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  • April 8, 2015
Community sports

East County community sports scores

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  • April 8, 2015
High 5 moments

The top five sports moments of the week

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  • April 8, 2015
Sarasota Film Festival: Classroom Critic

Classroom Critic is a program for middle school students in which they learn to appreciate the art of film and analyze it critically.

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Melissa Kievman explores the new world of Nilo Cruz’s “Sotto Voce” in the old world Historic Asolo Theater.
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  • Nick Reichert
  • April 8, 2015
Melissa Kievman returns to the Historic Asolo Theater with 'Sotto Voce.'

Melissa Kievman returns to the Historic Asolo Theater with 'Sotto Voce.'

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  • April 8, 2015
Letters to the Editor | Sound off: Another bridge

We asked you for your traffic solutions in the April 2 editorial, “Forget the Legacy Trail: We need another bridge,” and you responded.

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  • Nick Reichert
  • April 8, 2015
Scene & Heard 4.9.15

Catch up on this week's arts news with Scene & Heard.

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Hunter Norton is an attorney in Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick’s Sarasota office. Photo by Pam Eubanks
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 8, 2015
Conversation with Hunter Norton

Mill Creek resident Hunter Norton, an attorney with Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, focuses his practice on business, construction and civil litigation.

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Each month, Greenbrook resident Joe Sidiski and other East County residents converge to change perceptions of ponds in their backyards. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • April 8, 2015
Group’s pond scheme leads to new brochure

A new brochure POPs up to educate residents about the role of ponds in Lakewood Ranch and how to protect them.

  • East County
  • News
In his drawing classroom at State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota Associate Professor of Art Jamie Tracy teaches his students the basics of drawing and the art of collaboration.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • April 8, 2015
Art Restart: 'MASHterpiece' gives donated art a second life

What happens to a castoff piece of art? If it reaches a Goodwill store, it might get a second life from another artist.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 8, 2015
News Briefs

Jenny Wallenda dies at 87; County seeks applications

  • East County
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Michael Sarzynski, 92, golfs every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. On March 20, he shot an unheard-of round of 82. Photo by Kristen Herhold
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 8, 2015
92-year-old golfer has stroke of success

Longboat Key Club golfer Michael Sarzynski shocks fellow golfers with a round of 82 — 10 strokes below his age.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 8, 2015
Our View: actions speak louder

We never believed Gov. Scott supported Medicaid expansion. He did little to push it through.

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Franko Skugor of Serbia and Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Spain advanced to the men’s doubles finals of the 2014 Sarasota Open. File photo
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 8, 2015
Ranch nets Sarasota Open

After six years on Longboat Key, the Sarasota Open swings into the Lakewood Ranch Tennis Center.

  • East County
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  • Jen Blanco
  • April 8, 2015
Sidelines

Smithers resigns as Cougars coach; ODA scores big on Senior Night; ODA crowns two county champs; Cougars top Mustangs

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 8, 2015
Who’s a good boy?

The Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch has its first certified Canine Good Citizen: Magnum, a 3-year-old Catahoula Leopard mix.

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