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  • October 27, 2010
Sunset seeker

Dennis Bayard submitted this sunset photo, taken near the 5600 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive. Please send your sunset (or sunrise) photos to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228, or e-mail them to [email protected].

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"The best thing you can do when pursuing a dream is surround yourself with people who share your joy," DJ Magnus says. "You have to have patience that things will happen organically through perseverance."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 27, 2010
Good vibrations

DJ Magnus doesn't just hear music - he feels it. As a deaf DJ who listened to his heart, he found his true calling.

  • Arts + Culture
"I've had such a warm welcome," says Ashley Ellis, right, of her first month on the job. Danielle Brown, left, was promoted to principal this season.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 27, 2010
In the dressing room with Sarasota Ballet's 'Firebirds'

Danielle Brown and Ashley Ellis dish about their latest shared role as the title character in Yuri Possokhov's 'Firebird.'

  • Arts + Culture
Rock shrimp dynamite crusted Hawaiian ono
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • October 27, 2010
Edibles: Favorite restaurants

Sisters share their choices

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DJ Magnus
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 27, 2010
DJ Magnus at the turntable (VIDEO)

DJ Magnus throws down beats in his production studio.

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Jerry and Terri Finn
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • October 26, 2010
Banyan Theatre 10th Anniversary

Banyan Theatre 10th Anniversary

  • Black Tie
Co-chair Beverly Bartner, Design Chair Ian Prosser, Co-chair Helen Sosso
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • October 26, 2010
Asolo 'Studio 54' Kick-Off Party

Asolo 'Studio 54' Kick-Off Party

  • Black Tie
Sarah Tate and Gail Wyer
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • October 26, 2010
Garden club gets a lesson in rainwater collection

The Longboat Key Garden Club learned about the benefits of rain barrels at their Tuesday. Oct. 26 meeting.

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Manatee High star running back Mike Blakely verbally committed to the University of Florida.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • October 26, 2010
Blakely commits to Florida

Manatee High star running back and East County resident Mike Blakely verbally committed to play football for the University of Florida during a press conference this morning.

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Lou Anthony with Marcelo and Tais Gadar
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • October 26, 2010
Princesses, ponies and pirates - oh my!

Excited youngsters paraded around Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in their favorite Halloween getups today.

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Buchanan scored a 95 on the council's Small Business Scorecard.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • October 26, 2010
Buchanan recognized for protecting small businesses

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan has been named a "Champion of the Entrepreneur" by the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council.

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The top level of the Palm Avenue parking garage can now be seen over the rooftops of lower buildings on Main Street.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • October 26, 2010
Garage rising above downtown buildings

Still on schedule to for a December completion date, workers are busy building the Palm Avenue parking garage's top floor.

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Out-of-Door Academy fifth-grader Alessandro Ciaccio played solid defense for Braden River's U12 boys black team.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • October 26, 2010
BRSC wreaks havoc

Hundreds of youth soccer players converged on the soccer fields behind Lakewood Ranch High, as the Braden River Soccer Club hosted its 8th annual Halloween Havoc Oct. 22-24. Boys and girls, ranging in age from U9 to U14, competed in the weekend tournament.

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Arlene McKitrick began playing golf more than 30 years ago.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 26, 2010
McKitrick takes swing at 160th victory

After multiple challenges, the Longboat Key golfer won another championship.

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Kate and Dex Honea
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • October 26, 2010
An Artistic Evening: 12th Annual Awards Celebration

The Sarasota County Arts Council held its 12th Annual Awards Celebration, Monday, Oct. 25 at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts Mertz Theatre. The evening honored some of Sarasota's most prominent leaders of the arts and cultural community.

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