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  • By June LeBell |
  • April 18, 2012
Music Review: 'La Musica: Program III'

La Musica, the international chamber music festival that adorns Sarasota's rich culture scene every spring, has taken residence in the Opera House.

  • Arts + Culture
Center midfielder Aristotle Zarris, 12, plays for the Lakewood Ranch Chargers U12 team. File photo.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 18, 2012
East County youth kick way to Region C Cup title

LAKEWOOD RANCH -- Twelve-year-old goalkeeper Trevor Mulqueen lay flat on his back in the middle of the field, staring up in disbelief.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 9, 2009
Mustangs swim into record books

The Lakewood Ranch High girls swim team won the Class 2A-Region 3 Swimming and Diving Championship Nov. 6. The boys finished in second.

  • East County
  • Sports
Dirk Meyer. Courtesy photo.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • September 7, 2011
Scene & Heard

Show your talent; Sarasota Chorus of the Keys seeks vocal men; Animation students win Independents' Film Festival; Dirk Meyer named associate conductor

  • Arts + Culture
The cooking school offers interactive cooking demonstrations and hands-on classes.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 7, 2011
Ranch cooking school readies for business

Viking Culinary School officially is opening on Lakewood Ranch Main Street Sept. 14.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Championship Landscape Maintenance Professionals entered Siesta Key Village Sept. 10 to start annual upkeep duties.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 13, 2012
Cheaper era for Village merchants begins

Village merchants, who contribute to a county maintenance fund, will pay between $80,000 and $50,000 less than forecasted for FY 2013.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Andrew Clayton |
  • July 2, 2013
MY VIEW: I choose liberty; denounce surveillance

The NSA's surveillance of Americans is a breach of the Constitution. How would you like the government tracking who visits your home or how you spend your money.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2009
Obituaries

Obituaries

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 10, 2010
East County squads ready to play ball

The Out-of-Door Academy team will open its season Feb. 18, while Braden River and Lakewood Ranch will begin their seasons Feb. 23.

  • East County
  • Sports
Contention continues between the County Commission and two citizens groups that sued the county last year over the Baltimore Orioles spring training agreement. Photo by Norman Schimmel.
  • By Rachel Hackney and Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 19, 2012
Citizens group says it can't pay settlement

A Sarasota County judge ordered a citizens group to pay the county more than $19,000 in legal fees after the county won a 2010 Sunshine Laws case, but the fees remain unpaid.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By George Fuller |
  • December 3, 2009
LETTER: Congress can do positive things for unemployed workers

If Congress truly wants to do something positive for the unemployed American workers, there are two things it can do and not spend a dime of our taxpayer money.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • December 22, 2011
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Cazley Financing Solutions names new CFO; Stella's Groove boutique launches new website; Women's Council holds its 2011 awards program; Law firm celebrates 35th anniversary

  • Sarasota
  • News
Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill team up in "Moneyball" to compile a team of baseball misfits that ends up setting a world record. Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • October 12, 2011
Film Review: 'Moneyball'

Too much hype can be a bad thing. Sometimes it raises expectations to unattainable levels. The usually elusive Brad Pitt is everywhere promoting his new film, "Moneyball." And that costs lots of money.

  • Arts + Culture
Joseph Dominick Bauer Jr.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • January 17, 2011
Downtown circus stunt ready for lift-off

Circus Sarasota ringmaster Joseph Dominick Bauer Jr. will perform his "Wheel of Destiny" stunt tomorrow morning 240 feet above downtown Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Left: Violinist James Ehnes has established himself as a major international soloist. Right: Conductor Mei-Ann Chen is the music director of the Memphis Symphony and the Chicago Sinfonietta. Courtesy photos.
  • By June LeBell |
  • April 11, 2012
Music Review: Sarasota Orchestra: Mei-Ann Chen and James Ehnes

It was a beautiful, breezy, sunny day at the tail-end of the Sarasota Orchestra's season, and the last thing I wanted to do was spend it in a dark concert hall.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • March 18, 2010
Cardinal Mooney celebrates '50 Years of Excellence'

A capacity crowd of 400 students, teachers and alumni filled two gymnasia-turned-ballrooms for Cardinal Mooney High School's 50th anniversary celebration.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • November 13, 2013
Taste of Asia: Third location's a charm

Taste of Asia: Third location's a charm

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • February 3, 2010
Sacred ruins

Florida Studio Theatre stages the Southeast premiere of 'Ruined' just hot off its Pulitzer Prize win.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 6, 2012
Briefs 9.06.12

Beach assessment planned for Friday; Community Center celebrates first year; Brown bucks county requests

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Ken Shelin |
  • May 6, 2010
My View: Mooring fiasco shows need for tough auditing

City Attorney Bob Fournier exposed numerous failures of city staff and the mooring consultants in the bidding process.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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