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Track 1 Benefits Managing Partner Ron Krupa, right, was one of four panelists to discuss impacts of health-care reform legislation. Photo by Pam Eubanks.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2012
News Briefs

Linger Lodge cell tower burglarized; Local business professionals weigh in on Obamacare

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 22, 2012
Seaweed keeps washing ashore on Longboat

Key officials say an effort to remove seaweed on the Key would be too expensive and destroy sea-turtle nests that have yet to hatch.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor

An idea for increased police presence in schools; Do not infringe on the rights of U.S. citizens

  • Sarasota
  • News
This home at 439 S. Blvd of the Presidents has four bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath, a pool and 3,539 square feet of living area. It sold for $2,557,500. Photo by Katie Hendrick.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 1, 2013
Longboat Key Gulfside home sells for $3.5 million

A home in Longboat Key Gulfside tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Gerard and Christine Byrne, of Kilkenny, Ireland, sold their home at 6021 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Randall Welch and Cynthia Hett-Welch, of Beaver Creek, Ohio, for $3.5 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 2, 2016
Oyster Bay home sells for $2.3 million

The following residential real estate transactions took place between May 16 and May 20.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 28, 2010
Best Buy burglary thwarted

Three men caught on surveillance tape inside the electronics store early Tuesday were captured that night after prying its doors open. A fourth suspect is still on the loose.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Unit 2-B in Hudson Crossing has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,511 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,775,000. Photo by Yaryna Klimchak.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 2, 2013
Home in Hudson Crossing sells for $1,775,000

A home in Hudson Crossing tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Morton and Jytte Mandel, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 2-B condominium at 888 S. Orange Ave. to Claudio Ruben, trustee, of Sarasota, for $1,775,000.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
This Country Club of Lakewood Ranch home, which has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths, a pool and 4,304 square feet of living area, sold for $900,000. Photo by Jen Blanco.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 7, 2012
Lakewood Ranch Country Club home tops weekly sales

Two homes in the Country Club of Lakewood Ranch top all transactions in this week's real estate. John and Joanne Zarrella sold their home at 13605 Legends Walk Terrace to Scott and Laura Richards, of Hinsdale, Ill., for $900,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
The home at 573 Gunwale Lane has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,124 square feet of living area. It sold for $740,000. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 24, 2011
Country Club Shores home sells for $740,000

Joyce Lamson-Scribner and PNC Bank, N.A., trustees, Alan Willens and Kathy Willens sold the home at 573 Gunwale Lane to William and Lynn Cook, of White Plains, N.Y., for $740,000. Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,124 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
The 2010 Sarasota Bay Watch Sister Keys cleanup drew 80 volunteers.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 15, 2010
Sarasota Bay Watch receives grants totaling $24,000

Group founder Rusty Chinnis says that the group could hire a full-time director with additional support.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Brian Gunnell |
  • December 7, 2011
Bridge Bites: Wrong question

Once North opens the bidding it is hard for South to stay out of slam. Not that it's a bad slam, but it does require a little bit of luck in one or both of the major suits. But good players make their own luck!

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This home at 1368 Harbor Drive has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,484 square feet of living area. It sold for $3 million. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 10, 2013
Four-bedroom home in Harbor Acres sells for $3 million

A home in Harbor Acres tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Barbara Edgecombe, of Osprey, sold her home at 1368 Harbor Drive to Rebekah Parker, trustee, of Virginia Beach, Va., for $3 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Leonore Morris, co-owner of Reasons Shoes, has seen a younger customer base since she and her husband moved the store to Main Street. Photo by Yaryna Klimchak.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • January 17, 2013
Downtown attracts high-end retail

Renovate it and they will come. A pair of new stores signals a shift to a new kind of retail.

  • Sarasota
  • News
7922 S. Holiday Drive. Photos courtesy of Premier Sotheby's
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • October 30, 2013
Three Things: Trophy Homes to Match a Celebrity's Lifestyle

The news that Rosie O'Donnell bought a $5 million home on Casey Key has the whole town talking. The four-bedroom, 4,700-square-foot beachfront residence seems perfect as a second home for the comedian and her family, but we can't help but wonder - what other properties did Rosie look at? So, just in case buyer's remorse sets in, or you happen to know any other house-hunting celebrities, here are some other trophy homes that are just special enough to tempt the lucky few who can afford the ultimate.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2012
News Briefs

Mote asks beachgoers to preserve turtle tracks; Firefighters distribute information door-to-door; NOAA ups hurricane season predictions

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This home at 364 W. Royal Flamingo Drive on Bird Key has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,289 square feet of living area. It sold for $4.7 million. Photo by Nick Friedman.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 15, 2012
Four-bedroom Bird Key home sells for $4.7 million

A home on Bird Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Charles and Judy Gifford sold their home at 364 W. Royal Flamingo Drive to Yi-Lan Yang, of Sarasota, for $4.7 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
This home at 13623 Legends Walk Terrace has five bedrooms, fourth baths, a pool and 4,476 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.21 million. Photo by Pam Eubanks
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 1, 2014
The Concession home sells for $1.8 million

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

  • East County
  • Real Estate
This home at 14614 Secret Harbor Place has three bedrooms, three and a half baths, a pool and 2,878 square feet of living area. It sold for $790,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 15, 2015
Grosvenor Gardens home sells for $1.06 million

A home in Grosvenor Gardens tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 18, 2011
Premier Sports Campus to add lights

The Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch will begin installing lighting for eight of its fields Sept. 6.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By June LeBell |
  • January 2, 2010
Music: Looking ahead to 2010

It's hard not to be excited about a new year. Optimistic, positive, buoyant and hopeful. What better way to go forward?

  • Arts + Culture
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