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  • November 1, 2018
Sarasota weather page photo: Nov. 1

Cathy Waller captured these palm trees against the fiery sunset in Mote Ranch neighborhood in Sarasota.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • October 31, 2018
St. Armands hosts spooktacular fright night

The 10th annual event featured candy, costumes and of course, a "Thriller" performance by the Sarasota High School Drama Department.

  • Longboat Key
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Last year, a group traveled with the chamber to China. Courtesy photo
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  • Katie Johns
  • October 31, 2018
Chamber jet sets for South Africa

The public is invited to embark on a 12-day trip to South Africa in May with the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce.

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Ellen Dizio reads “Caps for Sale” to Keiryn Lacy.
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  • Katie Johns
  • October 31, 2018
Rockin' Readers program turns the page for Booker Elementary students

Ruthie Maass started the program 13 years ago in an effort to improve reading in multiple grade levels.

  • Longboat Key
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File photo
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  • Katie Johns
  • October 31, 2018
Season of giving

The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key is looking for volunteers to help them ring the bell outside of Publix for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign.

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Tom and Marilynn Cinquegrano and Steve and Laura Durie at last year's stone crab celebration.
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  • Katie Johns
  • October 31, 2018
Bacchus on the Beach sips into 8th year

The two-day event kicks off with two dinners on Nov. 8 and continues with a wine and cheese pairing, barrel tasting and the stone crab celebration and winemaker auction on Nov. 9.

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Monsignor Gerry Finegan, Women’s Guild President Ginny Akhoury and the Rev. Eric Scanlan at the guild's 2018 fashion show.
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  • Katie Johns
  • October 31, 2018
The next chapter

The Rev. Eric Scanlan, who has been with St. Mary, Star of the Sea, since January 2017, has accepted a role as an administrator at Incarnation Parish and chaplain of Cardinal Mooney High School in Sarasota.

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Punta Gorda's Luke Graham says that his ancestors migrated from Ireland to the United States hundreds of years ago, before it was acceptable to be Irish in America.
    By
  • Amelia Hanks
  • October 31, 2018
Kilts to the hilt at Nathan Benderson Park

Nathan Benderson Park hosts Celtic festival.

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    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • October 30, 2018
Businesses and college students connect at Mind the Gap

Bright Ideas on the Gulf Coast's Mind the Gap event brought together college students and businesses for a night of networking on Oct. 30.

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  • Katie Johns
  • October 30, 2018
Longboat Women's Golf Association swings into season

About 70 golfers gathered for a round of golf and lunch to kick off the new season Oct. 30.

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June Blaustein created suits for fitness competitors on the side. Photo by Anna Brugmann
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • October 30, 2018
June Blaustein remembered for her loving personality and unique hobby

The Sarasota speech pathologist and bodybuilder suit sewer died Sept. 22.

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Ellwood N. “Woody” Schiffman, Merrill Preston, Gary Lacucci and Howard Cohen at last year's event.
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  • Katie Johns
  • October 29, 2018
Longboat Key Rotary changes Veterans Day tradition

Instead of a parade, a special luncheon will be held in the Harbourside Ballroom of the Longboat Key Club on Nov. 11.

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Jenn Peters, Beth Green, Jenn Bright and Barbara Lancer
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • October 28, 2018
Locals battle it out at Joey Gratton Championship

The tennis tournament benefits the Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota County.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • October 28, 2018
Longboat Harbour spooks into Halloween

Residents of the condominium complex wore their Halloween best for their annual party Oct. 28.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Katie Johns
  • October 28, 2018
Bird Key hosts haunting Halloween party

Members dressed in their spookiest and most spectacular costumes for the club's annual party on Oct. 27.

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