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Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segel star in “The End of the Tour.”
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  • Nick Reichert
  • April 22, 2015
Scene & Heard 4.23.15

Scene & Heard 4.23.15

  • Arts + Culture
James McCampbell has been training and teaching the leading animators in the field for the last 20 years at the Ringling College of Art and Design. Photos by Nick Reichert.
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  • Nick Reichert
  • April 22, 2015
Ringling College trains the animators of the future

Ringling College of Art and Design uses real-world experience to prepare its alumni to work for some of the biggest names in computer animation.

  • Arts + Culture
This home at 7510 Rigby Court has four bedrooms, four and a half baths, a pool and 4,596 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.15 million. Photo by Pam Eubanks
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • April 22, 2015
Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch home sells for $1.15 million

A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

  • East County
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Chris Lynch, new owner Jason Burns and Ethna Lynch
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  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 22, 2015
Lynch sisters toast end of an era

Chris and Ethna Lynch head for a new destination: retirement.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 22, 2015
Letters to the editor

Key Club referendum: Leaning toward ‘no’; Vote ‘NO’ on Key Club referendum; Give us more truth

  • Longboat Key
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Courtesy photo Although Josh Hill has only been practicing Parkour for three years, he has established a group of 25 students who attend weekly classes at his East County gym, Sarasota Parkour Facility. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • April 22, 2015
Motorcycle crash grounds Parkour instructor

The discipline of Parkour emphasizes speed, but for instructor Josh Hill, the road to recovery after an accident won’t be quick.

  • East County
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Lauren Proctor, Natalia Vuckovic, Ashley Bongart, Selena Gomez and Jessie Kroupa won Lakewood Ranch High’s first state tennis title April 13 and April 14. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 22, 2015
State champs

The Lakewood Ranch High girls tennis team captured its first Class 3A state championship April 13 and April 14, in Altamonte Springs.

  • East County
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Lakewood Ranch senior Sierra Schappacher inspired her sister, Denali, to start playing softball. Photo by Jen Blanco
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 22, 2015
Close bond drives outfielders

Sisters Sierra and Denali Schappacher played their final game together on the softball field April 14.

  • East County
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British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain believed he could trust and celebrated a signed agreement with Adolph Hitler that Britain and Germany would never go to war again. Will Barack Obama be our Neville Chamberlain? Courtesy photos
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 22, 2015
Our View: The parallels of history

Obama’s negotiating with the Iranians has many parallels to Neville Chamberlain and Adolph Hitler.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Frances Tiafoe and Lakewood Ranch senior Ashley Bongart warmed up together twice during the Sarasota Open. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 22, 2015
Meeting their match

Lakewood Ranch senior Ashley Bongart shares the court with rising star Frances Tiafoe at the Open.

  • East County
  • Sports
Sean Kennedy and Don French were co-assistant principals of Braden River High School April 17. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • April 22, 2015
BRHS student takes on principal role for a day principal for a day

Sean Kennedy, 16, rules the school for a day working alongside Braden River High Assistant Principal Don French.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 22, 2015
News briefs

North end coalition hosts forum; Commission approves attorney contract change; Commission OKs canal survey

  • Longboat Key
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Lee Wetherington, founder of Lee Wetherington Homes, pictured in front of the Windsong model that the company unveiled earlier this year. Wetherington was one of the original six homebuilders invited to build out Lakewood Ranch. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • April 22, 2015
Conversation with Lee Wetherington

Lee Wetherington, 68, started planning and designing homes in the mid-1970s, as co-owner of a small Jacksonville business.

  • East County
  • News
A community garden could grow someday in Greenbrook Adventure Park. Photo by Pam Eubanks
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 22, 2015
CDD 4 considers growing support for Greenbrook garden

A landscape committee will discuss whether a community garden should take root at Greenbrook Adventure Park.

  • East County
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    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • April 22, 2015
Market becomes Main summer attraction

Eight months after it launched on Lakewood Ranch Main Street, Jen’s MarketPlace will be in bloom throughout the summer.

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