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  • July 21, 2022
Longboat Key weather page photo: July 21

Les Ireland captured this photo of a bald eagle taking a rest on a balcony in Grand Bay on Longboat Key.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 21, 2022
East County weather page photo: July 21

Gordon Silver captured these two sandhill colts getting to know each other just hours after emerging from their shells off S.R. 70 near Lorraine Road in Lakewood Ranch.

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  • Harry Sayer
  • July 21, 2022
Murder mystery summer camp stretches creative muscles

Campers at Faulhaber Fab Lab use their wits to solve a crime most foul.

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The service has been operating since 2017. (File photo)
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  • Harry Sayer
  • July 20, 2022
Siesta Breeze Trolley hits 1 million riders

The service has been in operation since 2017.

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Reagan Gross, here taping up the hand of Mustangs linebacker Brooks Moyer, was a part of the Lakewood Ranch athletic training program for two years. (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • July 20, 2022
Lakewood Ranch High student earns athletic trainer's award

Reagan Gross, who graduated in May, hopes to one day be an athletic trainer for rodeo athletes.

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Tom Harmer, Amber Hughes and BJ Bishop. (Courtesy photo)
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  • Eric Garwood
  • July 19, 2022
Longboat's Harmer, Bishop receive Home Rule Hero awards

League of Cities honors the town manager and town commissioner Thursday.

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  • Harry Sayer
  • July 19, 2022
Music Compound beats to its own drum with summer camp

The campers learn all sorts of instruments and music styles throughout the summer.

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Murray and Alice Bluegrass (File photo)
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  • Lesley Dwyer
  • July 19, 2022
Former president of Longboat Key temple dies at 85

Murray Blueglass called education the "family business."

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    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • July 18, 2022
Claws for a Cause was for the birds this month

Neighbors lined up for boxed lobster lunches from The Maine Line food truck, a local favorite.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Lesley Dwyer
  • July 16, 2022
St. Armands revved up for Lotus Cars on the Circle

Lotus and British car owners arrived in style for a car show July 16 in St. Armands Circle.

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Maggie Harrington and Justin Simms are helping Truman's Tap & Grill get into the holiday spirit a little early. (Photo by Spencer Fordin)
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • July 16, 2022
Truman's Tap & Grill gives back with Christmas in July

December can be a difficult time for people to donate to charity. So one local business decided to get a jump on the holiday spirit.

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Troxler admires her work. (Photo by Lesley Dwyer)
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • July 15, 2022
Artist maps a new course with newfound focus on painting

Stephanie Troxler tries to capture the flavor of Longboat Key with watercolor maps.

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"Wild Kingdom" films at Mote. (Photo courtesy of Mutual of Omaha's Wild KIngdom)
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  • Lesley Dwyer
  • July 14, 2022
Turtles and manatees take center stage in reboot of 'Wild Kingdom' at Mote

The revival of the iconic TV show of the 1960s through 1980s focuses on conservation and science.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2022
Sarasota weather page photo: July 14

Gordon Silver captured a lesser yellowlegs sandpiper at Myakka River State Park.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2022
Longboat Key weather page photo: July 14

Mary Kondrat captured this glowing sunset on Longboat Key.

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