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Travis and McKayla Taaffe rowed at the 2011 Club National Championships in July, at the Indianapolis Rowing Center.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 28, 2011
Brother, sister duo to compete at CanAmMex Games

Last August, McKayla Taaffe, a senior at Pine View School, claimed her first gold medal at the 2010 U.S. Rowing Club National Championship, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. This August, she and her younger brother, Travis, a Pine View sophomore, are planning to take home the gold when they compete in the CanAmMex Games, in Canada.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 28, 2011
Reverend follows his heart for trip

Rev. Michael Mansperger, of Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, plans to take a sabbitical for the first time in his more than 30-year career.

  • Sarasota
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Coudal
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 28, 2011
Business Observer

Community Foundation names new chief of staff; SMH opens Stickney Point Urgent Care Center; New Sarasota shop celebrates fine wine; USF Sarasota-Manatee appoints council members

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 28, 2011
Weekly Winner: Sky Light

T. Richard Chen submitted this sunset photo, taken in Palmer Ranch.

  • Sarasota
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We found a pumpkin sculpture sitting in a parking lot on Tamiami Trail.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 27, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: The great pumpkin

Have you seen this pumpkin before?

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A turtle nest at 4795 Gulf of Mexico Drive will be excavated tomorrow.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • July 27, 2011
Nest opening to take place tomorrow

A Longboat Key turtle nest will be excavated at 8 p.m. tomorrow.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • July 27, 2011
Restaurant, intersection vandalized on north end of Siesta

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office is investigating vandalism that occurred either late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning on the north end of Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Temple Emanu-El honors East resident

Temple Emanu-El recently named East County resident Dorothy Kirsner as one of three recipient's of the temple's 2010-2011 Volunteer of the Year award.

  • East County
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Mote Ranch resident Cathy Waller submitted this photo of an amazing arachnid that took up residence outside her home. She snapped the photo during the Super Moon March 19.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Spider weaves web in Mote Ranch

Mote Ranch resident Cathy Waller submitted this photo of an amazing arachnid that took up residence outside her home. She snapped the photo during the Super Moon March 19.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Community Fund seeks nominations

The Lakewood Ranch Community Fund still is accepting nominations for the seventh annual C. John A. Clarke Humanitarian of the Year Award.

  • East County
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Morgan Castor took this photo July 3, at Adventure Park in Summerfield.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Weekly Winner: Storm Front

Morgan Castor took this photo July 3, at Adventure Park in Summerfield.

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From left: Louis Sanandres, Judy Toombs, Barbara Sanandres, Cindy Wolfendale, Salvatore and Tini Farragamo and Linda and Mike Burke
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Longboaters are shoe-in for good time

Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian winemaker and grandson of the famed Italian shoe designer of the same name, welcomed Longboat Key residents to his family's private villa in the village of Il Borro, Italy.

  • Longboat Key
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Beverly Bartner, Steve Seidensticker and Judi Gallagher
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Make him an offer he can't refuse

Innocently enough, Libby's Cafe + Bar owner Steve Seidensticker came to greet a table of ladies who were lunching in his restaurant on a recent summer day.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Christmas in July takes on a whole new meaning when the Ladies Guild at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church gets involved.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
St. Mary, Star of the Sea welcomes two new members

William Enrique Fickes, son of Jason and Kathy Fickes, of North Carolina, was baptized by Msgr. Gerry Finegan July 17, at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic church.

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