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Tom Cook submitted this photo of a shelf cloud, taken near University Parkway and Lockwood Ridge Road.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Weather photo: East County

Tom Cook submitted this photo of a shelf cloud, taken near University Parkway and Lockwood Ridge Road.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
This Edgewater Village home, which has has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,154 square feet of living area, sold for $882,500. Photo by Harriet Sokmensuer.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 28, 2013
Edgewater Village home sells for $882,500

A home in Edgewater Village tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Russell and Shirley Marquardt, of Sarasota, sold their home at 8345 Sailing Loop to Nationstar Mortgage LLC for $882,500.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
"I found that people didn't know about batik (when I first started), and it was very interesting. It made it a different thing to do, and (it was easier for me) to be more distinguished in that area," Angela Maria Isaza says.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 28, 2013
Batik Mystique

Artist Angela Maria Isaza waxes poetic about nature; fittingly, she also paints natural settings with wax.

  • Arts + Culture
Five Sarasota Ballet dancers moved up from the corps de ballet to corypheé. Photos by Mallory Gnaegy.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 28, 2013
Spotlight: Climbing the Ranks

Five Sarasota Ballet dancers moved up from the corps de ballet to coryphee. Get to know them before you see them on stage.

  • Arts + Culture
The "after" of a recently renovated Bird Key home. Photos by Rachel S. O'Hara and Heather Merriman.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 28, 2013
Contemporary Southwest: Before and After

In just six short months, Larry Kabinoff and Deb Knowles purchased, renovated and moved into their temporary home at 443 Bird Key Drive.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Football Preview: Sarasota Sailors

Sarasota High School senior wide receiver Shawn Bane Jr. is hoping to experience a breakout season for the Sailors this fall.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Helping Hand: Higdon, who maintains a 4.0 grade point average, has aspirations of becoming an orthopedic surgeon. “I broke both of my legs when I was younger, and I saw what my doctor was doing and would ask him questions. He inspired me.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Football Preview: Riverview Rams

Riverview High junior running back Karan Higdon is fully recovered from last season's leg injury and is hoping to cement his position as one of the area's great running backs.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
College Credit: White, who has aspirations of playing college football, has already started taking college courses. White plans to study psychology, particularly body language, with the hopes of becoming a police detective.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Football Preview: Booker Tornadoes

Booker senior left tackle Najee White is hoping to secure a starting position in his first season with the Tornadoes.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Ivy League: Grain Jr. has aspirations of playing college football and is looking into several Ivy League schools, including Dartmouth College, Amherst College and Carnegie Mellon University.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Football Preview: ODA Thunder

David Grain Jr. won the Most Improved Player Award two years ago. Now, The Out-of-Door Academy senior wide receiver is hoping to lead the ODA Thunder back to the postseason.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
CHEESEHEAD: The majority of Mike Bello's family is from Wisconsin, so he grew up watching Brett Favre.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Football Preview: Cardinal Mooney Cougars

Cougars senior center Mike Bello has lost 105 pounds since moving up to varsity at the end of his sophomore year.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
BOY SCOUT: Loppe is in the final steps of putting together a project to try and become an Eagle Scout. TRIPLE THREAT: In addition to football, Loppe also is on the track and weightlifting teams.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Football Preview: Lakewood Ranch Mustangs

Caleb Loppe has aspirations of playing college football, but, for now, the senior defensive end is focused on leading the Mustangs to the postseason.

  • East County
  • Sports
RUNNING WILD: Balliette started out playing running back but ended up hurting his quadriceps prior to tryouts his freshman year. "I couldn't run full speed, so they ended up moving me to defense," Balliette says.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Football Preview: Braden River Pirates

Senior linebacker Marcus Balliette is one of only a handful of seniors to have been a part of the Braden River football team since the beginning - a move he hopes will only further cement his legacy.

  • East County
  • Sports
High-wire artist Nik Wallenda, second from the right, receives an award from the Sarasota County Commission Tuesday.
    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • August 27, 2013
County cuts emergency-reserve fund to 75 days

The Sarasota County Commission met Tuesday and approved a measure to reduce the emergency-reserve fund from 90 to 75 days - freeing $8 million to use on other projects.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 27, 2013
Obituary: Mildred Yasuna

Mildred Yasuna, 95, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key, died Aug. 5.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 27, 2013
Obituary: Rosalie Cubbon Kobiela

Rosalie Cubbon Kobiela, 74, of Longboat Key, died Aug. 10.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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