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ODA junior Alex Horan pitched the first inning of the Thunder's 6-1 loss to St. Petersburg Catholic May 2.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 9, 2012
Thunder's season ends in regional quarterfinals

The Out-of-Door Academy baseball team lost 6-1 to St. Petersburg Catholic.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 9, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Huntyre Elling

Lakewood Ranch High senior Huntyre Elling recorded her eighth shutout of the season, allowing three hits and one walk, while striking out seven en route to leading the Lady Mustangs to a 10-0 victory over New Port Richey River Ridge in the Class 6A-Region 3 finals May 1.

  • East County
  • Sports
This home at 611 Mourning Dove Drive has four bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 4,326 square feet of living area. It sold for $3 million. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 9, 2012
Gulf of Mexico Drive home sells for $3.3 million

A home in Longboat Key Bayfront tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Frank and Ellen Kaman sold their home at 5200 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Joseph and Clare Welch, of Plymouth, Mich., for $3.3 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Brian Gunnell
  • May 9, 2012
Bridge Bites: Voyage of discovery

Forgive the grandiloquent title: We are not talking here about Lewis and Clark, nor the HMS Beagle, nor even Christopher Columbus.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Dawn DiLorenzo submitted this sunrise photo, taken overlooking Sarasota Bay.
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 9, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Dawn DiLorenzo submitted this sunrise photo, taken overlooking Sarasota Bay.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
This Country Club of Lakewood Ranch home, which has four bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths, a pool and 3,743 square feet of living area, sold for $835,000. Photo by Jen Blanco.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 9, 2012
Country Club of Lakewood Ranch home tops week's sales

A home in the Country Club of Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Katalin Volgyi took this sunset photo from the Robinson Preserve’s Observation Tower.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 9, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Katalin Volgyi took this sunset photo from the Robinson Preserve's Observation Tower.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • May 9, 2012
Kyle Turoff: Golden comeback

Money woes, be damned. With Kyle Turoff at the helm of Sarasota's newest non-profit theater company, The Golden Apple Dinner Theatre is hoping to shed its financial drama.

  • Arts + Culture
Octavio Martin
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • May 9, 2012
Scene & Heard

Ballet principal takes his final bow; New gallery opens in the Rosemary District; RCAD hosts Florida Artist Group symposium; Sarasota filmmaker takes horror flick overseas

  • Arts + Culture
On the other side of the Chicago Architectural Salvage door, the second story overlooks the foyer, which is adjacent to a living room filled with Kriestle Forge lighting.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • May 9, 2012
Home: The pond house

Nora and Billy Johnson have always believed in naming their homes. They call their current residence on South Lake Shore Drive the "Pond House," because of the "pond" (lake) in the backyard.

  • Arts + Culture
AFTER: The newly designed space takes full advantage of the views to the bay, while creating a modern aesthetic that meets the owners’ style. Courtesy photos.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • May 9, 2012
Home & Garden: Escape artist

When updating the outdoor scenery of a home, many people automatically think about which plants they should buy in order to change the look of the landscape.

  • Arts + Culture
Al Goldstein and Jean Weidner. Courtesy photo.
  • By Loren Mayo and Molly Schechter
  • May 9, 2012
Black Tie & Tales

Wedding bells; Catching up with Cornelia; A man and his dancin' shoes

  • Arts + Culture
Tim Huddleston and Rachel Weisz portray a disfunctional couple in "The Deep Blue Sea." Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • May 9, 2012
Film Review: 'The Deep Blue Sea'

The idiom "between the devil and the deep blue sea" describes a choice between two undesirable situations.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • May 9, 2012
Music Review: Sarasota Orchestra's 'Journeys to Genius': Shostakovich

It's been only a few seasons since Sarasota Orchestra began its "Journeys to Genius" series.

  • Arts + Culture
Matt Mundy, L.R. Davidson, Gil Brady and Liz Power perform in "Reel Music." Photo coutrtesy of Maria Lyle.
  • By Paula Atwell
  • May 9, 2012
Theater: 'Reel Music'

Florida Studio Theatre's musical review, "Reel Music," now playing in its cabaret theater, is a zippy, zany celebration of musical cinema.

  • Arts + Culture
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