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  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 24, 2013
SIDELINES

Cardinal Mooney girls fall in district title game; Mooney Cougars improve record to 19-1; Riverview Rams top Booker Tornadoes

  • East County
  • Sports
Kristine Insalaco-Gaioni hand chops chocolate, which she adds to organic raspberries to create a confection for her business, Lick My Spoon.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • August 6, 2014
The Business of Local

Four Sarasota foodie entrepreneurs grow their ideas into businesses.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • August 27, 2015
BUSTED: This week in police reports: Thursday, Aug. 27

BUSTED: This week in police reports: Thursday, Aug. 27

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • February 16, 2012
Season of Sharing total reaches $1.6 million

With community contributors giving more than $1.1 million to the 2011-2012 Season of Sharing, the initiative has won a gift of $500,000 from The Patterson Foundation, for a total of $1.6 million, as of Feb. 9, the Community Foundation of Sarasota County announced.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Natalia Cava with her husband, Felipe. Courtesy photo
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2013
Fit at 50

YMCA fitness trainer and Peruvian aerobics champion Felipe Cava celebrated his 50th birthday Sunday, Sept. 29, at Blase Cafe.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Michael Calamaras, Paul W. Dick, Christina Maccani and Michael Halley
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 28, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Stars of SRQ

Young Professionals Group hosts a red-carpet event they called 'The Stars of SRQ' on Friday, Oct. 28 at Van Wezel. Attendees, or the future stars of Sarasota, dined on Mattison's, were entertained by DJ Ew!, and had the opportunity to leave their marks with clay handprints.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Alexis Pennington, the former co-owner of CrossFit Lakewood Ranch, and Amy Whittington, owner of Drive SRQ, joined forces two months ago.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • November 29, 2017
Lakewood Ranch trainers fit for a partnership

New trainer strengthens Drive SRQ.

  • East County
  • Business
Sarasota County health officials have advised the public to avoid swimming at Bird Key Park to elevated bacteria levels.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 10, 2014
County issues a no swim-advisory for Bird Key Park

County health officials detected elevated levels of enteric bacteria Thursday in the waters near Bird Key Park, a designated dog park, which is west of the Ringling Bridge.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • August 1, 2012
Scene & Heard

Castaway to Belgium; Students become the masters; A midsummer's news

  • Arts + Culture
Division four winners Bill Vancelette, Rita Karns and Joanne and Tom Ivaskiv from last year's tournament.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • November 29, 2017
Net your competition at the Observer Challenge Tennis Tournament

The tournament kicks off with a cocktail party on Dec. 7 and concludes with finals on Dec. 10.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Gina Barresi is the district's High School Teacher of the Year.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • February 6, 2014
Gina Barresi wins High School Teacher of the Year

The announcement came as a surprise to Barresi who teaches English and Reading at SHS.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sarasota Orchestra's Leif Bjaland
  • By June LeBell |
  • May 11, 2011
Music Review - Sarasota Orchestra: Inventing the American Sound

According to Leif Bjaland and the Sarasota Orchestra in their ingenious "Journeys to Genius" program, this country is a "musical melting pot," using the resources of its many immigrants and pooling its musical genes with native cultures.

  • Arts + Culture
The entryway and brewery at Darwin's on 4th. Courtesy.
  • By June LeBell |
  • March 13, 2013
Tidbites: Sarasota produces food and drink winners

Darwin's Wins Big at Tampa Bay Beer Week; Kazu's 2.0 is Celebrating Sake, Sushi and ... Craft Beer; Fleming's Raises the Bar on New Cocktail and Food Menu

  • Arts + Culture
Lakewood Ranch junior Logan Newton tossed a two-hit shutout against North Port April 8.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 13, 2016
East County High 5 Moments: 04.14.16

East County High 5 Moments: 04.14.16

  • East County
  • Sports
Emily Hall said her local aquarium made a huge impact on her.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 14, 2018
Something new to sea in Lakewood Ranch

Side of Ranch: Jay Heater

  • East County
  • News
Silver-spun concrete poles, built to withstand winds of 145 mph, stand and lie on grass near the eastern entrance of The Concession Golf Club.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • June 26, 2013
Construction on Bobwhite transmission line begins

Florida Power and Light's much-delayed $20 million power line project spans 24.5 miles, from Manatee to Sarasota counties.

  • East County
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  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • March 14, 2018
Members lunch in the gardens at the Legacy Luncheon

Marie Selby Legacy Society hosted its seventh annual luncheon on March 8.

  • Black Tie
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • July 26, 2016
A Sense of Place: How John D. MacDonald shaped Florida fiction

John D. MacDonald changed the landscape of Florida fiction. In celebration of his 100th birthday, revisit the Sunshine State as he saw it: seedy, sophisticated — and ever beautiful .

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Linda Garcia and Jane Kirschner pose with a cutout of John Hamilton Gillespie.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • October 25, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Historical Buildings Tour and Back Porch Buffet

The Sarasota Historical Society and the Sara DeSoto DAR held a Historical Buildings Tour and Back Porch Buffet Tuesday, Oct. 25, as part of the Owen Burns Celebration Honoring John Hamilton Gillespie Week.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 10, 2013
Cattlemen Road opening announced

Local officials will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 24.

  • East County
  • News
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