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Tanya Kutchara cooks up fresh barbecued shrimp from Ruth's Chris Steakhouse.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • November 13, 2015
Residents sample Taste of Gulf Gate

Friends of Gulf Gate Library hosts food and wine event Taste of Gulf Gate.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • November 12, 2015
School boards wrong again

Now that property values and home building are rising again, the Sarasota and Manatee school boards see an easy target for money: jack up the price of new homes.

  • Sarasota
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  • Matt Walsh
  • November 12, 2015
‘The Wonderful Spirit’

Longboat Key's 60th anniversary

  • Longboat Key
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • November 12, 2015
Longboat Key Veterans Day Parade becomes tradition

More than 130 veterans who live, work or worship on Longboat Key celebrated Veterans Day on Nov. 11 with a quarter-mile parade.

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Phyllis Bourgery submitted this photo of a sunset on Longboat Key.
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  • Observer Staff
  • November 12, 2015
Longboat Key photo contest winner: Nov. 12

Phyllis Bourgery submitted this photo of a sunset on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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Lesli Johnson, of Lakewood Ranch, submitted this photo of an opossum with a baby on its head.
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  • Observer Staff
  • November 12, 2015
East County photo contest winner: Nov. 12

Lesli Johnson, of Lakewood Ranch, submitted this photo of an opossum with a baby on its head.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The entry for the team of Christy McDonald Atkinson and Walter "The Amazing Walter" McDonald at the 2014 Crystal Classic.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • November 12, 2015
Sarasota calendar 11.12.15

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of Nov. 12.

  • Sarasota
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The Missing in America Project gives seven veterans and four spouses a final resting place.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • November 12, 2015
A final salute: Missing In America Project gives veterans final honors

The Missing in America Project gives seven veterans and four spouses a final resting place.

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All Faiths Food Bank volunteer Phyllis Siskel.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • November 12, 2015
Hand in hand with open hearts

All Faiths Food Bank volunteer receives surprise from Sarasota Military Academy cadets.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 11, 2015
Longboat Key celebrates its veterans

More than 130 veterans who live, work or worship on Longboat Key celebrated Veterans Day on Nov. 11 with a quarter-mile parade.

  • Longboat Key
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Cash Woods hangs over the barricade to wave his flag at Sarasota Military Academy cadets.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • November 11, 2015
Downtown Sarasota beams with pride for Veterans Day parade

Main Street hosts parade goers and local veterans for annual parade.

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Jeff De Jongh and Ted Smith
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • November 11, 2015
Sarasota Kiwanis pays tribute to veterans with breakfast

Local veterans were invited to enjoy breakfast with the Sarasota Kiwanis Club at Robarts Arena.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 11, 2015
OBITUARY | Kent Lamar Reedy

Kent Lamar Reedy, 65, of Osprey and formerly of Longboat Key, died Nov. 1.

  • Longboat Key
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Norma Mieras
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 11, 2015
OBITUARY | Norma Mieras

Norma Sjaarda Mieras, 88, of Longboat Key and formerly of Saugatuck and Douglas, Mich., died Oct. 19.

  • Longboat Key
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WINNER: Even monkeys enjoy reading the East County Observer! Wendy Pittman shares her newspaper with a furry friend at the Jemaa el-Fnaa Market in Marrakesh, Morocco.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 11, 2015
Meet this year's "It's Read Everywhere" contest winner

You took us around the globe in this year’s “It’s Read Everywhere” contest.

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