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Manasota Goodwill President Bob Rosinsky  expects to open in the more than 40,000-square-foot space in Ranch Lake Plaza in March.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 28, 2014
Goodwill gains East County retail space

Manasota Goodwill will open a 40,000-square-foot retail store in Ranch Lake Plaza in March.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Elise Lipoff

Young Professional of the Year -- Finalist

  • Sarasota
  • News
If the city approves the Wal-Mart supercenter later this year, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. would demolish Ringling Shopping Center and build the new store in its place. File photo.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 19, 2012
Wal-Mart proposal reviewed tomorrow

A Wal-Mart supercenter store is being proposed where the Ringling Shopping Center now sits. If approved, it will be the second Wal-Mart location to be built within city limits.

  • Sarasota
  • News
June Blaustein created suits for fitness competitors on the side. Photo by Anna Brugmann
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • October 30, 2018
June Blaustein remembered for her loving personality and unique hobby

The Sarasota speech pathologist and bodybuilder suit sewer died Sept. 22.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Summerfield resident Larry Marshall is helping improve Lakewood Ranch resident's golf game one swing at a time as the new PGA golf instructor at Esplanade Golf & Country Club.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 2, 2015
Hit or Miss: Jen Blanco

Shopping can wait, I might be suited to play golf

  • East County
  • Sports
Longboat police enforce rules to keep dogs off the beach
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • May 23, 2023
Longboat police enforce rules to keep dogs off the beach

After multiple warnings, an officer wrote the dog owner a citation for continued violation. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2012
Obituary: Walter Kellis

Walter Kellis, of Sarasota, formerly of New York City, died Dec. 15. He was 97.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
East County’s Holly Doney and her dog, April, met when Doney was volunteering at the Lakewood Ranch Humane Society. Doney later adopted April.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • October 13, 2017
Putts Fore Mutts should generate green

Golf tournament, and now tennis tourney as well, raises money for the Lakewood Ranch Humane Society.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 25, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: In through the window

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Adrian Moore |
  • October 5, 2017
Florida and Sarasota are amazing

Florida does a much better job providing services to taxpayers.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Dan and Pam Wood, owners of the new Dickey's Barbecue Pit location, stand in their new restaurant  with their two daughters, Lauren and Kaitlyn. The restaurant will open Thursday, Oct. 20.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • October 19, 2016
Dickey's Barbecue Pit opens in Bradenton

Specials highlight chain's first month of service.

  • East County
  • News
Rendering of proposed parking garage.
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • June 6, 2023
St. Regis parking changes denied by Town Commission

Commissioners will vote on a written order of denial June 20.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
More than two years after the final race at the Sarasota Kennel Club, a developer is advancing plans to build up to 380 apartments on the site.
  • By David Conway |
  • July 8, 2021
Developer outlines plans for apartments at Sarasota Kennel Club site

The prospective buyer of the Sarasota Kennel Club has plans to redevelop the property as an apartment complex with up to 380 units, which has some neighbors worried about traffic.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A home at 1447 Tangier Way tops all transactions in this week's real estate at $8.45 million. Built in 2008, it has four bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 5,040 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 22, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for June 5-9 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis

A San Remo Estates home on Tangier Way tops the week's sales at $8.45 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Woman suspects nemesis damaged vehicles at her home
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 14, 2022
Woman suspects nemesis damaged vehicles at her home

After a contentious encounter with a woman in downtown, a Sarasota woman suspects her rival damaged two vehicles in her driveway. This and other Sarasota police reports in this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Downtown Sarasota Alliance Erin Silk and Justin Tobiasz
  • By Dariela Delgado |
  • February 22, 2023
Downtown Sarasota Alliance doles out awards

The alliance hosted its third annual awards ceremony to recognize those making an impact in the downtown community.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 1, 2013
LWR hosts film's world premiere

Lakewood Ranch Cinemas and the Sarasota Film Society hosted the world premiere of "Parker," a crime thriller that depicts a thief with a unique code of professional ethics.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
When he’s not studying psychology or ushering at church, Edward Valdez, a veteran who lives in the Lost Creek Apartments in Lakewood Ranch, helps make cutting tools for a friend.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • November 6, 2013
Raised a Dominican, committed to the U.S.

Edward Valdez emigrated from the Dominican Republic at age 14 and enlisted in the U.S. Marines by 21. Now the veteran, 41, tries to regain footing in the civilian world.

  • East County
  • News
Anne Corbett Brown and Patrick Ringley wrote "The Tree Highway" — the first in a series of children’s books.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • December 18, 2013
Couple teams up to write first children's story

Two residents released the first children's story in their series, 'The Adventures of the Nutters.'

  • East County
  • News
The home at 1572 Eastbrook Drive was built in 2019. It
has two bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,834 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 2, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for Feb. 13-17 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis

A Kentwood Estate home on Eastbrook Drive tops this week's sale at $3.2 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
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