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  • Loren Mayo
  • March 18, 2010
You can have your Cuppicake and eat it

You haven't tasted a cupcake until you've sunk your choppers deep into Kim Harder's "Cuppicakes."

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2010
Wedding officiant hits milestone

Nancy Johnson Taussig has been marrying people off for 25 years. The owner of Barefoot Weddings officiated her 1,000th ceremony Sunday, Feb. 28, at Siesta Key Beach.

  • Sarasota
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  • Loren Mayo
  • March 18, 2010
Keep Sarasota County Beautiful dude talks trash

Keep Sarasota County Beautiful recently awarded five local elementary schools with its signature trash-collection receptacle, the "Talking Trash Dude." Three of the schools received $5,000 in education grants.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2010
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum presents program

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will host a public program at 10 a.m. Sunday, March 21, at Hyatt Regency Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2010
Women's Guild walks the runway

St. Michael the Archangel Women's Guild held its 2010 annual fashion show and luncheon, "Shanghai Chic," March 16, at Michael's On East.

  • Sarasota
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  • Loren Mayo
  • March 18, 2010
Dance, dance resurrection

Faith Lutheran Church of Sarasota, 7750 Beneva Road, will host a performance by The Resurrection Dance Theatre of Haiti at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 25. The troupe consists of children who were forced into slave labor and then rescued from life on the streets.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • March 18, 2010
Sarasota resident enjoys 107th birthday celebration

Elizabeth Delaney celebrated her 107th birthday surrounded by friends and family Friday, March 12, at the Senior Friendship Center.

  • Sarasota
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  • Loren Mayo
  • March 18, 2010
A bout to win

Fencing is one activity 12-year-old Nathan Schlesinger thinks he might continue for the rest of his life.

  • Sarasota
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  • Loren Mayo
  • March 18, 2010
Runners stride to the finish line

1,750 runners participated in the First Watch Sarasota Half Marathon on Sunday, March 14.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • March 18, 2010
Cardinal Mooney celebrates '50 Years of Excellence'

A capacity crowd of 400 students, teachers and alumni filled two gymnasia-turned-ballrooms for Cardinal Mooney High School's 50th anniversary celebration.

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2010
Colorful rendering falls victim to codes

A black-and-white sign at 6400 Gulf of Mexico marks the location of the new sanctuary of Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2010
Group seeks Key chess enthusiasts

Attention chess enthusiasts: Dick O'Dowd is gathering a group of players to meet for weekly chess matches on the Key.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2010
Bargain shopping sees lucrative return at sale

John Vorel, a volunteer at the annual St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Guild's rummage sale, shares the story of how one shopper got a surprisingly sweet deal.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2010
After 50 years, couple's love stays in style

On March 5, Linda and Joseph Meece, who now live in Crystal River, celebrated their 50th anniversary.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2010
80 years and still soaring

Whitney Beach resident John Crimaldi recently got a surprise for his 80th birthday when his family and his best friend, R.J. Holland, and Holland's wife paid him a surprise visit.

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