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  • By Robin Roy |
  • June 18, 2009
Ponzi pair e-mails friends

The SEC says a Sarasota couple were part of a scheme that used $14 million of investors' money to pay gambling debts and mortgage payments, but in an e-mail, one Sarasota suspect places the blame elsewhere.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The father-son team of Dan Bailey and Charles Bailey at Williams, Parker, Harrison, Dietz and Getzen are leading their law firm’s effort to close Cross Street when a roundabout is built at Ringling Boulevard and Pineapple Avenue.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 9, 2010
ROUNDABOUT RECONFIGURATION

A law firm at the intersection of Ringling Boulevard and Orange Avenue wants City Hall to change the planned roundabout at that intersection, so it can later redevelop its property.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2011
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 7, 2009
Exhibit offers snapshots of couple's adventures

Virginia Sanders was a painter and sketcher. But it wasn't until she and her late husband, Dr. Jack Sanders, became a couple that she became a photographer as well.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 5, 2009
Scoreboard 04.28.09 to 05.01.09

Scores and recaps from 04.28.09 to 05.01.09.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 3, 2010
TOP STORY, November: Police chief keeps job

Chief Peter Abbott was suspended for two weeks without pay for his role in the investigation of the videotaped kicking of a handcuffed suspect. The officer who kicked the suspect was fired.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 5, 2014
Country Club Village home sells for $550,000

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

  • East County
  • Real Estate
This home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch, which has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,973 square feet of living area, sold for $1,025,000. Photo by Pam Eubanks.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 8, 2013
Country Club Village home sells for $1,025,000

A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Joel and Rosalyn Ehrenpreis, of Longboat Key, sold their home at 7806 Mathern Court to Terry and Mary Shaffer, of New Wilmington, Pa., for $1,025,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 13, 2011
Community Golf Scores 04.14.11

East County golfers post amazing numbers on area courses.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 11, 2011
Community Golf Scores 03.29.11 to 04.02.11

East County golfers post amazing numbers on area courses.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 23, 2009
Business Observer

Lisa Grossman takes over Margot Walbert's center; FNGLA honors ArtisTree Landscape with awards; The Colony plans events for holiday happenings; and Beth Callans Management presents gifts to Toys for Tots.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 27, 2012
Top 5 moments in sports of 2012

Over the past 12 months, we've celebrated district, regional and state championships. We've watched our talented athletes and teams make school history, overcome injuries and adversity and rely on one another in the midst of coaching changes.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
One condominium, which has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,009 square feet of living area, sold for $700,000. Another, which has one bedroom, two baths and 1,232 square feet of living area sold for $430,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 22, 2011
Two Crescent Arms condos top week's residential sales

Two condominiums in Crescent Arms top all transactions in this week's real estate. Elizabeth Van, of Huron, Ohio, sold her Unit 301-S condominium at 6312 Midnight Pass Road to Richard Bronson and Bonnie Bronson, trustees, of Lees Summit, Mo., for $700,000.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Dean Kalahar |
  • February 9, 2012
My View: 'Homeless' don't have right to harm property

Advocates who demand non-judgmental public policies out of a sense of guilt only lead vagrants into dependence.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
This home at 3501 Bayou Sound in Bay Isles has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 4,392 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.11 million. Photo by Katie Hendrick.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 20, 2013
Four-bedroom Bay Isles home sells for $1.11 million

A home in Bay Isles tops all transaction in this week's real estate. Insignia Bank sold the home at 3501 Bayou Sound to Mark Montanari, of Longboat Key, for $1.11 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2011
Cops Corner

Dead on arrival? 11:06 p.m. - 4000 block of North Tamiami Trail. Suspicious Person. A man was found lying on the front doorway of a funeral home. No, he was not a delivery. He was just loitering and was asked to leave.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2011
Cops Corner

8 p.m. - 5100 block of Caruso Road. Grand theft of a golf cart. Unknown person(s) stole the victim's golf cart during the night and fled in an unknown direction. The cart was parked next to the mobile home under the carport.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 8, 2009
Dry Dock owner asks for special meeting

This week Dry Dock Waterfront Grill owner Eric Hammersand asked the Town Commission to hold a special summer meeting that will allow him to build a roof for his outdoor dining area.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 7, 2009
Contractors attend pre-bid meeting

The town hopes to begin construction on two groins behind The Islander Club no later than Nov. 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 21, 2011
Cops Corner

Bowling for Bentleys 3:19 p.m. - 1000 block of Siesta Drive. Suspicious Incident. Five kids were seen rolling two-liter soda bottles into traffic and trying to hit cars.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
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