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  • February 15, 2018
Longboat Key weather page photo: Feb. 15

Jason Sherwin photographed this great egret and the shadow it cast across the sand at Casa Del Mar on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 15, 2018
Scroll through your monthly weather and nature photo contest winners for Winter

See your January through March winners here!

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 14, 2018
Elvis shakes up Spanish Main Yacht Club

About 100 residents gathered in the clubhouse for a Valentine's Day performance.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 14, 2018
Garden Club toasts to Valentine's Day

The club's second annual Love on the Beach event took place at Bay Isles Beach Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • February 14, 2018
Lovebirds gather at Siesta Key Beach to say “I Do” again

Hundreds of couples from all walks of life converged at Siesta Key Beach to renew their wedding vows.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Photo by Amelia Hanks
    By
  • Amelia Hanks
  • February 14, 2018
Your Town: Student's experiment has a rock-solid start

Stories from your neighbors.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • February 14, 2018
Preschoolers share the love with their families on Valentine’s Day

At First Presbyterian, you’re never too young to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Cash and Snookie Register will be married 58 years in November.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 14, 2018
Longboat Key love: Five couples share their stories

From blind dates to being set up by mutual friends, Longboat Key couples tell us how they met and how they've succeeded in their relationships.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Robin Bray, Kay Tschannen, Helen Owen and Debra McKenna Photo courtesy of Vivian Chester
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 14, 2018
Longboat ladies talk wellness

On Feb. 12, Christ Church hosted a Women's Wellness Day.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 13, 2018
Beachplace takes in 'South Pacific'

Connie Scardelli performed for about 70 Beachplace residents on Feb. 13.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 13, 2018
Longboat Republicans discuss the future of America

Retired Col. Mike McCalister addressed the club at its monthly meeting on Feb. 13.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 13, 2018
Town officials speak to Longboat Key Democrats

Mayor Terry Gans, Town Manager Tom Harmer and Fire Chief Paul Dezzi updated members on the state of the town Feb. 13.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Rev. David Danner speaks at the 2016 Thanksgiving Interfaith service.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 13, 2018
The Rev. David Danner announces retirement from All Angels

Danner began his role as rector at All Angels in May 2013.

  • Longboat Key
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Sarasota Mayor Shelli Freeland Eddie and Arts and Cultural Alliance Executive Director Jim Shirley
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  • Katie Johns
  • February 12, 2018
Sarasota County Schools and the Arts and Culture Alliance mingle

The groups held a reception on Feb. 12 at the Sarasota Opera House.

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    By
  • Cassidy Alexander
  • February 12, 2018
Pulitzer Prize winner inspires audience to help national leaders get it right

Historian Jon Meacham was the second speaker in the Ringling College Library Association’s Town Hall Lecture Series on the 2018 calendar.

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