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Siesta Key

Sarasota Youth Sailing Squadron sailors Nick Hernandez and Nico Schultz, both 14, will represent Team USA in the BMW Optimist Team Race Cup Oct. 27, in Berlin.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • October 25, 2012
NATIONAL CHAMPS: Nico Schultz and Nick Hernandez

Sarasota Youth Sailors Nico Schultz and Nick Hernandez won the 2012 USODA Team Race National Championship July 22 though July 24, in Sandusky, Ohio, with Team Florida Oceanic Racing, a travel squad based in Clearwater. The boys will represent Team USA in the BMW Optimist Team Race Cup Oct. 27 in Berlin.

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  • Observer Staff
  • October 25, 2012
SIDELINES

Lady Thunder earn tournament berth; Lady Blazers take win during Senior Night; Lady Thunder take the win on Senior Night; ODA rolls past SW Florida Christian; Sarasota Crew 4+ squad wins gold

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 25, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Taylor Katz

Riverview senior Taylor Katz has been swimming since grade school. She says she's driven by her naturally competitive nature.

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Sarasota High's Shawn Bane Jr.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 25, 2012
JUST THE STATS

2 - The number of shutouts the Booker High football team has posted this season after blanking Avon Park 41-0 in Class 4A-District 6 action Oct. 19.

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This home at 5418 Avenida Del Mare sold for $720,000, topping all transactions this week. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • October 25, 2012
Three-bedroom Sarasota Beach home sells for $ 720,000

A home in Sarasota Beach tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Emma Calvo, of Sarasota, sold her home at 5418 Avenida Del Mare to Sean and Stacey O'Meara, of Sarasota, for $720,000.

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Richard Wulterkens submitted this sunrise photo taken from the window of his Siesta Key condo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 25, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Richard Wulterkens submitted this sunrise photo taken from the window of his Siesta Key condo.

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Join Emily Walsh and Alex Mahadevan as they report the daily headlines.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • October 24, 2012
Oct. 24: Daily Headlines Video

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Step one: Draw your design.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • October 24, 2012
Area artist helps people become two-faced

Joannie Atkins has been doing special-effects makeup since 2003; she graduated from the Tom Savini School of Special Effects Makeup. She works with area photographers and production companies to produce some authentically scary-looking makeup.

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Join Emily Walsh and Alex Mahadevan as they report the daily headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • October 23, 2012
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • October 23, 2012
Siesta Chamber rouses support

The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce last night asked its 1,100 Facebook followers to attend today's Sarasota County Commission meeting to speak in opposition of a food truck in the Village.

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  • October 22, 2012
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As a reviewer of cookbooks, Larry Hoffman sees a wide variety of different types of recipes from all over the world.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • October 22, 2012
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Larry Hoffman

Larry Hoffman loves being in the kitchen. Whether he is trying a new recipe from a cookbook he has just read and reviewed or is trying to put his own spin on a classic dish, Hoffman finds himself very at home in the kitchen.

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Sarasota County this summer approved a $1.1 million plan for a new water main connection between Siesta Key and Casey Key to improve flow and reliability.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • October 22, 2012
County lifts water warning

Siesta Key residents affected by the broken water main on Midnight Pass Road can now safely drink water from the tap.

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    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • October 19, 2012
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Max Provost high-fives the lower school students during the pep rally, Thursday, Oct. 18.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • October 19, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY & VIDEO: ODA Lower School Pep Rally

Out-of-Door Academy's lower school held a pep rally Thursday, Oct. 18. The lower school students were visited by the ODA pep band, cheerleaders and varsity football players and were encouraged to attend the ODA homecoming game Friday, Oct. 19.

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