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Siesta Key | Neighbors

    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • September 27, 2012
Blues fest debuts under new management

After more than two decades of local operation, the festival's new producers want to live up to the annual show's established reputation.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Riverview High junior middle hitter Carly Scarbrough wants to lead the Lady Rams back to the playoffs this season.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 27, 2012
HARD HITTER: Carly Scarbrough

Riverview High junior middle hitter Carly Scarbrough has become one of the area's most dominant hitters. Now the Lady Rams' team and floor captain has her sights set on returning to the playoffs.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 27, 2012
SIDELINES

Lady Cougars silence Lady Thunder; Sarasota boys finish fourth at North Port Invitational; Sarasota Sailors fall to Southeast Seminoles; Cougars suffer first loss

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • September 27, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Richie James

Riverview High junior wide receiver Richie James has been playing football for nine years and says he's driven by his love for the game.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Tom Hubbard
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 27, 2012
JUST THE STATS

3 - The number of days kicker Mitchell Howard had been on the Riverview High football team before kicking three extra points in the Rams 29-6 victory over Braden River Sept. 21.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lynda Fischer, ChapelKidz teacher, helps Chloe Johnson, 7, with her Moses mobile Sunday, Sept. 23, during the ChapelKidz open house at Siesta Key Chapel.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • September 24, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: ChapelKidz Open House

Siesta Key Chapel's ChapelKidz held an open house Sunday, Sept. 23 in the Sunday School Room below the Sanctuary at Siesta Key Chapel.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Three years ago the family came home from a birthday party with a cookie-in-a-jar recipe for ginger snaps.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • September 24, 2012
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: The Rini family

This week, we go in the kitchen with the Rini family. The family shows us their favorite ginger snap and raspberry soda recipes.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Photo courtesy of Catherine Luckner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 20, 2012
Lost and found

The Siesta Key community rallied together over the weekend to reunite a lost dog with his owner.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 20, 2012
Best buds

Kindergarteners at The Out-of-Door Academy had their annual Buddies Picnic Friday, Sept. 14, at the lower-school campus.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Alec Zec prepares for his final season playing hockey for the Sarasota Rampage.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 20, 2012
CHARGING AHEAD: Alec Zec

Mooney senior Alec Zec begins his final season with the Sarasota Couny high school hockey team Sept. 21. This will be his fourth season with the Rampage.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
A condominium in the Gulf and Bay Club at 5790 Midnight Pass Road has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,335 square feet of living area. It sold for $605,000. Photo by Alex Mahadevan.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 20, 2012
Gulf and Bay Club condo sells for $650,000

A condominium in Gulf and Bay Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate. James Zink, of Indianapolis, sold his Unit 302 condominium at 5790 Midnight Pass Road to Thomas and Suzanne McGee, of Kansas City, Mo., for $650,000.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 20, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Reese Vita

Cardinal Mooney sophomore Reese Vita has been playing football since he was 4 years old.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 20, 2012
JUST THE STATS

4 -  The number of touchdowns Cardinal Mooney quarterback Reese Vita threw in the Cougars' 41-7 victory over Lake Placid Sept. 14.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 20, 2012
SIDELINES

Lady Thunder win district season opener; Riverview tops rival Sarasota; Cardinal Mooney sweeps Bradenton; Lady Rams take win at runner's invitational; Sarasota tops North Port

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lindsay Murphy took this sunset photo on Siesta Key Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 20, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Lindsay Murphy took this sunset photo on Siesta Key Beach.

  • Siesta Key
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