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Modern Pentathlon Opening Ceremonies 2016
Doug Deming and the Jewel Tones played for guests.
  • By Amanda Morales
  • May 4, 2016
Manatee, Sarasota Chambers rock Blues by the Bay
Kara Kimes strokes Squinty the screech owl . Squinty lost an eye in an accident but now he visits schools.
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  • May 4, 2016
McNeal Elementary visits with the wild side
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  • May 4, 2016
Lou Newman takes flight
Nine McNeal students' posters went on to the state contest.
  • By Jessica Salmond
  • May 4, 2016
McNeal Elementary student art is a drop in the bucket
Tasha Muhammad got a bar for now and for later.
  • By Jessica Salmond
  • May 3, 2016
Willis Elementary staff screams for ice cream
This was the third and largest year for the events group Father Daughter Dance. Photo courtesy of Lindsey Wilson.
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  • May 3, 2016
GreyHawk Landing glams up for dads and daughters
All six of the honorees Army Spc. Elwood “Woody” Schiffman, Harold Ronson, retired Air Force Col. Leonard Friedlander, USMC Capt. Tom Smith, retired Army Col. Ben Knisely and Army Spc. Christopher Keilty.
  • By Amanda Morales
  • May 2, 2016
JFCS salutes six local veterans
Phillis Black and her husband, Jack, pull up for a good seat for the show.
  • By Jessica Salmond
  • April 30, 2016
Longboat Key clubs ride in for Butch Cassidy
Crystal Erberfeld watches closely as her dad, Dale Kingsland, pins a boutonniere on her date, Stirling Lamb. Erberfeld is a sophomore and Lamb is a junior.
  • By Jay Heater
  • April 30, 2016
Was Pirates' prom perfect? Go ask Alice
Brenda Murtz of Nokomis jokes with Lucas Naranjo of Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jessica Salmond
  • April 30, 2016
Lakewood Ranch tennis festival shows the love
Pineview School student Jack Pullman and Braden River High School student Logan Miller work on the Skull and Bones Robotics team robot.
  • By Jessica Salmond
  • April 30, 2016
Da Vinci Faire sparks interest at Manatee Technical College
Event Chairwoman Ariane Dart and Forty Carrots Executive Director Michelle Kapreilian
  • By Heather Merriman Saba
  • April 30, 2016
Firefly Gala 2016
Sarasota City Commissioner Liz Alpert and Jim Barber
  • By Amanda Morales
  • April 30, 2016
Argus Foundation simmers with Low Country Boil
  • By Pam Eubanks
  • April 29, 2016
Fairytale prom delights
Courtesy photo. Amy Esper, Michelle Brown and Lynn Brown.
  • By Observer Staff
  • April 29, 2016
First Presbyterian tends to First Roots fundraiser
Lindsay Adam, Vincente and Samuel Zegers with Jen King-Elliot and Vivian Elliot
  • By Amanda Morales
  • April 29, 2016
Alta Vista neighbors picnic in the shade
Tyson Green uses the self-loader truck to clean up trees on the Red Cross grounds in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater
  • April 29, 2016
Red Cross receives Arbor Day gift
Mike Snyder, Dan Snyder, Ron Milton and Bill Chapman
  • By Heather Merriman Saba
  • April 28, 2016
SMHF 15th Anniversary Celebration Golf Tournament Sponsor Party
The first annual Garden to Plate Wine Dinner was hosted at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens on Thursday, April 28.
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  • April 28, 2016
Garden to Plate Wine Dinner at Selby
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  • April 28, 2016
Tara boasts bocce bash
John and Sandra Chrzczonowski with their grandson and Sarasota High School junior Austin.
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  • April 28, 2016
Sarasota County Schools awards most improved students
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  • April 28, 2016
Moore’s Stone Crab demolition begins on Longboat
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It's tea time for mom
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Manatee, Sarasota Chambers rock Blues by the Bay
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Kara Kimes strokes Squinty the screech owl . Squinty lost an eye in an accident but now he visits schools.
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McNeal Elementary visits with the wild side
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