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Neighbors

    By
  • Katie Johns
  • April 18, 2017
Longboat Key Garden Club grows local grants and scholarship

The Longboat Key Garden Club awarded more than $48,000 in grants and scholarship at its annual meeting on April 18.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • April 16, 2017
Casa Del Mar guests enjoy a hoppy Easter

The resort hosted its annual Easter egg hunt on April 16.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Charlotte Gurwin, 2 ½, searches for eggs in the hay at the Longboat Key Club’s Easter egg hunt.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • April 16, 2017
Longboat Key Club hosts Easter eggstravaganza

The Resort at Longboat Key Club hosted its annual Easter celebration on April 16.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • April 16, 2017
Selby hosts Easter brunch

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens sprang into Easter on April 16 for its Easter brunch.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • April 15, 2017
Laurel Park lays back for some Tunes in the Park

The Laurel Park neighborhood gathered for a potluck dinner and concert.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • April 15, 2017
Southside celebrates Easter

Families gathered at Southside Elementary School for the Southside Village Life Easter egg hunt.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • April 15, 2017
Siesta Key hatches annual Easter egg hunt

The Easter egg hunt moved from Beach Access 5 to Turtle Beach this year.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Mila and Mora Muise hug the Easter Bunny at Mar Vista on April 15. They were just two of many kids who searched for 2,300 eggs.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • April 15, 2017
Mar Vista lays sweet Easter surprise

The dockside restaurant hosted its 29th annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 15.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Mote high school interns Quinn Nilon, Rachel Galindo, Sofia Cartaya and Olivia Schmelts
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • April 15, 2017
Mote interns and volunteers clean up City Island

High school interns and volunteers spent Saturday morning picking up trash around City Island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Stone Flood, 5, takes a turn slipping down the inflatable water slide at Sand Cay’s Easter Egg Hunt.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • April 14, 2017
Sand Cay hops into Easter weekend

Sand Cay Beach Resort guests participated in an egg hunt and met the Easter Bunny on April 14.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • April 14, 2017
Church of the Redeemer, Ministerial Association walk stations of the cross

Hundreds of faithful gathered in downtown Sarasota to walk the 14 stations of the cross down Main Street in recognition of Good Friday.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 13, 2017
Sarasota weather page photo: April 13

Gordon Silver captured this shot of a great egret and a gator fishing together at Myakka River State Park.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 13, 2017
East County weather page photo: April 13

Jeannie Sparks photographed this bird in a marsh along Braden Run Road in Lakewood Ranch.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 13, 2017
Longboat Key weather page photo: April 13

Diane Engleman captured this shot of driftwood along Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • April 12, 2017
Your Towns 04.13.17

Children's First honors longtime board member Jo Rutstein and the Goldsteins commit financial gift to Selby Gardens.

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