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Siesta Key | Neighbors

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 3, 2012
Students among merit winners

Four Sarasota County high school students were among the 2,500 students across the country named by the National Scholarship Corporation as 2012 National Merit Scholarship winners.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 3, 2012
Pelican Press welcomes news editor

Alex Mahadevan, 24, returns to his roots on Siesta Key as news editor for the Pelican Press.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • May 3, 2012
Neighbors: Melissa DeMore

Melissa DeMore had always enjoyed fitness, but it wasn't until she opened a Pure Barre franchise that she became passionate about her job.

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  • Neighbors
This home at 800 Idlewild Way in Siesta Isles has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,307 square feet of living area. It sold for $990,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 3, 2012
Seagrove condo tops weekly sales

A condominium in Seagrove tops all transactions in this week's real estate. John and Maribel Crowe sold their Unit CH1 condominium at 1100 Seagrove Lane to John and Susan Butler, of Warwick, R.I., for $1,539,000.

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Paul Martinelli submitted this photo of a parasailer enjoying a Siesta Key sunset.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 3, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Paul Martinelli submitted this photo of a parasailer enjoying a Siesta Key sunset.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • May 3, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Ezra Robinson

Ezra Robinson, 18, finished up his third sports season, track and field, last weekend during the state meet in Jacksonville.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 3, 2012
Observer Team Spotlight

Meet this week's Observer Team Spotlight, Andrew Tucker.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 3, 2012
JUST THE STATS

3 - The number of Booker High School track and field seniors who competed for the final time in their high school careers at the 2A state meet last week. Breanna Browning, Ezra Robinson and Cherlinda Polynice all will graduate this year.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 3, 2012
Blase is not passe

What do Lou Gehrig, Al Capone and Franklin Delano Roosevelt have in common?

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  • Neighbors
Luz Ruiz-Tagle leads a dance to a remix of Usher's "Yeah!"
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 30, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Siesta Beach Zumba

Zumba Sarasota Bradenton organized a free Zumba class on the morning of April 29 at Siesta Beach. Organizers collected voluntary donations for All Faiths Food Bank and Honor Animal Rescue.

  • Siesta Key
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Dana Henderson of Mote looks at a small sea creature found by Sereena Feeney, 12, and Lauren Neily 12.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • April 27, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: ODA 6th Grade Field Trip to Mote

Out-of-Door Academy's Pamela Davis' 6th grade science students had a fun field trip, Friday, April 27, to Mote Marine.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • April 27, 2012
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Linda Wallin

Linga Wallin is an art teacher at the Out-of-Door Academy. Read more about her in our candid "Five Things."

  • Siesta Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 26, 2012
Out-of-Door's savvy scientist wins fair

Brittany Wenger, a junior at The Out-of-Door Academy, has come out of this year's Sarasota Regional Science, Engineering & Technology Fair with a plethora of awards and honors.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 26, 2012
Riverview High will rock you!

Have a love for Freddie Mercury?

  • Siesta Key
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Fifth- and sixth-grade students will create commemorative stepping-stones this year.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • April 26, 2012
Graduating students work on final project

With The Out-of-Door Academy middle-school campus expanding to include sixth-graders, two Lower School classes participate in a graduation tradition dating back to the 1930s.

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