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  • June 24, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: June 24

Pat White captured this photo of manatee parents with their calf in Buttonwood Harbor on Longboat Key.

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  • By Badger Bob's Services Team
  • June 24, 2021
A/C Purchase Plans: Lease vs. Own

Know the difference and keep your cool.

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  • June 23, 2021
Ringling Bridge lights up with rainbow colors for Pride Month

The bridge will display Pride colors for the rest of June.

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Project PRIDE SRQ board member Arthur Boyce and artist Alissa "LISS" Silvers
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  • June 21, 2021
Project PRIDE SRQ puts on One Love art show

The collaboration with the artist Liss was held June 19 at Sabal Palm Bank.

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    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • June 19, 2021
Sarasota celebrates Juneteenth

Community members and vendors came together to celebrate on June 19.

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  • Harry Sayer
  • June 19, 2021
Art Center Sarasota teaches kids to create at summer camp

The weekly camp programs started June 14.

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Parrish's Samara and Joel Pineda excitedly watch as the 2020 fireworks show at Nathan Benderson Park begins to shoot across the skyline. File photo.
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  • June 18, 2021
Sarasota-Manatee Fourth of July 2021 calendar

From races to the classic fireworks, check out these events to help you celebrate Independence Day right.

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Steve and Ann Anderson
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • June 18, 2021
Longboat Key couple's boxer wins "Best in Breed" at Westminster Dog Show

The Rummer Run Boxer won against 14 other dogs.

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    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • June 18, 2021
Horse riders expand skills at SMART camp in east Bradenton

From grooming to riding, SMART summer camp participants learn more about horses in east Bradenton.

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Purple gallinules use their large feet and long toes to acrobatically navigate alligator flag, and other marsh vegetation, in quest of food. (Miri Hardy)
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  • Miri Hardy
  • June 18, 2021
Bird of the week: purple gallinule

Aquatic species is among the most colorful in North America.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 17, 2021
East County weather page photo: June 17

Gordon Silver captured this colorful roundabout landscape in Country Club East.

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  • June 17, 2021
Sarasota weather page photo: June 17

MaryAnn Parks captured this photo of a sandhill crane near her home in Sarasota.

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  • June 17, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: June 17

John Caviglia captured this image of an ibis in flight while kayaking on Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • June 16, 2021
Longboat Key Chamber meets again for Networking at Noon

Members took a break during the afternoon to meet up with other business owners in the area.

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Judy Mullen. Photo by Brendan Lavell.
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  • Brendan Lavell
  • June 16, 2021
Friends of the Braden River Library donates $61,000 for carpeting

Replacing the carpet, which is over a decade old, is part of the library's ongoing renovation.

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