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Jeff Harris, Martha Ballard and Steve Matthews
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Florida Winefest and Auction awards $152,000 in grants
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Returned Peace Corps Volunteers honors local service organizations at luncheon
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Market season winds down
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Girls Inc. celebrates a year of success
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Community Video Archives honors four local leaders
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Sale closes on Longboat's highest price house in five years
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St. Armands parking garage officially opens
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ODA celebrates Prom
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Longboat Key Club enjoys evening of blues and bourbon
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Designing Daughters disco the night away
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Buddy Up Tennis aces annual fundraiser
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Wave of boating enthusiasts hits Sarasota Bay
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First Presbyterian raises funds for preschool
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NAMI Sarasota County goes green for mental health
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Bird Key ladies step into spring
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Girls who give in Lakewood Ranch
Event Chair Kent Hayes and Board Member Anne Rollings
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  • April 23, 2019
Sarasota County schools strive toward success
Actor Perry Sherman, Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards, actor Elizabeth Hawkinson, pianist Angela Steiner and director Peter Rothstein
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Asolo Repertory Theatre concludes season with 'Sweeney Todd'
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Kids go on the hunt at Casa Del Mar
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Jeff Harris, Martha Ballard and Steve Matthews
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Florida Winefest and Auction awards $152,000 in grants
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Leslie Glass, founder of Reach Out Recovery, and David Denicoff
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Returned Peace Corps Volunteers honors local service organizations at luncheon
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Co-Chairwomen Montana Taplinger and Nikki Sedacca
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Ladies lunch with Ian Prosser
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New amenity center opens at Shoreview at Waterside in Lakewood Ranch
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