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  • Loren Mayo
  • May 27, 2010
Teacher, student cut hair for Locks of Love (VIDEO)

Following student presentations about cancer, Sarasota Middle School language arts teacher Lauren Peters and eighth-grade student Erica Tenorio generously donated their hair to Locks of Love, a charity that serves children suffering from medical hair loss.

  • Sarasota
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  • Robin Hartill
  • May 27, 2010
OBITUARY: Jerome Lavin

Jerome Lavin, 65, was a Longboat Key resident.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Loren Mayo
  • May 27, 2010
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: Southside Elementary (VIDEO)

As they rehearse their lines for "Macbeth," fourth-graders at Southside Elementary talk Shakespeare with The Sarasota Observer.

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  • May 27, 2010
Local yarn aids oil-spill relief efforts

Local knitting store A Good Yarn has introduced a new yarn color named after the shimmering Gulf.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 27, 2010
Bash benefits charity for mothers

On May 8, Sarasota Sally and Etrusco Ristorante hosted a fundraiser for Our Mother's House to raise funds to furnish the organization's new apartments.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 27, 2010
Siesta Key lifeguards have fun with colors

Yes, the colors of the lifeguard towers on Siesta Key Public Beach do hold some sort of significance - to the lifeguards, at least

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 27, 2010
Solar oven turns judges onto taste

On May 1, sixth-graders from St. Martha's Catholic School competed in the Energy Whiz Olympics, in Cocoa Beach.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 27, 2010
Will the real Bertha Palmer please stand up?

Somehow, the late Bertha Honore Palmer is still showing up everywhere around town in her big lacy hats and dainty dresses.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 27, 2010
Parent volunteers receive rewards for their efforts

Time, talent and dedication goes a long way at Phillippi Shores Elementary School. Geidy Rodriguez and Catherine Ellis received citizenship certificates and medals Monday, May 24, for their exemplary contributions to Michael Gangi's first-grade class during the past school year.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 26, 2010
65 years and still going strong

65 years after their wedding in Gallup, N.M., Milton and Florence Harr, of Longboat Harbour, are still going strong.

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  • May 26, 2010
Dora the Explorer records experiences

Longboat Observer senior editor Dora Walters recently underwent knee-replacement surgery and is currently undergoing rehabilitation. And she's writing about the experience on her "Dora the Explorer" blog at YourObserver.com.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jessica Luck
  • May 26, 2010
Ringling engages community in creative solutions

Ringling College of Art and Design hosted a Creativity@Work Retreat May 13 and May 14, at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 26, 2010
Sheriff Steube to speak at Ranch

Manatee County Sheriff Brad Steube will meet with Greenbrook and Summerfield/Riverwalk residents at 7 p.m., June 1, at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, 8175 Lakewood Ranch Blvd.

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  • May 26, 2010
Birth Announcements 05.27.10

Congratulations to the East County parents who celebrated recent births.

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  • May 26, 2010
College Grads

Matthew and Sadge Moore, daughter of Alana and Darla Moore, and Laurin Pletzke, daughter of Jeff and Kathi Pletzke, recently graduated from college.

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