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A leucistic loggerhead turtle was excavated from its nest on Longboat Key. (Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Driver)
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • August 19, 2022
Blanca, a leucistic loggerhead, hatched on Longboat Key

A lack of pigmentation is not too rare of a condition among sea turtles.

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  • Guest Author
  • August 18, 2022
Add some flair to your footwear with these fabulous styles

Upgrade your kicks with these fashionable shoe options for men and women from Lakewood Ranch businesses.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 18, 2022
Longboat Key weather page photo: August 18

Sergio Albuquerque captured this photo of the sand’s surface during a sunset on Longboat Key.

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  • August 18, 2022
Sarasota weather page photo: August 18

Gordon Silver captured a ruddy turnstone and two willet sandpipers feeding along Sarasota Bay near Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

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  • August 18, 2022
East County weather page photo: August 18

Frankie Greco captured this Monarch butterfly getting nectar in a yard at the Country Club in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
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    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • August 18, 2022
Kiwanis looks back at Lawn Party escapades

The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key thanks retired town staffer James Linkogle for his help with the annual events.

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Joe Miller says he’s always felt he had an obligation to pass the music on. (Photo by Lori Sax)
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • August 18, 2022
Joe Miller didn’t just create the band. He leads it, too.

Joe Miller, the founder of the Lakewood Ranch Wind Ensemble, inherited his father’s love for music — and for passing it on.

  • Arts + Culture
Holocaust survivors Lora and Sigmund Tobias with students. (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • August 18, 2022
Temple Sinai to host Holocaust survivor speaker series

The first of the four part series will be held Aug. 21.

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Brandon Thrift created the artistic crosswalk for the Community Day School. (Courtesy photo Karina Herrera)
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • August 17, 2022
Local artist paints 3D crosswalk for Community Day School

Brandon Thrift, known for the "Spread Love" art around town, created a 3D crosswalk for the school.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • August 17, 2022
Retired NASA scientist talks telescopes at Rotary

The Webb Space Telescope cost about $10 million to build and operate.

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Honeycomb pulled from a soffit on Tarawitt Drive. (Photo by Lesley Dwyer)
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • August 17, 2022
Busy bees move hive found on the underside of a home eave

Tarawitt Drive on Longboat Key was abuzz when a beehive took over a soffit. So the neighborhood experts were called.

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Alex Benson (Photo by Liz Ramos)
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • August 17, 2022
McNeal Elementary reveals mural for 'trust' theme

Alex Benson had students build trust — literally — in his mural on the Lakewood Ranch school.

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Ted Lindenberg launched the Books for Kids initiative as part of the Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch. (Photo by Lori Sax)
    By
  • Eric Snider
  • August 16, 2022
Lakewood Ranch Rotarians ensure every kid gets the chance to love reading

A retired educator who moved to Lakewood Ranch in 2010, Ted Lindenberg is a fervent advocator for childhood literacy — one book and one child at a time.

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One of the pictures that attracted over 100,000 followers to Loccisano's Instagram page. (Photo courtesy of Sheila Loccisano)
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • August 16, 2022
Instagram followers turn a shelling passion into a part-time job

Follow Me to Longboat Key, run by Sheila Loccisano, has more than 100,000 followers on Instagram.

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The Longboat Library has a book sale on August 10. (Photo by Lesley Dwyer)
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • August 15, 2022
The Longboat Library has a new collection of books

Many books from the remaining overstock will be donates to Little Free Library boxes around town.

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