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  • By Kat Wingert
  • April 8, 2022
Longboat Garden Club offers taste of fashion
  • By Harry Sayer
  • April 7, 2022
Child Protection Center brings back Blue Ties and Butterflies
  • By Adam Hughes
  • April 7, 2022
Bay Island Shores home sells for $4 million
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 4, 2022
The Paradise Center celebrates sixth fundraiser
Laura Straussfeld and Lauren Proctor-Brown of the Ocala team greet the fans at the Sarasota Polo Club before Sunday's title game of the Women's Challenge.
  • By Jay Heater
  • April 3, 2022
Plenty of thrills during Women's Challenge at Sarasota Polo Club
Kettle of Fish's Greg Polous on electric guitar, Dana Lawrence on acoustic guitar, and Todd Adams on keys, entertain the Music on Main crowd.
  • By Ian Swaby
  • April 3, 2022
Thousands catch Fish at Music on Main in Lakewood Ranch
  • By Eric Garwood
  • April 2, 2022
Pet owners paws for weekend festival
  • By Eric Garwood
  • April 2, 2022
Science takes flight at radio-controlled car races
Karen MacKay prepares to board with Jamie VanDenson and Kim Boyd, already on board.
  • By Eric Garwood
  • April 1, 2022
Longboat friends take a surprise pirate cruise
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 1, 2022
Tidewell Foundation hosts 13th annual Signature Luncheon
Cascades' Marsha Bloomfield looks through the clothes available for sale. Bloomfield already had purchased the clothes she modeled during the fashion show.
  • By Liz Ramos
  • March 31, 2022
Cascades of Sarasota Women's Club hosts benefit fashion show
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 31, 2022
St. Mary Catholic Church Women's Guild welcomes new members
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 31, 2022
Friars golfers get together for 28th anniversary
  • By Harry Sayer
  • March 30, 2022
Compeer Sarasota talks children's health at luncheon
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 30, 2022
Sutton Place on Longboat Key celebrates 50 years
  • By Harry Sayer
  • March 29, 2022
Sarasota Jewish organizations show solidarity with Ukraine
  • By Harry Sayer
  • March 29, 2022
Families journey into mystery at Enchanted Garden event
The tables were decorated with a centerpiece.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 29, 2022
Beth Israel Women put on annual fashion show
  • By Harry Sayer
  • March 27, 2022
Pitbull headlines final Forty Carrots Firefly Gala
Mote Ranch's Robert Timm and Lakewood Ranch's Joseph Dunn dress as royalty. "I dress like this every day," Timm says with a smile.
  • By Liz Ramos
  • March 27, 2022
Meals on Wheels Plus of Manatee hosts Tropical Nights — A Royal Affair
  • By Liz Ramos
  • March 26, 2022
My Hometown Fest returns to Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota
Jon Thaxton, Tom and Sherry Koski and Matt Kahn
  • By Harry Sayer
  • March 25, 2022
Embracing Our Differences hosts 2022 luncheon
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 25, 2022
Save Our Seabirds hosts Sunset Soiree
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 25, 2022
Longboat Key Town Hall hosts art reception
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Child Protection Center brings back Blue Ties and Butterflies
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Bay Island Shores home sells for $4 million
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  • April 4, 2022
The Paradise Center celebrates sixth fundraiser
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Laura Straussfeld and Lauren Proctor-Brown of the Ocala team greet the fans at the Sarasota Polo Club before Sunday's title game of the Women's Challenge.
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Plenty of thrills during Women's Challenge at Sarasota Polo Club

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