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Josh Siegel Rebecca O'Brien, a Southeast High School senior, assists Logan Heath, a Haile Middle School sixth-grader, with his math homework as part of a before-and-after school program offered by the Manatee County YMCA.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • January 29, 2014
YMCA's program thrives with new focus: middle schoolers

Enrollment for the Manatee County YMCA's refocused and renamed Y DASH after-school program has jumped to 650 students per quarter.

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Bruce and Sharon Kasper with their daughter, Jacquelyn, and Charlie Proulx
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 29, 2014
It's Read Everywhere

East County residents Sharon and Bruce Kasper brought their Observer along to the island of Bonaire on New Year's Eve.

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  • January 29, 2014
Community golf

Community golf scores from Palm-Aire, River Club and Rosedale

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Courtesy photo Lakewood Ranch High senior Marina Masterson has been training with the Sarasota Ballet since she was 11 years old.
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  • Jen Blanco
  • January 29, 2014
Dancing queen

When she's not busy cheering on the Mustangs, Lakewood Ranch High senior Marina Masterson expands her dance skills through classes at the Sarasota Ballet.

  • East County
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The Lakewood Ranch High boys basketball team edged past Sarasota 53-49 in overtime Jan. 24 to clinch the No. 3 seed in the district tournament.
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  • Jen Blanco
  • January 29, 2014
High five moments of the week

The top five sports moments of the week.

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Courtesy photo The Manatee Admirals hockey team is made up of players from Braden River, Lakewood Ranch, Manatee and Palmetto high schools.
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  • Jen Blanco
  • January 29, 2014
Icing the competition

The Manatee Admirals hockey team finished the regular season 16-1-1 and captured the No. 1 seed in the Lightning Conference tournament.

  • East County
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The Lakewood Ranch High varsity cheerleading squad
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  • Jen Blanco
  • January 29, 2014
Sidelines

Pirates to hold athletic fundraiser; Lady Cougars advance to semifinals; Mustang grapplers finish third at meet; River Dawgs open season with win

  • East County
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 29, 2014
Just the Stats

The week in sports by the numbers.

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Beckham Nicholas Buchanan
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 29, 2014
Occasions

The Observer welcomes welcomes three new East County residents and celebrates a 50th anniversary.

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Sarah Adams
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • January 29, 2014
Teens perfect winning routines

Four East County students gear up to compete for the 2014 Miss Teen Tampa title.

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Amanda Sebastiano This Lake Club home, which has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,354 square feet of living area, sold for $1.35 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 29, 2014
Lake Club home tops sales at $1.35 million

A home in Lake Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
"I refuse to listen to people who say there's nothing here," Tim Jaeger says.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 29, 2014
Jaeger rules the roost

Other artists have big-city dreams, but Tim Jaeger sees Sarasota as a blank canvas.

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"Sarasota Sunday" by Robert Baxter
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 29, 2014
A&E Picks and Highlights

A&E Editor Mallory Gnaegy keeps you in the know about events, local performers and art gallery happenings.

  • Arts + Culture
John Goodman, former president of Sarasota Concert Association, died in 2019.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 29, 2014
John Goodman passes Sarasota Concert Association baton

John Goodman was the president of Sarasota Concert Association for eight years. In April, the association named Joy McIntyre as its new president.

  • Arts + Culture
James Ranson, Esther Dickmann, Alan Corey, Trine Bolling and Lynne Mesky of Gloria Musicae
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 29, 2014
Sarasota Orchestra and Gloria Musicae give a behind-the-scenes look

Sarasota Orchestra and Gloria Musicae give a behind-the-scenes look

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