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Monica Mingote submitted this photo of a pelican swallowing a big fish in a lake at Tara Golf & Country Club.
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  • March 10, 2016
East County weather page photo: March 10

Monica Mingote submitted this photo of a pelican swallowing a big fish in a lake at Tara Golf & Country Club.

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  • March 10, 2016
Sarasota weather page photo: March 10

Kathy Schwartz, of Osprey, submitted this photo of a paddleboarder and dog during a Siesta Key sunset.

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Allison Hoult runs during the 2015 First Watch Sarasota Half Marathon and Relay.
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  • Amanda Morales
  • March 10, 2016
Sarasota calendar 3.10.16

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of March 10.

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Courtesy photo. The Rev. Richard Marsden with members of the confirmation classes he's led in the last 20 years at Church of the Redeemer.
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  • March 10, 2016
One score and six days ago...

The Rev. Richard Marsden celebrates 20 years at Church of the Redeemer.

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File photo. Sarasota Honey Company owners Glen and Alma Johnson at the grand opening of Sweetgrass farms in January 2015 to celebrate the partnership that helped lead to the upcoming Honey Bee Festival.
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  • Amanda Morales
  • March 10, 2016
Honey Bee Festival sets beekeeping community abuzz

Sarasota Honey Company and Sweetgrass Farms partner to bring awareness to the decline of bees with the inaugural Honey Bee Festival, March 12.

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Bunny Skirboll
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  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 9, 2016
Bunny Skirboll brings lifelong work to Sarasota

Bunny Skirboll founded Compeer in 1975, in Rochester, N.Y. Its Sarasota branch is celebrating its fifth anniversary this month.

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Bud Collins was known for his colorful trousers.
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  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 9, 2016
Journalist Bud Collins colored the tennis world

Arthur Worth “Bud” Collins, 86, of Brookline, Mass., and former owner at the Colony Beach and Tennis Resort, died March 4.

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  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 9, 2016
Longboat Key: Your Calendar

Check out upcoming events on Longboat Key and surrounding areas.

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Sydney Hetterich is trading her junior year at Lakewood Ranch High for a year in Germany, where she will attend school through Bradenton Rotary Club's youth exchange program.
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 9, 2016
Lakewood Ranch student says hallo new world

Fifteen-year-old earns year-long trip to Germany through exchange program.

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  • March 9, 2016
OBITUARY | Margery “Midge” Rabow

Margery “Midge” Rabow, 90, of Sarasota, died March 2.

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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 8, 2016
Duncan and Bullock visit Democratic Club

The Longboat Key Democratic Club hosted Mayor Jack Duncan and Town Manager David Bullock at its monthly luncheon Tuesday, March 8, at the Portofino Restaurant.

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  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 8, 2016
Longboat Island Chapel hosts a thrifty fashion show

Longboat Island Chapel held its annual Lord’s Warehouse Fashion Show Tuesday, March 8.

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  • Amanda Morales
  • March 8, 2016
Fairies meander the paths at Historic Spanish Point

Historic Spanish Point hosts the 3rd annual Fairy House Festival Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6.

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Bud Collins and his wife, Anita Ruthling Klaussen, at the U.S. Tennis Association's U.S. Open’s media center, which was named in Collins' honor.
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  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 7, 2016
Former Colony owner and tennis journalist Bud Collins dies

Bud Collins, 86, of Brookline, Mass. and former owner of a unit at the Colony Beach and Tennis Resort, died March 4. He was known nationally for his work as a tennis journalist.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 7, 2016
Tara women spring into fashion

A fashion show at Tara Golf and Country Club showcased designs from Hearts Desire Boutique.

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