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Taylor Collins and Dan Bailey
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  • Nick Friedman
  • August 17, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Tiger Bay Club Luncheon

Members of the Tiger Bay Club met for their regular meeting Thursday, August 16, to hear from Sarasota County Administrator Randall Reid and moderator Dan Bailey. Reid gave an update about his position as county administrator and spoke about procurement issues and ethics.

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Vern Johnson with Lisa Goswick, Angela Nisbet and Bon Poire from Mandala Med Spa.
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • August 17, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: SKCC After Hours at Village Cafe

The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce held their monthly After Hours event, Thursday, Aug. 16, at the Village Cafe in Siesta Key Village

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Christina Elizabeth Mascitto and Weldon Frost pose together, Thursday, August 16, at the Kiwanis Scholarship breakfast at the Longboat Boat Key Club. This is Mascitto’s third time winning a scholarship from the Longboat Key Kiwanis Club.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • August 16, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: 2012 Kiwanis Scholarship breakfast

The Longboat Key Kiwanis Club handed out 19 scholarships to students attending four and two year colleges throughout Florida.

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Photo courtesy of Dan Kriwitsky
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2012
Barefoot Wine beach clean-up

Barefoot Wine partnered with Suncoast Charities for Children, Saturday, Aug. 11, as part of a statewide clean-up effort to "Keep Florida's Beaches Barefoot Friendly."

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2012
Message in a bottle

After Tropical Storm Debby, a guest at Tropical Beach Resorts found a message in a bottle washed up on the beach.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2012
From UK to US citizen

Nikki Caragiulo, wife of Sarasota City Commissioner Paul Caragiulo, became a U.S. citizen Wednesday, Aug. 15 when she took the oath along with 79 other people from 29 countries in a Tampa ceremony.

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Photo by Loren Mayo.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2012
Snip, snip away!

Sarah Monasterios' feet are planted on top of a chair that's surrounded by sea of shredded locks.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2012
Fond Farewell

Family and friends gathered at Church of the Redeemer, Monday, August 13, to remember the life of Tiger Bay Club founder Marj Baldwin, who died Tuesday, Aug. 7. She was 88.

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Emily Perkins, 6, said swimming was her favorite camp activity.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 16, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: YMCA Summer Camp

East County children are splashing out of summer and into the new school year, spending their last week of summer vacation having fun at the Lakewood Ranch YMCA.

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Tonya Smith stands next to a recently completed commissioned painting in her home studio, Moondance Art and Design Company.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • August 16, 2012
Neighbors: Tonya Smith

Local artist Tonya Smith is planning to serve some hard time behind bars. But this jailbird is no criminal; she's taking part in the Sarasota Executive Lock Up to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

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Paul Martinelli took this sunset photo overlooking Sarasota Bay.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Paul Martinelli took this sunset photo overlooking Sarasota Bay.

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This home at 749 Canal Road has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,968 square feet of living area. It sold for $510,000. Photo by Alex Mahadevan.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 16, 2012
Two bedroom Peppertree Bay condo sells for $579,000

A condominium in Peppertree Bay tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Betty Platnick, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 505A condominium at 1080 Peppertree Lane to Philip and Barbara Meltzer, of Hewlett, N.Y., for $579,000.

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Judy Robertson took this photo of a cloud formation before a storm on Siesta Key.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Judy Robertson took this photo of a cloud formation before a storm on Siesta Key.

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Sanford Gordon, Marilyn Harwell and Terry Langolis
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • August 15, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: AJC Summer Lunch & Learn

The American Jewish Committee today held its final Summer Lunch & Learn featuring Dina Siegel Vann, director of AJC's Latino and Latin American Institute.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 15, 2012
Primrose students rally for pets

As part of its Precious Pets program, Primrose preschoolers donated more than 1,000 items of canned and dry pet food to the Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch.

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