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Anne McCunney submitted this photo of a sandhill crane family, taken in Bradenton.
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  • May 6, 2015
East County photo contest winner: May 7

Anne McCunney submitted this photo of a sandhill crane family, taken in Bradenton.

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Anne Schimberg serves as the secretary on Kehillah’s board. File photo
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  • Jessica Salmond
  • May 6, 2015
Kehillah of LWR affiliates with national network

The congregation joins the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.

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Longboat Key residents Robert and Bonny Israeloff with Karen and Tom Bernstein went on safari in Tanzania and Kenya and visited Serengeti National Park in Tarangire, Tanzania.
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 6, 2015
Attention, globe trotters: Five months left to submit photos for the ‘It’s Read Everywhere’ contest

Attention, globe trotters: You have five months left to submit photos for the ‘It’s Read Everywhere’ contest.

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  • May 6, 2015
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | Sound off: Referendum

We asked for your traffic solutions in our April 30 editorial, “Send in your vote,” and you responded. Keep the dialogue going by emailing your opinions to Managing Editor Robin Hartill at [email protected].

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  • May 6, 2015
Rotary Kids Club reaches high of five

Attendance at the Rotary Club of Longboat Key Kids Club was up 150% at its May 1 gathering over its inaugural March 27 get-together: The Kids Club drew five children, compared to the first Kids Club, which garnered two young attendees.

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  • May 6, 2015
Operation Kindness raises $65,000

The tally is in for the March 31 Operation Kindness event at the Longboat Key Club: The event raised $65,000 for Operation Kindness Florida, a nonprofit organization with the mission of raising funds for veterans who have sustained emotional and physical trauma

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  • May 5, 2015
LWR women give moms hope

LWR women give moms hope

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  • May 5, 2015
Surprise Celebration

Surprise Celebration

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 5, 2015
Go Green

Members of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic, in Lakewood Ranch, celebrated Care for God’s Creation Weekend (Earth Day) April 18

  • East County
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Breast Health Center’s Yulonda Greene, the Meadows’ Barb Schaal and Trish Schenck, Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation CEO Alex Quarles, the Meadows’ Barbara Murray and the Breast Health Center’s Michele Young Stears celebrate the donation together.
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  • May 5, 2015
Charitable Swing

The Meadows Country Club remembered a longtime committee member and made charitable contributions to Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation

  • East County
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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 5, 2015
Plymouth Harbor enjoys its "Feathers"

Lou Newman held his ninth annual wildlife photography exhibit on May 5.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 5, 2015
Bullock: Firefighter hiring won’t be problem

The town manager doesn’t believe pay/pension issues will ignite hiring concerns.

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Dawson Young and Nick Petruccelli listen to a presentation by Robert Rehmer.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • May 5, 2015
Lakewood Ranch Imagine Schools students prepare for Washington D.C. trip

Retired Tomb of the Unknown Soldier sentinel presented to eighth-graders yesterday.

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Mayor Jack Duncan discusses ways to implement a new Planning and Zoning Board later this month.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 5, 2015
Luckiest P&Z Board members could be niners

The Longboat Key Town Commission seeks strength through fewer board members, plus up to nine years in a board seat.

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Code Enforcement Officer John Lally, left, will be replaced by Susan Stahley, right.
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  • Jessica Salmond
  • May 5, 2015
Sarasota County Code Enforcement Officer John Lally to retire from Siesta Key

Lally served on Siesta Key for 13 years.

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