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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 16, 2009
Commission candidate commends new tax rate

Longboat Key at-large commission candidate Phillip Younger sent an e-mail to Longboat Key commissioners Tuesday, Sept. 15, congratulating them on passing a tax rate of 1.4903 mills earlier this week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Bradford Saivetz |
  • October 13, 2010
My View: Amendment 4 would protect our citizens

If a developer wants to change our comprehensive plan, our local 'constitution,' then it should require a public vote.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
This home at 6803 Dominion Lane has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,268 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.04 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 31, 2013
Four-bedroom Riverdale home sells for $1.4 million

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

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 9, 2012
Firefighter pension fund jeopardized

Voters could determine the fate of hundreds of thousands of subsidy insurance dollars helping to fund retirement benefits for firefighters.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 24, 2012
Attorney addresses DID concerns

City attorney Robert Fournier attended a Downtown Improvement District meeting to assuage concerns of board members who recently approved a Main Street project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Ricardo Graziano and Christine Peixoto. Photos by Frank Atura
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • May 2, 2012
Dance Review: 'Theatre of Dreams' by the Sarasota Ballet

Wow. What a season. The 2011-2012 season for the Sarasota Ballet seems to be its best yet. And it's quite fitting for Director Iain Webb's fifth anniversary at the helm.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jessica Luck |
  • May 4, 2009
First turtle nest of the season found on Longboat

Mote Marine Laboratory volunteers found Longboat Key's first loggerhead turtle nest of the season Monday, May 4.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Denise Kowal is a Sarasota resident and master valuer of jewelry and gemstones.
  • By Denise Kowal |
  • March 29, 2012
My View: Know your gold's value before selling

Right behind the first tremors of the American financial meltdown in March 2008, many subtle casualties followed that often are not discussed.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
A unit in Seaplace sold for $1.33 million.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 3, 2010
Key Real Estate: Seaplace unit sells for $1.33 million

The sale was the largest of the six transactions recorded on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys during the week of Oct. 18 through Oct. 22.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 25, 2011
News Briefs

Siesta, Venice chambers hosting networking session; City providing budget details on its website; Community orientation program kicks off Sept. 1

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 21, 2010
Coalition solicits feedback for charter

The proposed city charter assumes five city council seats, with each council-member serving a four-year staggered term.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • March 10, 2011
Clapp, Caragiulo head to recount

The District 2 City Commission opponents were separated by just 11 votes. Meanwhile, District 1 will see a runoff, which leaves District 3 with the only clear-cut winner.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kent Chetlain |
  • August 12, 2009
Two-week sale surge ends in last week of July

After the real-estate-sales surge of 15 transactions for two consecutive weeks in mid-July, realty activity on the keys slipped back to seven for the final week of the month.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
This home at 6634 Windjammer Place has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,855 square feet of living area. It sold for $750,000. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 27, 2014
Edgewater Village home tops sales at $750,000

A home in Edgewater Village tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Sophie Williamson in the chicken coop in her family’s backyard. Photos by Rebecca Wild Baxter.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • August 18, 2011
12-year-old raises chickens in backyard

A 12-year-old girl's interest in chickens has taken her from addressing the City Commission to raising hens in her backyard.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The home at 238 Island Circle has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,877 square feet of living area. It sold for $855,000. Photo by Rachel S. O’Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 18, 2011
Mangrove Point Road home sells for $2,675,000

Thomas Westbrook and Donald DeLoach, trustees, of Duluth, Ga., sold the Unit 303 condominium at 5916 Midnight Pass Road to Bert and Anamari Bowers, Sarasota, for $425,000. Built in 1971, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,240 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $41,800 in 1971.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Unit 302 at The Water Club I, 1241 Gulf of Mexico Drive, has three bedrooms, five baths and 3,400 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.3 million. File photo.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 21, 2012
Water Club I condo sells for $2.3 million

Douglas Hoeksema, trustee, Winter Park, sold the Unit 302 condominium at the Water Club I, 1241 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Tracy Beswick, trustee, of Ontario, Canada, for $2.3 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2010
Cops Corner

March 23 High school hooky 12:18 p.m. - 800 block of Orange Avenue. Suspicious Incident. A mother told police that her 17-year-old daughter left her high-school campus with an older teenage boy, who took her to Busch Gardens. Police were waiting for the two at school when they returned.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 20, 2010
East County teens compete in national cattle trade show

Courtney Wingate, 14, and Clint Thum, 17, will head to Texas later this month for the 2010 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen's Beef Association Trade Show.

  • East County
  • News
This Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch home, which has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,974 square feet of living area, sold for $880,000. Photo by Josh Siegel
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 30, 2014
Country Club Village home sells for $880,000

A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
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