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  • Observer Staff
  • September 14, 2011
Obituary: Florence Mann

Florence Mann, 91, of Canton, Mass., and formerly of New Bedford, Mass., and Longboat Key, died Sept. 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Unit 6 at En Provence, 2161 Gulf of Mexico Drive, has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,400 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.9 million. File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 14, 2011
En Provence condo sells for $2.9 million

Jerald Kamiel, of Cresskill, N.J., sold his Unit 6 condominium at En Provence, 2161 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to John and Charlotte Suhler, of Darien, Conn., for $2.9 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Sara Ferguson and Melissa DeMore work their thighs in Chair High V pose.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • September 14, 2011
Pure Barre comes to town

This summer saw a new exercise technique added to the options locally available to fitness seekers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Enjoy this week's Deal Us In
  • By Donna Swan
  • September 14, 2011
Deal Us In: Loser-on-loser play makes winning easy

"You can easily see," writes Alma Jones, of Iron Mountain, Mich., "looking at mine and my partner's hands that a three notrump contract would have been better and easier to make but difficult to bid."

  • Longboat Key
  • News
"I planted squashes," said Cody Pooler, 11. "It was fun. You poked holes and planted."
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 14, 2011
New greenhouse cultivates learning at Pinnacle Academy

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch installed a greenhouse this summer at Pinnacle Academy. Students now are getting their hands dirty and trying to get their garden to grow.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Senior wide receiver Fred Porter made several plays on offense and special teams during ODA’s 28-12 district win Sept. 9.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 14, 2011
Running backs face new stakes, make adjustments

ODA sophomore Demardre Patterson and eighth-grader J.T. Fischer already are making names for themselves on the Thunder sidelines in their first season with the team.

  • East County
  • Sports
Lakewood Ranch residents Annie Thornhill and Regina Morris will run their first and only 50-mile ultramarathon this weekend.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 14, 2011
Ranch runners step up for first ultramarathon

Lakewood Ranch residents Regina Morris and Annie Thornhill will compete in the North Face Endurance Challenge Sept. 17 in Wisconsin.

  • East County
  • Sports
Non-alcoholic champagne corks flew through the air, and camera flashes blinded the Braden River Middle School seventh-grader and his FC Sarasota U12 teammates.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 14, 2011
Chargers win home tourney

The Lakewood Ranch Chargers U13 boys team won the Nike Cup Labor Day Showcase Sept. 3-5 at the Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Sports
A University Park home, which has three bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths, a pool and 4,323 square feet of living area, sold for $1.15 million. Photo by Jen Blanco.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 14, 2011
University Park home sells for $1.15M

A home in Sloane Gardens tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Forrest and Carole Rivinius, University Park, sold their home at 7922 Sloane Gardens Court to Patricia Chisholm of Nova Scotia, Canada, for $1.15 million

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Meet this week's Athlete of the Week, Olivia Ortiz
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 14, 2011
Athlete of the Week: Olivia Ortiz

Lakewood Ranch High junior Olivia Ortiz crossed the finish line in 18 minutes, 49.27 seconds to finish first overall at the 19th Annual Canes Classic 5K Sept. 5 at G.T. Bray Park. The 16-year-old followed up her victory with a second-place finish (18:26.30) at the Dejà Vu Invitational Sept. 9 in Tampa. Here is an inside look at this week's Athlete of the Week.

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"If you practice discipline and good manners in music class, you'll see it in everything else you do," Julia Rohr says.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • September 14, 2011
Julia Rohr: The music ma'am

The 94-year-old matriarch of Julie Rohr Academy proves she's still got what it takes to make kids sing.

  • Arts + Culture
On a walk with my little ham.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • September 14, 2011
Scene & Heard

Baby, I'm back!; DWB receives a whirlwind facelift; s/ART/q gets graphic with its tees; Golden Apple goes 'Butch' for buck

  • Arts + Culture
"The score is my bible," Michael Sebastian says. "If I can't translate what's in the hard copy of the score, I don't have the right to be a music director."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • September 14, 2011
BACKSTAGE PASS: Score lore

Music Director Michael Sebastian returns to his Golden Apple stomping grounds with a feisty new musical about disgruntled Disney princesses.

  • Arts + Culture
Two out of three Jpan chefs: owner Daniel Dokko and Bao Kosai Tep
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • September 14, 2011
EDIBLES: Sushi emerges as a culinary art form

Forty years ago in this country, sushi was exotic - a rarity sought out and enjoyed by a culinary intelligentsia. Today, you can buy it in plastic containers at your local supermarket, and in some ways, that's good news.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 14, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the East County Observer archives.

  • East County
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