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  • June 22, 2017
East County weather page photo: June 22

Stan Pastor captured this summer sunset at the Lakewood Ranch Country Club after a storm.

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  • June 22, 2017
Longboat Key weather page photo: June 22

JoAnn Schwencke photographed this sunset and driftwood at Beer Can Island.

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  • Anna Brugmann
  • June 22, 2017
Booker principal earns state recognition

Booker High School Principal Rachel Shelley was named Florida’s 2017 Principal of the Year.

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A plateful of already painted rocks sit on a picnic table. The rocks will soon be hidden around Sarasota.
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  • Anna Brugmann
  • June 22, 2017
An emerging group rocks Sarasota

Sarasota residents create, hide little treasures.

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Lynn Christensen and Penelope Mabrey
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • June 21, 2017
Longboat Key Chamber networks at noon

About 40 members gathered at Harry's Continental Kitchens on June 21.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • June 21, 2017
Longboat Key Club campers ace their game

The tennis camp and sports camp participants hit the courts on June 21.

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Alahna Smith, 4, and Lexi Gwen, 6 check out sand art at last year's festival.
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  • Katie Johns
  • June 21, 2017
Freedom Fest set to continue steadfast tradition

The 15th annual Freedom Festival kicks off on July 4 at 9 a.m.

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Guy and Melanie Paschal with their dogs. Photo courtesy of the Longboat Key Historical Society Calusas to Condominiums: A Pictorial History of Longboat Key
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  • Katie Johns
  • June 21, 2017
Melanie Paschal led quiet, vivid life

Paschal, 95, died on June 13.

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Miranda Crowe and Gabriella Ebbesson both took Guy Peterson's. Crowe just finished her first year working toward her master's degree and Ebbesson just graduated.
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  • Katie Johns
  • June 21, 2017
University of Florida students design port cochere for Plymouth Harbor

Students in Guy Peterson's Sarasota-based lab spent the semester getting hands-on experience.

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Regina Gurland in her garage turned pottery workshop. File photo
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  • Katie Johns
  • June 21, 2017
Happy Birthday, Regina!

The local pottery artist turns 100 on Friday.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • June 21, 2017
Longboat Key Obituaries: June 22, 2017

Dorothy Cole and David Kee died.

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    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • June 19, 2017
Humane Society hosts critter camp

Turtles and rabbits and birds, oh my!

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Lakewood Ranch's Lori Walker. Photo by Pam Eubanks
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  • Berkley Mason
  • June 16, 2017
Garden club earns accolades

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 16, 2017
Congratulations to our 2016 weather and nature photo contest winner!

Stan Singer captured this shot on Longboat Key

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The Patterson Foundation President and CEO Debra Jacobs with Community Foundation of Sarasota County President and CEO Roxie Jerde celebrate raising over $13 million during the 2016 Giving Challenge.
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  • Anna Brugmann
  • June 15, 2017
Giving Challenge waves off 2017 event

Organizers see September event's growth and reset date for May 2018.

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