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  • By Michael Eng |
  • May 27, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: Ruff Life

Heritage Harbour resident Jill Cushing got the idea for her new T-shirt business from her sons, Eamon and Ethan.

  • East County
  • News
The Center for Building Hope offers classes like this Qigong class, meant to help reduce stress, for cancer patients and others affected by cancer.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • December 12, 2012
Center for Building Hope hosts medical students

FSU students Huy Pham and Gerald Bieniek participated in a three-week clerkship meant to broaden their understanding of medicine.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Jordan Sanders got into the Berklee College of Music, which boasts an alumni base that has won 250 Grammys and Latin Grammys.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 9, 2013
Braden River student receives coveted prize

Senior Jordan Sanders, 17, a singer/songwriter and saxophonist, earns a partial scholarship to Berklee College of Music, in Boston.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
This home at 1200 Quail Drive has five bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 3,951 square feet of living area. It sold for $2 million. Photo by Nick Friedman.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 4, 2012
Five-bedroom Hansen home sells for $2 million

A home in Hansen tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Lee and Janice Harris, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1200 Quail Drive to J. Morgan and Alison O'Donoghue, of Sarasota, for $2 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 14, 2009
Thunder edge past HEAT

ODA advanced to the regional finals for the first time in school history with an 8-7 victory over the Manatee HEAT in a Class 1A regional semifinal May 8.

  • East County
  • Sports
This Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch home, which has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,537 square feet of living area, sold for $665,000. Photo by Jen Blanco.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 3, 2012
Rigby Court home tops week's sales at $665,000

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

  • East County
  • Real Estate
This Eaton Place home, which has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,102 square feet of living area, sold for $580,600. Photo by Pam Eubanks.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 10, 2012
Home in Eaton Place sells for $580,600

A home in Eaton Place tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Michael and Rhonda Lea, of W. Sussex, England, sold their home at 6307 Thorndon Circle to Alan Ward and Carol Pullekines, trustee, of Watertown, Mass., for $580,600.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
This home at 7122 68th Drive East has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,896 square feet of space. It sold for $570,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 3, 2015
The Reserve at Harbour Walk home sells for $1,189,000

See what homes are selling for in the East County area.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2010
Cops Corner 12.02.10

The victim reported an unknown person intentionally used a vehicle to strike her three garbage cans that were on the side of the road.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 7, 2012
Merchants market Village as bridge work begins

The Siesta Key Village Association has launched radio, print and billboard advertisements in anticipation of lane closures on the Siesta Key north bridge.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 11, 2011
Town creates wildlife nuisance brochure

The town of Longboat Key has created a brochure called "A Citizen's Guide to Nuisance Wildlife," in an attempt to inform residents how to keep critters away from their neighborhoods.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 3, 2010
Key Real Estate: Vizcaya condo sells for $2.1 million

There were eight sales recorded at the Sarasota and Manatee courthouses on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys for the four-day reporting week of Feb. 16 through Feb. 19, which was shortened by Presidents Day.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 13, 2009
Postal services collects 16 tons of food

The Lakewood Ranch Post Office joined others throughout Manatee County to collect food for the Food Bank of Manatee.

  • East County
  • News
This Concession home, which has five bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 6,325 square feet of living area, sold for $2.05 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 4, 2014
Concession home sells for more than $2M

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

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • May 27, 2010
Residents strong-arm program fundraiser

This Saturday, Robert Martini and Abe Uccello will paddle the 36-mile stretch from Longboat Key to Englewood Beach in Charlotte County to raise money for the Sarasota County Junior Lifeguard Program.

  • Sarasota
  • News
This home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch, which has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,086 square feet of living area, sold for $785,000. Photo by Pam Eubanks.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 13, 2013
Home in Country Club Village sells for $785,000

A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Andre and Letty Taburiaux, trustees, of Sarasota, sold the home at 8056 Royal Birkdale Circle to Paul and Kathleen Melnichuk, of Ontario, Canada, for $785,000

  • East County
  • Real Estate
The home at 825 Longboat Club Road is located on 1.3 acres and has a 150-foot Gulf of Mexico beach.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 27, 2011
Key sale marks record $12.5 million

The Regent Court home sale is the highest amount paid for a single-family home on Longboat Key and the third-highest price in Sarasota County history.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's edition of Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 5, 2011
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 19, 2011
Key Club asks judge to toss writ challenge

Sarasota County Judge Charles Roberts heard arguments last week in the Longboat Key Club and Resort's request to dismiss a petition for a writ of certiorari.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 7, 2011
Cops Corner

Backhanded compliment 12:02 a.m. - Main Street and Palm Avenue. Fight. Two acquaintances were having drinks at a restaurant bar. At some point in the evening, a third person told one of the men that he had an attractive girlfriend. That man's friend then added that she was much too attractive for him. The two friends began to argue, and the one who gave the backhanded compliment ended up with a torn shirt and a head butt to the face. He wants to press charges against his insulted friend.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
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