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  • By April Doner |
  • July 19, 2012
Economy from within: Common Wealth Time Bank to launch in September

Economy from within: Common Wealth Time Bank to launch in September

  • Arts + Entertainment
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  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 31, 2010
Sarasota Ballet prepares for Wheeldon dance

Margaret Barbieri will stage choreographer Christopher Wheldon's work this month at the Sarasota Opera House.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 4, 2009
Shape Your Booty: Reporting to boot camp

Maria Smith joined 10 other East County women for the six-week Pre-Holiday Boot Camp Nov. 2.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • February 16, 2012
People Are Talking About Maximo’s South African Fusion Cuisine

People Are Talking About Maximo’s South African Fusion Cuisine

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 16, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Not all residents against pocket park; Littering not only a problem on the Key; Everyone needs to be a responsible driver

  • Sarasota
  • News
"Jini is one of the most interesting women I've ever met," says Jini Mount's gallery roommate, Beverly A. Smith. "She's not sleepy. She knows what's going on at all times. She's very, very clever."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 12, 2011
Jini Mount: Painter, sculptor, ice skater and actress

Jini Mount is a painter, sculptor, ice skater and now an actress. Is there anything this 84-year-old Renaissance woman can't do? The Celery Barn proprietress invites us into her colorful world.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 3, 2009
Our View:Is it a 'want' or a necessity?

Last week's commentary on this page, entitled 'Economically, a unipole is it,' prompted a visit and concerns from three opponents to cell-phone towers - Longboat Key Commissioner Gene Jaleski, former Mayor Jeremy Whatmough and resident Gus Sclafani.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • May 14, 2009
Lakewood boys namesakes behind two rescued hawks

Wildlife rehabilitator Justin Matthews has named the two fledgling red-shouldered hawks he rescued after Ethan and Owen Ingham, who recently raised money for Matthews Wildlife Rescue from their front yard.

  • East County
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  • By Pam McTeer |
  • June 4, 2009
Ranch author retraces ancestor's steps

Lakewood Ranch author Russ Wilkins pays tribute his uncle and other World War II veterans in his new book, "Missing in Belgium."

  • East County
  • News
Bayside Community Church volunteers assisted families who lost their homes during the April 27 tornado in Alabama.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 18, 2011
REACHING OUT

Members of Bayside Community Church's 24/7 Team recently returned from Pleasant Grove, Ala., where they aided in recovery efforts for the tornado that struck the area April 27.

  • East County
  • News
Flora Major and Roxie Jerde
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • May 18, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

Nice to meet you and you and you ... ; Cool dinners are a hot item; Heads up, Willard Scott; Asolo to revive 'Ragtime'; Daddies dearest ... ; and Tidbits.

  • Arts + Culture
For more intimate dinners of eight to 10 people, John Fischer creates individualized menus with up to three choices for entrées. Photo by Loren Mayo.
  • By June LeBell |
  • February 8, 2012
KITCHEN CLASSICS: John Fischer

If you live around here and are interested in hearing good music in beautiful surroundings, you know The Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota. And if you know ASCS, you know John Fischer, the affable mainstay-of-an executive director who seems to do all things, all the time, everywhere. So, how does someone who's so busy have time to cook?

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Yalda Hajavi |
  • May 7, 2009
STANGS: Lakewood's Dyer inspires school

Katie Dyer hopes to use her life battling dwarfism to inspire others with the condition.

  • East County
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  • By Jessi Smith |
  • April 18, 2012
Margot the Catty Kitty Says "WTF?" to MTO 'Fast Life' Mural

Margot the Catty Kitty Says "WTF?" to MTO 'Fast Life' Mural

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Spectacular sights and lights come from the top and bottom of the Kartchner Caverns, in Arizona.
  • By Stuart and Lois Scheyer |
  • May 11, 2011
Arizona - One State, Two Destinations

Arizona was the latest stop on Stuart and Lois Scheyer's "America(s) the Beautiful" series of great destinations in Mexico, Canada and our own United States.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Lakewood Ranch High 3,200-meter relay team of Ashley Platt, Devin McDermott, Kristin Zarrella and Olivia Ortiz finished second in a school record time of 9:22.6.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 11, 2011
Lady Mustangs take home hardware

The Lakewood Ranch High girls 3,200-meter relay team finished second at the Class 3A state meet May 6 in Winter Park. Olivia Ortiz and Devin McDermott also captured individual medals.

  • East County
  • Sports
Daniel Okulitch, as Abdul, and Anna Christy, as Kitty, embrace on stage during the Sante Fe Opera’s performance of Menotti's "The Last Savage." Photo by Ken Howard.
  • By June LeBell |
  • October 5, 2011
Summer Roundup: A Trip Around the United States in Music

We seemed to spend our summer holiday in the footsteps of dozens of Sarasota Orchestra musicians.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By April Doner |
  • May 14, 2012
Me, Mom and the Boy Who Checked Me Out

Me, Mom and the Boy Who Checked Me Out

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • October 14, 2009
Black Tie & Tales

Read this week's social column, Black Tie & Tales

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2009
Cops Corner

A man filled out a police report after explaining that he received letters from companies explaining that someone is trying to open accounts in his name using a different address.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
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