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  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2011
Community Golf Scores 01.27.11

Golfers post impressive scores on East County courses.

  • East County
  • Sports
Juliette Binoche stars in "Certified Copy."
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • March 30, 2011
FILM REVIEW: 'Certified Copy'

"Certified Copy" is a film that is driven by conversation, it follows a couple who seems to have just met against the breathtakingly beautiful backdrop of Tuscany, in Italy.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 22, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: Say It With Stitches

Say It With Stitches specializes in monogrammed clothing and corporate logo-wear, but also carries custom-made silk wraps and jackets, embroidered needlepoint and baby items.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Michael Eng |
  • April 1, 2010
Lakewood to unload big new attraction

APRIL FOOLS -- Schroeder-Manatee Ranch will market 'The World's Largest Cow Patty' as a tourist attraction at Lakewood Ranch's entertainment hub.

  • East County
  • News
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
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
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
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
  • 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
Photo by Loren Mayo.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • December 8, 2011
SEASON OF SHARING: Heidi Smith

Growing up in an Army family, Heidi Smith's constant moving might have helped her gain a broader picture of the world, but it didn't give her the opportunity to put roots down in one community.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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
  • 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
Soprano Dina Kuznetsova. Courtesy photo.
  • By June LeBell |
  • April 25, 2012
Music Review: 'La Musica: M.Haydn, Faure and Bruckner'

Variety may be the spice of life but sometimes it's also what flavors a concert. When La Musica programmed works by Michael Haydn, Faure and Bruckner, the colors of different periods and styles must have looked great on paper.

  • Arts + Culture
A home in Harbor Acres tops this week's real estate transactions.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 25, 2015
Harbor Acres home sells for $4.9 million

The following residential real estate transactions took place between November 9 and November 13.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Pancreatic cancer survivors Suzanne Bourdeau and Joan Gardyasz pose together prior to starting the Sarasota Walk last year. File photo.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 26, 2011
Sarasota Walk takes strides to raise awareness

Longboat Key resident and Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Foundation founder Nancy Flemming started the Sarasota Walk for pancreatic cancer awareness seven years ago because of a personal experience. Her husband, Harry, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died nine days later.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 15, 2016
University Park home tops transactions at $1.3 million

Built in 2006, 6718 Chancery Place has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,378 square feet of living area.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
A total 1,136 votes were cast on the island, with 390 cast in Manatee County Precinct 95 at Longboat Island Chapel and 746 cast in Sarasota County Precinct 201 at Longboat Key Town Hall.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 15, 2012
Primary elections: How Longboat voted

A total 1,136 Key residents voted in the Aug. 14 election.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • October 23, 2013
USF assumes Viking space

The school will use the space on Lakewood Ranch Main Street to teach students and the general public.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • June 20, 2013
Lasting Love

Three area couples reflect on decades of marriage and how they keep it going. They were honored June 14, during a blessing of their marriages at Temple Emanu-El.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By June LeBell |
  • April 18, 2012
Music Review: 'La Musica: Program III'

La Musica, the international chamber music festival that adorns Sarasota's rich culture scene every spring, has taken residence in the Opera House.

  • Arts + Culture
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