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Matt Hueston, right
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  • Jen Blanco
  • January 23, 2014
Sidelines

ODA Boys Middle School Soccer; Steinfeld wins at Ippolito tournament; Sailors grapplers take fifth place; Registration underway for seniors

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 23, 2014
Just the Stats

The week in sports by the numbers.

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Bird naturalist Matthew Press (right) and his father, David, look for birds at the Celery Fields.
  • By Randi Donahue
  • January 23, 2014
Celery Fields naturalists provide birds-eye view

In its second season, the Celery Fields Bird Naturalist Program offers visitors a chance to educate others about the thousands of bird species that visit the park daily.

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Tereza Krskova, 13, taught her Acro Fit students the Macarena.
    By
  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • January 23, 2014
Student Spotlight: Terza and Gabriela Krskova

NewGate students Terza and Gabriela Krskova, of Pilsen, Czech Republic, are living abroad in Sarasota for a year. They share what they've learned while interning.

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Photo courtesy of JC Studios Photography
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2014
Occasions

Christina Louise Russell and Adam Weston Cameron were married Nov. 9 in Knoxville, Tenn.

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Harriet Sokmensuer Unit AN-502 at 6512 Midnight Pass Road has two bedrooms, three baths and 2,143 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,825,000.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 23, 2014
Condominium in Crescent sells for $1,825,000

A condominium in Crescent tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

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Mariette Favre submitted this sunset photo, taken near Turtle Beach.
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2014
Weather: Sarasota

Mariette Favre submitted this sunset photo, taken near Turtle Beach.

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Maryann Armour and Melody Suzor
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Voices Over the Bay Luncheon featuring Key Chorale

Voices Over the Bay Luncheon featuring Key Chorale

  • Black Tie
The School Board took its first step in planning the 2014-2015 budget at a Jan. 21 work session.
    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • January 22, 2014
School Board anticipates first balanced budget in years

Rising property values will allow the district to increase spending and accrue a budget surplus during the 2014-2015 school year without raising millage rates.

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    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • January 22, 2014
Fatal accident on Midnight Pass Road

Preliminary reports indicate that one person was killed Wednesday morning in a vehicle collision with a pedestrian at the southern end of Midnight Pass Road.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
VIDEO: Siesta Key beach project groundbreaking

Stakeholders and Sarasota County commissioners came out to the beach Wednesday, to break ground on the $21.5 million beach renovation.

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School Board members, County Commissioners, City Commissioners and SMA Board of Directors used gold shovels for the groundbreaking.
    By
  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • January 22, 2014
SMA holds groundbreaking ceremony for SMA Prep

The middle school will serve sixth-, seventh-and eighth-grade students and offer the International Baccalaureate's Middle Years Program.

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On busy days, cars crowd North Shell Road, making it difficult for residents to enter and leave their driveways. (File photo)
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • January 22, 2014
County plans parking fix for North Shell Road

Sarasota County staff presented plans to improve parts of the Siesta Key street during a meeting with residents Tuesday.

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Salute! Ristorante, in downtown Sarasota, offers authentic Italian cuisine along with a vast wine selection.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Salute! Ristorante

This week we went in the kitchen at Salute! Ristorante with co-owners Marco Guadagnini and chef Laszlo Bevardi, as Bevardi prepares their agnolotti pasta dish. Get the recipe and watch an instructional video in this week's 'In the Kitchen.'

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Salute! Ristorante

IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Salute! Ristorante

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