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  • April 10, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Key Club Easter

The islandside golf course was full of hundreds of kids decked in their Easter finest - just to dig in the hay. The children participated in a variety of activities: mini golf, egg decorating, cookie decorating and necklace making before digging in to the hay. Each age grouping had a different hay-shaped letter with eggs buried inside (all together it spelled out LBKC). When they were given the go-ahead, hay went flying everywhere until baskets were full of colorful eggs.

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Piper Barde with the Easter Bunny
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  • April 10, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Bird Key Yacht Club Easter

Stevie Dee the magician would need a very large hat to pull the Easter bunny out of at Bird Key Yacht Club's Easter party on April 8. Instead, Mr. Bunny made his rounds before the magic show. An egg hunt followed the festivities.

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  • April 10, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Yacht Club Easter

The Easter Bunny hopped on over to Sarasota Yacht Club for an Easter celebration on Saturday, April 7. Magician Stevie Dee put on a show and made inflatable Easter hats and bunnies for the children. They made crafts and enjoyed an ice-cream bar, too.

  • Longboat Key
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Katherine Crane sprints to find the next egg
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • April 10, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Sand Cay egg hunt

It took less than two minutes for the hundreds of eggs at Sand Cay Beach Resort to be found on Friday, April 6. It was a wild dash for the most eggs, and more than one child had an overflowing basket.

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Longboat Key Vice Mayor David Brenner retained his District 3 seat on the town commission in March by a narrow, 90-vote margin.
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  • April 10, 2012
In the Public Eye: Vice Mayor David Brenner

Vice Mayor David Brenner was recently re-elected to the District 3 Longboat Key Town Commission seat.

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  • April 9, 2012
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Ashley James, Christine Conley, Maleah Howell, Jamie Buckingham and Jack Joy dressed up as the cast of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”, for the Turtle Run, Saturday, April 7, on Siesta Key Beach.
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  • April 9, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Run for the Turtles

Mote's 26th Run for the Turtles was a huge success, Saturday, April 7, with more than 1,000 runners and walkers. Both the 1-mile fun-run/walk and 5K took place out on Siesta Public Beach.

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Robert Peltier, Hailey Childress and Logan Brisson
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • April 9, 2012
Key Club employees rescue teens

After noticing two teens swimming Friday in the Gulf of Mexico were in distress, two Longboat Key Club employees rescued them via kayaks.

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A rendering showed at Wednesday's meeting depicted the two-story building that was proposed for the site.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • April 6, 2012
Arts Center withdraws site-plan request

The Ringling College division withdrew its request after hearing concerns from the Longbeach Village Association.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • April 6, 2012
Pedestrian's husband seeks damages against town, other agencies

The notice sent to the town and other agencies describes the area on Gulf of Mexico Drive as poorly lit with no crosswalk available.

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  • April 6, 2012
Lido Shores home sells for $7.1 million

The transaction is the highest-priced Sarasota County sale recorded in 2012.

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  • April 5, 2012
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  • April 5, 2012
Obituary: William Varnell

William Varnell, of Longboat Key and Dade City, died March 22.

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