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  • April 1, 2015
Paw print

Lakewood Ranch resident Maureen “Mo” Flaherty left the new Ranch Lake Plaza Goodwill opening day with an unexpected treasure: an original Alexander Pope 1911 lithograph-printed tin of the “Brook Hill” dog.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 1, 2015
Walking for a cause

Walking for a cause

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  • April 1, 2015
Hometown hero

Hometown hero

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 1, 2015
Obituary: Margaret ‘Jackie’ Schwalbach

Obituary: Margaret ‘Jackie’ Schwalbach

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 1, 2015
Christ Church laces up for Turning Points

Christ Church laces up for Turning Points

  • Longboat Key
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Ralph Hunter, right, with daughter, Janet
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 1, 2015
Ralph Hunter observes 95 years and counting

Ralph Hunter observes 95 years and counting

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 1, 2015
Garden Club, Kiwanis Club star in ‘Dinner and a Movie’

On April 24, Longboat Key Garden Club and the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key will host the inaugural “Dinner and a Movie” event at the Longboat Key Club.

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Amy Huebner has volunteered at Bayside Community Church for about five years.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • April 1, 2015
Conversation With: Amy Huebner

Learn more about Amy Huebner in this week's Q&A.

  • East County
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That’s a sexy Fisher Island Club peacock featured in the New York Post story, not a sexy Longbeach Village peacock .
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 1, 2015
Longboat Key: Bringing sexy back?

Longboat Key: Bringing sexy back?

  • Longboat Key
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Easton Andrew Nock
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 1, 2015
Nock, nock: A new baby is here

Nock, nock: A new baby is here

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Longbeach Café owners Jeff Daly and Colleen and Pete Callandra
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 1, 2015
Longbeach Café celebrates sweet anniversary

Longbeach Café celebrates sweet anniversary

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 31, 2015
Operation Kindness event helps wounded veterans

Operation Kindness held its eighth annual event on March 31 at the Longboat Key Club.

  • Longboat Key
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Gabriel, Brad, Aubrey and Michelle Hoover model the new Turtle Watch shirts.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 30, 2015
Turtle Watch swims to new shirts

The Longboat Key Turtle Watch introduced its 2015 t-shirts.

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Natalie Merino shades her face from the sun, but not her empty basket; she’s ready to hunt eggs, she said.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 29, 2015
Children hunt for thousands of eggs

Bayside Community Church hosted its 12th annual egg hunt, Eggolution

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Four-year-old Zoey Kollet is pleased with the candy she collected.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 29, 2015
Easter egg hunt takes flight

A helicopter dropped thousands of eggs at The Tabernacle Church for candy hunters

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