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"Siesta Shawn" McLoughlin is well-known for his paintings of Siesta Key.
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  • Nick Friedman
  • June 28, 2012
Neighbors: Shawn Mcloughlin

Local painter Shawn McLoughlin shows it takes different strokes to complete life on Siesta Key.

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Cheryl Dobbins submitted this sunset photo, taken overlooking Sarasota Bay.
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 28, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Cheryl Dobbins submitted this sunset photo, taken overlooking Sarasota Bay.

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Eric Delaney carries The Kovac at CrossFit Lakeland for a GoRuck Challenge.
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • June 28, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Eric Delaney

Eric Delaney, 25, got into CrossFit two years ago when a friend told him about a new workout he was doing.

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  • June 28, 2012
Just The Stats

18 - Place Nicholas Caldwell came in during Monday's opening 400-meter freestyle at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials at the CenturyLink Center, in Omaha, Neb.

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Ronald Owens submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key.
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 28, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Ronald Owens submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key.

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This Sarasota Beach home, which has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,477 square feet of living area, sold for $745,500. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 28, 2012
Big Pass Lane home sells for $1.6 million

A home on Big Pass Lane tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Richard and Margie Trumbull, of Siesta Key, sold their home at 149 Big Pass Lane to W. David and M. Denise Sanders, of Bristol, Ind., for $1.6 million.

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Congratulations to Mena Lisa Kates, our June monthly winner!. Kates submitted this photo, taken over Pansy Bayou in Lido Shores.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 27, 2012
Monthly Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner: June

Congratulations to Mena Lisa Kates, our June monthly winner!. Kates submitted this photo, taken over Pansy Bayou in Lido Shores.

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John Ringling Blvd. leading into St. Armands Circle was just barely a one-lane road Sunday afternoon.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • June 27, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Deb-istation on Longboat Key

Tropical Storm Debby took a toll on Longboat Key. The Longbeach Village was waist-high in water Sunday and fish were swimming up to villager's back doors. High winds brought limbs down all along Gulf of Mexico Drive where Public Works Department employees worked non-stop. And waves crashed through turtle-nests carrying beach chairs down stretches of Longboat Key beach.

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Jack Dean, general manager of G. Fried Flooring, has it all (and the floor) covered.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • June 27, 2012
2012 Small Business Awards 10 employees or fewer winner: G.Fried Flooring

G. Fried Flooring has been located off of Tamiami Trail for 40 years.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 27, 2012
Welfonder secures book contract

Longboat Key resident and USA Today bestselling author Sue-Ellen Welfonder signed a new four-book contract with Grand Central Publishing/GCP (former Time Warner Books).

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Charlie, the Weimaraner, Photo courtesy of Mary Lou Johnson.
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 27, 2012
Dog finds a nice home

On Memorial Day weekend, Bill and Mary Lou Johnson's daughter and son-in-law fell in love - with a dog.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 27, 2012
Eagle Scout thanks former troop

John Miles Getker has a message for his friends "back home."

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 27, 2012
Appointee heads to military academy

East County youth Richard Wheeler, 19, is fulfilling his dream of attending a U.S. military academy.

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Lisa McLeod captured this early-morning sunrise in Myakka City.
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 27, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Lisa McLeod captured this early-morning sunrise in Myakka City.

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Tammy Halsted takes a break at the Touch Corporation office on St. Armands Circle.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • June 27, 2012
Neighbors: Tammy Halsted

Tammy Halsted has moved 34 times but says this area feels like home.

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