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  • By Stephanie Hannum |
  • June 3, 2009
Hillview neighborhood: Progressive dinner

Where are we going to eat tonight? Well, with this new monthly series of progressive dinners around local neighborhoods, The Observer takes the answer one step further.

  • Arts + Culture
This home at 6405 Gulfside Drive has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,528 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.3 million. Photo by Robin Hartill.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 17, 2013
Bird Key, Sleepy Lagoon homes top weekly sales

Homes on Bird Key and in Sleepy Lagoon on Longboat Key top all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 7, 2010
JV Mustangs finish third at Marauder Duals

The Lakewood Ranch High JV wrestling team finished 3-1 to capture third place at the Marauder Duals Dec. 4 at Clearwater Central Catholic.

  • East County
  • Sports
This Siesta Beach home, which has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and two half-baths, a pool and 4,626 square feet of living area, sold for $1,425,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 29, 2011
Siesta Beach home tops week's sales at $1,425,000

A home in Siesta Beach tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Ryan Taylor and Karen Varone, Sarasota, sold their home at 5050 Commonwealth Drive to Anthony and Courtney Bonacuse, of Sparks, Md., for $1,425,000.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Edward Whiting directs St. Mary’s School Calne’s chamber choir, Monday, March 26, inside the cafeteria at Out-of-Door Academy.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • March 27, 2012
ODA enjoys special concert by British girl's chamber choir

St. Mary's School Calne from Wiltshire, England performed, Monday, March 26, for the lower school at Out-of-Door Academy.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association parts ways with another developer.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 18, 2013
Daily Headlines: Oct. 18, 2013

Today's stories: Colony Association parts ways with developer; Woman's Exchange begins expansion; Woman's Resource Center adds new executive director; and MORE!

  • Siesta Key
  • News
MOTS Director Linda Craig
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • November 26, 2013
The Good News: Manasota Operation Troop Support

Made possible by collecting donations, raising funds and writing small grants, one of Manasota Operation Troop Support's most prominent efforts includes packing and mailing customized care packages to deployed local troops.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
This Siesta Isles home, which has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,545 square feet of living area, sold or $529,000. Photo by Alex Mahadevan.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 9, 2012
Three-bedroom Siesta Harbor condo sells for $765,000

A condominium in Siesta Harbor tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Edmund Lane and Barbara Lane, trustee, of Cincinnati, sold the Unit PH-C condominium at 1355 S. Portofino Drive to Charles and Judith Freyer, of Jenkintown, Pa., for $765,000.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 7, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Get moving on the garage

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 31, 2012
Letters to the Editor

In need of clarification; Series is helpful; Endorsements don't support best interests

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 2, 2010
Support for local mustache grows

Tom Selleck's legendary mustache may have its own Facebook, MySpace and Twitter pages - but it ain't got nothin' on one Sarasota 'stache.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 23, 2012
Drunken driver injures Siesta Key pedestrian

A Sarasota woman was arrested after she was driving under the influence and struck a car and a pedestrian walking on the sidewalk along Beach Road.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Friedman
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 29, 2011
Obituary: Morton Friedman

Morton Friedman, of Longboat Key and Copake Lake, N.Y., died Nov. 24. He was 90.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Joe Gruters said he wants the state Republican Party to focus on the core principles on which it was founded.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • November 30, 2010
Gruters campaigns for state chairmanship

The head of the Republican Party of Sarasota County is touring the state, seeking support for his run for the head of the Republican Party of Florida.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 3, 2016
Longbeach Village home sells for $2.8 million.

The home at 6860 Pine St. has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,659 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 17, 2010
Candidates submit final contributions

Commission candidates submitted their final campaign contributions and expense reports to the Town Clerk's Office Friday, March 12.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Terry Griffin, pictured at Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant, laughs as he realizes our annual April Fools’ issue fooled him.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 3, 2013
April Fools' tricks, treats readers

The monster-truck show in our annual 'gotcha' issue was the giveaway for many readers that the Colony wasn't really about to be demolished.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 4, 2009
Former farmers market manager returns

Phil Pagano, a former vendor and market manager, will run his first market since March tomorrow.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • July 2, 2009
Betting on boats

Chris Collins will drive. His brother, Jack Collins Jr., will be his throttle man. Both will see what their Phantom boat is made of come Sunday, July 5, at the Suncoast Grand Prix.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The latest cost add-on to the ever-growing costs of the Legacy Trail: a $3.1 million bike and pedestrian overpass over U.S. 41. Money is apparently no object with the ballooning Legacy Trail.
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • December 16, 2010
My View: Legacy of the spending blob

I'm sure the Legacy Trail and its ever mounting cost is nice for those people who live near it - and who like to bike and have bikes. But that is not a large percentage of the people in Sarasota County, and not a great reason for public policy.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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