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  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 22, 2020
Group exercise begins again on Longboat Key
Sirius Day Spa manager Jenn Devine took her time touching up Lindsey Golonka 's hair.
  • By Harry Sayer
  • May 19, 2020
The Mane Event
  • By Liz Ramos
  • May 17, 2020
Lakewood Ranch church's parade uplifting for members
Karen Pashkow rattles a noisemaker to attract attention from drivers.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 15, 2020
Longboat Island Chapel hosts food drive
  • By Eric Garwood
  • May 15, 2020
Air Force flyover thrills Sarasota Memorial Hospital staff
  • By Liz Ramos
  • May 13, 2020
Sign of appreciation in Lakewood Ranch
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 13, 2020
Longboat Key resident turns 99
  • By Eric Garwood
  • May 12, 2020
Life on Longboat
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 11, 2020
You Observed: Surprise drive-by birthday
  • By Liz Ramos
  • May 10, 2020
Smiles all around East County church on Mother's Day
  • By Harry Sayer
  • May 8, 2020
Alderman Oaks retirement home surprised with Mothers Day parade
  • By Mark Bergin
  • May 8, 2020
Singles play resumes at Longboat Key Tennis Center
  • By Pam Eubanks
  • May 8, 2020
Love unwrapped in Lakewood Ranch
  • By Eric Garwood
  • May 4, 2020
Life on Longboat
  • By Mark Bergin
  • May 1, 2020
Longboat condo installs Mini Reefs underneath docks
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 29, 2020
Longboat Key beach art grows and changes daily
  • By Eric Garwood
  • April 27, 2020
Life on Longboat
  • By Brynn Mechem
  • April 23, 2020
Sarasota High teachers cheer on seniors as they pick up graduation garb
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 20, 2020
Through a lens: Sarasota during the pandemic
  • By Brynn Mechem
  • April 17, 2020
Sarasota County first responders honor physicians
  • By Guest Author
  • April 17, 2020
You Observed: Tangerine Bay Club neighbors come together
Temple Emanu-El Associate Rabbi Michael Shefrin and his son Jacob donned protective masks decorated with frogs – a reminder of the plague of frogs visited on Egypt during the Passover story.
  • By Guest Author
  • April 17, 2020
You Observed: Passover at Temple Emanu-el
One-year-old Niko Rossi Sharma finds Easter eggs on the No. 3 hole of the King’s Dune Course in Lakewood Ranch. He is the grandson of Gloria Bracciano and Greg Van Natter.
  • By Jay Heater
  • April 13, 2020
Everybody loves a bunny on Easter in the Lakewood Ranch area
This fish at Lake Uihlein at Main Street at Lakewood Ranch is in big trouble. It becomes a cormorant snack.
  • By Jay Heater
  • April 13, 2020
At home with nature
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Lakewood Ranch church's parade uplifting for members
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