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Dawn Mims, Shantell Mankowski and Kerry Minar
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 24, 2011
GALLERY: LLSA Chamber Business After Hours

The Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce gathered for networking and social time at the Holiday Inn.

  • Longboat Key
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Steven High will assume his role as executive director of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art June 1.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 24, 2011
Ringling Museum selects new executive director

On Thursday, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art named Steven High as its executive director.

  • Sarasota
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Jovee Henehan, Thomas Connel and Jesse Hillman
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • March 24, 2011
Pastry Art workers show shamrock style

Jovee Henehan, Thomas Connel and Jesse Hillman, Pastry Art employees, celebrated St. Patrick's Day by dressing up in their best Irish flair Thursday, March 17.

  • Sarasota
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Darby Adams and Yakira Padilla made this "robug."
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 24, 2011
Bug robots roar to life at Brookside

Brookside Middle School teacher Susan Roberts' students built buzzing soda can 'robugs.'

  • Sarasota
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This Moroccan uromastyx was one of four different animals that visited Love Comes First Preschool this morning.
    By
  • Michael Eng
  • March 24, 2011
GALLERY: Reptiles visit Love Comes First Preschool

Reptiles from Sarasota Jungle Gardens slithered into the East County's Love Comes First Preschool March 24 -- much to the delight of the students. Special guests included a Burmese python, a Moroccan uromastyx, a green iguana and an American alligator.

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Bob Angers, along with his fellow Sarasota High classmates, presents a $1,000 check to Buff Betz.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 24, 2011
SHS grads donate back to school

Bob Angers says he and his fellow classmates from Sarasota High School's class of '46 are 'old as dirt,' but if you're thinking it was an easy task getting the bunch to pose for this recent photo - when they donated $1,000 to SHS's scholarship fund - think again.

  • Sarasota
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Lynn Earl
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • March 24, 2011
Earl's 95th birthday arrives right on schedule

Lynn Earl celebrated her 95th birthday on March 12 with her 21 grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2011
All through the town

What do you get when you invert a school bus and stack it on top of another school bus? The Topsy-Turvy Teva Bus, of course!

  • Sarasota
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Coppenrath
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • March 24, 2011
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Martina Coppenrath

Martina Coppenrath recently completed the Disney Princess Women's Half Marathon, in Orlando, which she ran barefoot.

  • Sarasota
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I Grow My Own Veggies
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 24, 2011
Urban Sarasota gardens cultivate interest

Junior League's Simply Sarasota Kitchen Festival kicks off March 30 and runs through April 2.

  • Sarasota
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The Rev. Arthur McClellan stands in front of the Pineapple Avenue entrance, which will have glass doors and new canopies after it is remodeled to be more identifiable and welcoming to passersby.
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • March 24, 2011
First Church celebrates 120 years downtown

The First United Methodist Church, the oldest existing organization in Sarasota, celebrates its 120th anniversary this year.

  • Sarasota
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The Rev. Arthur McClellan stands in front of the Pineapple Avenue entrance, which will have glass doors and new canopies after it is remodeled to be more identifiable and welcoming to passersby.
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • March 24, 2011
First Church celebrates 120 years downtown

In 2005, First United Methodist Church was offered $17 million for its downtown property, where the church has been located since 1911.

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Vanda Bayliss, 59, always dreamed of operating huge construction equipment. Her dream came true at People at Play in the East County.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 24, 2011
CAUTION: Adults at Play

If you've ever wanted to take the controls of a bulldozer or excavator, one East County business can accommodate your heavy-duty dreams.

  • Sarasota
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Brandon Surline submitted this sunset photo, taken at Big Pass on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: PEACHY KEEN

Brandon Surline submitted this sunset photo, taken at Big Pass on Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
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Cindy Kaiser, executive director of the Education Foundation of Sarasota County, Teacher of the Year Melissa Owens and Patty Brustad, program coordinator
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 23, 2011
GALLERY: Sarasota County Teacher of the Year

Melissa "Missy" Owens, of Bay Haven School of Basics-Plus, received the award for 2011-2012 Teacher of the Year.

  • Sarasota
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