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Ballroom dancing instructor Colton Gannon leads Dynasty Stars Program dancers, including Bryanna Schmidt (back right) and Sophia Slaughter (front right) in the tango.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 4, 2019
Lakewood Ranch dance studio makes dancers stars

Ballroom dance program for special needs kids and young adults opens in Lakewood Ranch.

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Sarasota Youth Sailing's Green Fleet awaits instruction.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 3, 2019
Sarasota sailors keep the wind in their sails

Despite the looming weather, the Sarasota Sailing Squadron had a great day for sailing.

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Stan Horwich flips through the letters.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 2, 2019
Call leads to a connection with Longboat Key man's wartime past

Longboater Stan Horwich gets a call that brings him back to Australia . . . in 1942.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • August 30, 2019
Twist and paint: Healthy Start Sarasota holds annual fundraiser

The nonprofit held its annual Painting with a Purpose fundraiser Aug. 29.

  • Sarasota
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The address reads "443 1/2."
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 29, 2019
Look out below

Tiny painted doors are a playful mystery

  • Longboat Key
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Alice Jones and Dee Webber met in 1997 while both volunteering in Newtown.
    By
  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • August 29, 2019
Sarasota nonprofit duo dons many hats

Alice Jones and Dee Webber run the nonprofit Brothers and Sisters Doing the Right Thing.

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The general tso lobster dish is loaded with vegetables and rice to swirl in the sauce.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 29, 2019
Not-so-Lazy Lobster takes tastebuds on a trip on Longboat Key

The potential first annual Lobster International Festival runs through September.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
safeTALK will be held on Sept. 8 and 9 at Chabad of Sarasota. (Ameila Hanks)
    By
  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • August 29, 2019
Chabad of Sarasota-Manatee to hold suicide prevention training

The teen division of Chabad of Sarasota-Manatee will host Speak Up, Save a Life on Sept. 8 and 9.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 29, 2019
Sarasota weather page photo: August 29

Jean-David “JD” Parlier captured this Osprey taking a bath at Celery Fields.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 29, 2019
East County weather page photo: August 29

Mark Williamson captured this Emu at Big Cat Habitat.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 29, 2019
Longboat Key weather page photo: August 29

Elizabeth Walsh captured a beautiful beach sunset through the clouds at Seaplace on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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The Exchange features two paintings with ties to the 1960s.
    By
  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • August 28, 2019
A canvas to the past

The Exchange recently took in two paintings with ties to the 1960's rock scene.

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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 28, 2019
Mote sends 'bitey' but rehabbed sea turtle back home into the gulf

Juvenile loggerhead was released from Lido Beach after his May rescue in Venice.

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Father Frederick Robinson, the rector for Church of the Redeemer on Palm Avenue.
    By
  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • August 27, 2019
Church of the Redeemer rector welcomes first grandchild

Ayla Kessel-Robinson was born on Aug. 19 and was 7 pound 8 ounces.

  • Sarasota
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Carol Roman looks back at her art.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 26, 2019
Carol Roman captures the best of life wherever she is

Artist featured at All Angels by the Sea until October looks for different ways to present her works.

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