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Do: Find a fun background. It'll liven up that daily meeting without showing your dimly lit apartment.
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  • Harry Sayer
  • April 3, 2020
Tips for successful videoconferencing

Having trouble getting used to working from home? We can help.

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Eva Green in "Penny Dreadful." Photo source: Showtime.
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  • April 3, 2020
Binge Blog: My heart has never fainted

"Penny Dreadful" and "Chuck" are this week's selections.

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Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center Associates, the nonprofit that runs Nathan Benderson Park, has made modifications to access but is keeping the park open.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 3, 2020
Sarasota park remains open during pandemic

Nathan Benderson Park officials will keep the park open but ask public to practice social distancing.

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Five trailers were stolen from a Bradenton RV lot.
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  • April 2, 2020
Thieves camp out at Bradenton RV lot, steal five trailers

Bradenton RV lot hit with theft of five trailers.

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East County, including Jiggs Landing, could be under a curfew beginning Friday.
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  • Jay Heater
  • April 2, 2020
Manatee County could set curfew Friday

Manatee County commissioners will consider setting a curfew on Friday.

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Kellie and Grace Menke with their English bulldog Dozer.
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  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • April 2, 2020
Cuddle up for virtual stories from Church of the Redeemer

Jacki Boedecker, director of Children’s Christian Formation, started ‘Goodnight Redeemer’ to help the community stay connected.

  • Sarasota
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Weston Spoon, Courtney Hessell and Lynne Byrd with loggerhead sea turtle Chipi.
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  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • April 2, 2020
Bon voyage, Chipi!

After 149 days in Mote's care, once-stranded loggerhead was released into the Gulf of Mexico on March 25.

  • Sarasota
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  • April 2, 2020
Longboat Key weather page photo: April 2

Cindy Leder captured this sunset at Beach Place on Longboat Key.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 2, 2020
Sarasota weather page photo: April 2

Chris Tarrant snapped this shot of a southern toad on Siesta Beach.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 2, 2020
East County weather page photo: April 2

David Maloney captured the full moon over Tara Preserve.

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  • April 2, 2020
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  • April 2, 2020
From purses to masks

BSWANKY is making the move from handbags to face masks amid the coronavirus epidemic.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 2, 2020
Flora's flowers

One of St. Armands' statues is sporting a new hat.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • April 2, 2020
Closed Sarasota beaches attract shorebirds weeks ahead of schedule

Local official says shorebirds could see a more successful season as a result of beach closures.

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  • Brynn Mechem
  • April 2, 2020
School board debates whether superintendent search will be slowed

Some board members say the search should press on while others say coronavirus response should be top priority.

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