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  • By Katie Johns
  • October 16, 2018
Longboat Key Garden Club reunites for season
  • By Eric Garwood
  • October 16, 2018
Dick Smothers' Longboat condo is for sale
  • By Katie Johns
  • October 16, 2018
St. Mary Women's Guild jumps into fall
  • By Kayleigh Omang
  • October 15, 2018
Friends of the Sarasota Ballet celebrate a new season
  • By Shane Donglasan
  • October 15, 2018
World Lemur Festival brings awareness to world's most endangered primate
  • By David Conway
  • October 15, 2018
Selby Gardens secures $21.8 million for master plan
  • By Shane Donglasan
  • October 15, 2018
Giving Hunger the Blues & Jazz returns to rock the Van Wezel
  • By Shane Donglasan
  • October 15, 2018
Howl-O-Ween Movie Night Spooktacular brings scary sights to Ed Smith Stadium
  • By Katie Johns
  • October 14, 2018
Formula 18 Worlds kick off at Sarasota Sailing Squadron
Disabled Army veteran Michael Monthervil and his girlfriend, Ashley Nickles, address the crowd at the Elks Lodge during a fundraiser for Homes for Our Troops.
  • By Jay Heater
  • October 14, 2018
Lakewood Ranch Elks pig out for charity
  • By Shane Donglasan
  • October 14, 2018
Yo ho ho for the Sarasota Garden Club's 80th Annual Flower Show
  • By Kayleigh Omang
  • October 14, 2018
Racers raise the roof for SPARCC
  • By Pam Eubanks
  • October 13, 2018
Annual Pumpkin Festival opens
  • By Ryan Kohn
  • October 12, 2018
Pirates football sinks Sailors 51-19
  • By Kayleigh Omang
  • October 12, 2018
Ladies lunch in Lilly for Junior League of Sarasota
  • By Kayleigh Omang
  • October 11, 2018
Sarasota Memorial Health Foundation and Saks Fifth Avenue Sarasota honor fighters
  • By Katie Johns
  • October 11, 2018
Local brokers learn about red tide
  • By Pam Eubanks
  • October 11, 2018
Heritage Harbour women bring a full house
Sisterhood for Good members Kathy Fraley, Kathy Collums, Peggy Kronus and Heather Kasten are all excited for their next retreat in November for their annual planning, but say "No details! It's a secret to the public."
  • By Amelia Hanks
  • October 10, 2018
Sisterhood for Good takes a slice out of charity in Lakewood Ranch
Stan Rutstein, Executive Director Robyn Faucy, Jo Rutstein
  • By Kayleigh Omang
  • October 10, 2018
Neuro Challenge Foundation for Parkinson's gears up for its gala
Heritage Harbour's Leah Glynn, 7, paints her chef's hat rainbow in preparation for creating her own pizza.
  • By Amelia Hanks
  • October 10, 2018
Slice of sunshine in Lakewood Ranch
  • By Pam Eubanks
  • October 10, 2018
Students walk in wonder
  • By Kayleigh Omang
  • October 10, 2018
Love shines through at annual Love Lunch
  • By Ryan Kohn
  • October 9, 2018
Cardinal Mooney claws back to beat Riverview on Senior Night
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