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Marilyn and Jim May have committed this year to adding more Easter decorations to their mailbox.
  • By Harry Sayer
  • April 5, 2021
Neighborhood celebrates Easter with decorative mailboxes
  • By Harry Sayer
  • April 3, 2021
Families search for eggs at annual Siesta Key Easter Egg Hunt
  • By Harry Sayer
  • April 3, 2021
Sarasota Ministerial Association takes supporters on Good Friday pilgrimage
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 2, 2021
You Observed: Rotary Club of Longboat Key hosts Walk for Water
Bill Waddill leads the tour.
  • By Harry Sayer
  • April 1, 2021
DreamLarge hosts 2021 BLVD Bike Rides event
  • By Liz Ramos
  • March 31, 2021
Fishing event held in reel time in Lakewood Ranch
  • By Liz Ramos
  • March 31, 2021
Egg hunt makes kids hoppy in Lakewood Ranch
  • By Brendan Lavell
  • March 30, 2021
Tim Reynolds headlines concert at Nathan Benderson Park
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 29, 2021
Golf championship traverses two courses
Lakewood Ranch kids Palmer and Emma Naumann play with plush dolls.
  • By Harry Sayer
  • March 28, 2021
Families roll through Nathan Benderson Park for Big Truck Day 2021
  • By Harry Sayer
  • March 27, 2021
Sarasota Chamber marks 100 years with annual breakfast
A.G. Lafley, Teri Hansen, Al Maio Hagen Brody, Cathy Layton and Bill Waddill cuts the ribbon.
  • By Harry Sayer
  • March 27, 2021
Bay Park Conservancy hosts Mangrove Walkway Ribbon Cutting
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 26, 2021
St. Armands Key Lutheran Church takes yoga to meditation garden
  • By Mark Bergin
  • March 25, 2021
Joel Ascencio named Longboat Key's officer of the year
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 25, 2021
Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce hosts Meet, Greet, Eat
Hillcroft Farm's Mason Wroe scores from a sharp angle on a terrific shot at the Sarasota Polo Club March 21.
  • By Jay Heater
  • March 25, 2021
Sarasota Polo Club hosts 'Fly a Kite' event Sunday
Todd Richardson, the principal, sits as slime oozes down his clothes. Courtesy photo.
  • By Liz Ramos
  • March 24, 2021
Wacky walk-a-thon in Lakewood Ranch
  • By Liz Ramos
  • March 24, 2021
Historical landing in east Bradenton
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 23, 2021
Longboat Island Chapel welcomes new members
Sasha Crewdson
  • By Harry Sayer
  • March 22, 2021
Sarasota County Fair returns with 2021 event
  • By Harry Sayer
  • March 22, 2021
Sarasotans mingle at St. Patty's Day party
  • By Harry Sayer
  • March 22, 2021
Circus Arts Conservatory students learn the ropes at spring break camp
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 22, 2021
Temple Beth Israel hosts pre-Passover food drive
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 22, 2021
Great American Cleanup gets going on Longboat Key
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Marilyn and Jim May have committed this year to adding more Easter decorations to their mailbox.
  • April 5, 2021
Neighborhood celebrates Easter with decorative mailboxes
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  • April 3, 2021
Families search for eggs at annual Siesta Key Easter Egg Hunt
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  • April 3, 2021
Sarasota Ministerial Association takes supporters on Good Friday pilgrimage
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  • April 2, 2021
You Observed: Rotary Club of Longboat Key hosts Walk for Water
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Bill Waddill leads the tour.
  • April 1, 2021
DreamLarge hosts 2021 BLVD Bike Rides event

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