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This Lake Club home at 7928 Matera Court sold for $1,785,000. It has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,727 square feet of living area. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 30, 2022
Lake Club home tops sales at $2.7 million

A Lake Club home on Baycross Drive tops the week's sales at $2.7 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • May 10, 2021
Say aloe to my little friend

A mysterious aloe plant isn't actually aloe at all.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By The Marketing Department at Manatee Physicians Alliance |
  • December 10, 2020
Weight Loss

Weight Loss

  • Health
Sponsored Content
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • October 30, 2014
Sunday service

Storeowners in Sarasota County can't sell alcohol before noon on Sundays, sending some customers, and their money, across county lines.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Kelsey Grau
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 29, 2014
Business Briefs

Tampa restaurateurs buy St. Armands building; Cannons receives 15th consecutive Grady-White award; New boutique opens in former ScoopDaddy's location

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Valerie Dimond and Gabby, an Umbrella Cockatoo, greet visitors.
  • By Kelsey Grau |
  • January 2, 2014
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Gabbing Gabby

Valerie Dimond and Gabby, a lively Umbrella Cockatoo, welcome guests to Save Our Seabirds on Thursday, January 2. A non-profit wildlife organization, Save Our Seabirds makes it their mission to rescue, rehabilitate and release sick and injured birds. Stop by any day of the week to meet Gabby and her other feathered friends.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Town attorney David Persson supports an extension for the Department of Community Affairs.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 14, 2010
DCA requests another week

The Department of Community Affairs heard arguments from the town of Longboat Key and the Islandside Property Owners Coalition Tuesday about code changes on Aug. 24.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • April 20, 2017
Letters to the Editor: Sarasota 4.20.17

STOP steering committee member Kate Lowman explains why the group wants more public hearings for new developments.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Sarasota Kennel Club was closed in 2020 when dog racing was banned by the State of Florida. Owner Jack Collins Jr. has been searching for a buyer to redevelop the site since. (Andrew Warfield)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 15, 2022
Planning Board rejects apartments for Sarasota Kennel Club site

Citing airport operations noise concerns, the Sarasota Planning Board recommends against the approval of an apartment community at Sarasota Kennel Club.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Downtown Improvement District Chairman Ernie Ritz helped establish a downtown historic district in 2009. Now, the DID is discussing ways to discourage the demolition of buildings within that district.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 4, 2019
Downtown group talks historic preservation

Downtown leaders are brainstorming ways to encourage the preservation of historic properties. Is it too late to save these aging buildings?

  • Sarasota
  • News
Photo by David Conway Spice and Tea Exchange owner Paulette Callender said they offer samples like the above to people walking by the store, which gives curious customers a familiarity with the products.
  • By David Conway |
  • July 17, 2014
Merchants lobby to legalize samples

Following reports of code violations, the St. Armands Business Improvement District requests the city re-examine its policy on offering samples to passers-by.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Willis Smith executives Dave Sessions and John LaCivita with Howard Tibbals at the groundbreaking of the Ringling Museum Tibbals Circus Museum in 2003.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • May 31, 2022
Willis Smith celebrates 50 years of impact in the Sarasota and Manatee counties region

Mote, Ringling and schools projects highlight the Lakewood Ranch company's resume.

  • East County
  • Business
Longboat Key's Fiscal Year 2022 budget starts on Oct. 1.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • September 13, 2021
Final budget vote set for Sept. 27

The Fiscal Year 2022 budget starts on Oct. 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
One of the biggest tips Woodleaf Hammock's Gayle Sweda and her husband, Rich Sweda, have learned is to get low. It allows the perspective of the photo to change.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • June 20, 2022
Lakewood Ranch residents learn better phone photography in a snap

The unique phone camera class at James Patton Community Park was offered by Lakewood Ranch Community Activities.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 6, 2018
Cops Corner: Sarasota 9.6.18

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Monaca Onstad finished her run as community relations director for Lakewood Ranch Communities Feb. 25 and will now open her own business.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 11, 2022
Award-winning Lakewood Ranch lifestyles director leaves post to open new company

Monaca Onstad leaves Lakewood Ranch community relations post with SMR to open new lifestyles company.

  • East County
  • News
The majority of the commission made it known last week they want to keep the town tax rate flat at 2.0760 mills.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 30, 2014
Preliminary budget keeps tax rate flat

Town Manager Dave Bullock and his staff must cut services and expenses to make up an estimated $900,000 shortfall in the 2014-15 town budget.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Barbara Gerdeman and Elizabeth Goodwill are taking dramatic license to get their Creative Liberties off the ground. (Photo: Spencer Fordin)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • May 14, 2022
Artists open business to help other artists

Barbara Gerdeman and Elizabeth Goodwill want nothing more than to create art and to help other artists in achieving their goals.

  • Arts + Culture
The distinctive red lumps on Muscovy faces are named carnucles. (Miri Hardy)
  • By Miri Hardy |
  • April 8, 2021
Bird of the week: Muscovy duck

Species introduced into the United States as an enhancement for urban parks.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Country Club Edgewater Village Association property manager Cristi Valentine and Gary Glass, director of community association services for Town Hall, review a modification request for a homeowner in Country Club.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 2, 2020
Country Club HOA could split from town hall model

Country Club Edgewater Village Association explores whether it could save by seeking its own property management services.

  • East County
  • News
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