Memorial Day with a barbecue Monday, May 28. Retired Army colonels Jerry Welch and Bob Fernander delivered a special ceremony to commemorate the service of Landings War Veterans who passed away in the last year, and attending veterans were recognized by name. Ricky Russell and Barbara Rothman provided patriotic musical entertainment for the event, and guests enjoyed an all American meal of hamburgers, hot dogs, beans, salads and desserts.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 8, 2011
Mustang tennis wins three straight

The Lakewood Ranch High boys tennis team improved its record to 6-1 with wins over Sarasota, Bayshore and Manatee.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • September 25, 2013
Lakewood Ranch Medical Center welcomes CEO

Richard Fletcher, formerly the chief operating officer of Manatee Memorial Hospital, is the new Lakewood Ranch Medical Center chief executive officer.

  • East County
  • News
Raccoons are a common sight during the day at Ted Sperling Park, and the county is trying to reduce their ability to scavenge through trash cans for food. Photo by David Conway
  • By David Conway |
  • May 14, 2014
Lido Key raccoons pose problems for county

The raccoon population at Ted Sperling Park - undeterred by the presence of humans - has become a headache for some South Lido Beach visitors.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Courtesy photo
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 28, 2016
The Water Club three-bedroom condo sells for $1,399,000

The condominium has three bedrooms, four baths and 2,965 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Mar Vista General Manager Joe Rogers, Jayme Hagedorn and Jordan Hodson tally the dollar bills.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 10, 2010
Longboat Lookback

Longboat Lookback

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This home at 602 S. Owl Drive sold for $4.55 million It has four bedrooms, four baths, two half-baths and 5,581 square feet of living area. Photo courtesy of Roger Pettingell
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 8, 2015
Four-bedroom Bird Key home sells for $4.55 million

A home on Bird Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Kerlyn Holdings Ltd. sold the home at 602 S. Owl Drive to Marie Baker and Mark Woglom, of Sarasota, for $4.55 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 21, 2010
Despite week-to-week drop, Key sales top '09 numbers

Real-estate recordings dropped from the year-to-date high of 23 recorded at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys for the week of March 29 through April 2 (the final week before Easter) to 11 for the week of April 5 through April 9.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Portuguese soccer legend Luis Figo poses with Antonio Saviano, the director of sports for Premier Sports Campus on Thursday in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • July 28, 2016
Soccer Legend visits Lakewood Ranch to promote tournament

Former FIFA Player of the Year wants to develop soccer in United States at Premier Sports Campus.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 9, 2012
Energy Economic Zone program parameters set

After spending more than two hours Wednesday in discussions about a controversial economic pilot program, the Sarasota County Commission voted 4-1 in favor of changes in the proposed ordinance for the program and asked staff to return with the document for another public hearing Feb. 22.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • July 15, 2014
Sarasota Memorial Hospital ranked in top 50 nationwide

A list from the US News & World Report put Sarasota Memorial Hospital 30th for best gynecological care and a high performer in eight specialties out of 5,000 hospitals surveyed.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 10, 2011
Cops Corner: Longboat

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Cameron Smalley, 14, who will play baseball for ODA next year, attended the Thunder’s final three games of the season. Cameron says he is eager to get to know his future teammates.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 15, 2013
Slugger bags ODA scholarship

Cameron Smalley was named the Taylor Emmons Scholarship Fund's third scholarship recipient May 6.

  • East County
  • Sports
A condominium in 222 Beach Road tops all transactions in this week’s real estate, selling for $2.6 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 8, 2018
Beach Road condo sells for $2.6 million

Residential real estate transactions for Feb. 19-23.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 5, 2010
OBSERVER TEAM SPOTLIGHT: Amanda Kessler

Each week, The East County Observer will introduce one player from the Miss Manatee Softball 12U Observer team.

  • East County
  • Sports
"An actor's instrument is not only his body and voice," says Andrei Malaev-Babel, "It's his psychology and emotions — especially if he has to rise to the heights of creative passion needed to perform Dostoyevsky."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 26, 2011
BACKSTAGE PASS:The master of adaptation

Andrei Malaev-Babel, director of the FSU/Asolo Conservatory's 'The Brothers Karamazov,' explains why you won't see him directing 'fluffy' plays any time soon.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 29, 2013
Weekend Best Bet: "The Game's Afoot"

The comedic play opens March 29 at Asolo Repertory Theatre.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 29, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: East County

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

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 12, 2010
County considers school site

A proposal brought forward by Superintendent Tim McGonegal last year now will go to the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners for consideration.

  • East County
  • News
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