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Lake & Sumter Style — Lake and Sumter Counties' premier life+style magazine — lives on the cutting edge, utilizing innovative design and revolutionary, award-winning photography. Trendy-modern-fashionable Style focuses on the lifestyle that makes Central Florida a great place to live and work!

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Two for the road

STORY: James Combs // PHOTOS: Bob Anderson Many people jokingly refer to tandem bicycles as divorce machines. In fact, tandem bikers have a popular saying: “However your marriage is going, riding a tandem will get you there faster.” That’s understandable,…

OUTSTANDING STUDENT

age 12 / East Ridge Middle School / Grade 7 Mariah Khetem I give back by wrapping Christmas gifts for people. My uncle, Doug Richardson, died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (more commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease) last…

RESTAURANT REVIEW: The Crooked Spoon Gastropub

Love. Some swear by it as the secret ingredient in any dish that leaves diners speechless and wanting more. Certainly, no one denies the significance of fresh ingredients, a skilled chef, and a sense of fearlessness when it comes to…

BOOK CLUB

The Light Between Oceans: A suspenseful, heart-wrenching story A lighthouse on the solitary island of Janus Rock at the western end of Australia is the setting for this fast-moving and riveting story. Tom Sherbourne, a World War I veteran, and…

Hammering home community pride

It’s time to play ball on the newly renovated Fred Stover Sports Complex in Tavares. Thanks to the Lowe’s Heroes Program, a companywide initiative that gives employees opportunities to support local community improvement projects, each dugout at the complex’s four…