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  • February 18, 2015
Taking love to new heights

The sky was the actual limit for the vow renewal of Ed and Dora Sementelli Saturday, at Autumn of Sarasota.

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SMA assistant coach Kevin Jakub demonstrates a technique on Robert Herrera. Photos by Jason Clary
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  • February 18, 2015
Pinning down their future

SMA will send three juniors to national competition in Iowa.

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  • February 18, 2015
Just the Stats

The week in sports by the numbers.

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  • February 18, 2015
Sidelines

McMahon verbally commits to Louisville; Players, coaches rack up honors

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Most treasure hunters recommended you kept quiet if you foun a coin, because someone might rob you — or spoil your hunting grounds.
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  • February 18, 2015
This week in history

A glimpse of the way things were from the Pelican Press archives.

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Rob Christy submitted this sunset photo, taken at the Venice pier.
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  • February 18, 2015
Weather: Sarasota

Visit YourObserver.com to submit your local weather or nature-related photos. Each weekly winner will be entered into a monthly drawing for a $25 gift card. One grand prize winner will receive a $5,000 flooring makeover, to be announced in October.

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Sara Masciopinto and Jerry Kilanoski catch up.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 17, 2015
PHOTO GALLERY: Palm-Aire Artist Reception

The Art Association of Palm-Aire Country Club welcomed members to an artist reception Feb. 17 to kick off the association's annual art show, which runs through Feb. 22.

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  • February 17, 2015
Paw party

To celebrate the first birthday of Sydney Anderson, her parents, Ben and Casey Anderson, put a little bark in her birthday bash Feb. 8.

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  • February 17, 2015
Obituary: Nora Mae Dillon Murphy

Nora Mae Dillon Murphy, 78, of Venice and formerly of Longboat Key, died Feb. 5.

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  • February 17, 2015
Obituary: Matilda Bicknell Fontaine

Matilda Bicknell Fontaine, 100, of Plymouth Harbor and formerly of Longboat Key, died Jan. 31.

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  • February 17, 2015
Obituary: James Richard Allen

James Richard Allen, 79, of Longboat Key and formerly of Pittsburgh, died Feb. 10.

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  • February 17, 2015
Lovebirds: 75 years fly

Charles 'Buzz' and Jane Walker celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary on Valentine's Day with 40 family members and friends at Moore's Stonecrab Restaurant.

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ALBANIAN ENCORE. Marlene and Jim Kitchell pose with their Observer at the Skanderbeg Museum, which overlooks Kruja, Albania. The couple enjoyed the stop as part of a cruise from Monte Carlo, Monaco, to Venice, Italy.
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  • February 17, 2015
It's Read Everywhere

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TSA members Jimmy Ansley, Michael Kisida, Griffin Hudson, Jason Berger, Devon Summerville and Jordan Brown built playhouses for Foundation for Dreams. Photos by Amanda Sebastiano
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  • February 17, 2015
Haile students build playhouses, character

The project isn't just about winning a competition - it's about filling a need for the disabled and raising money for a cause.

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Three local farms offer u-pick strawberries while they are in season, now through April. Photos by Amanda Sebastiano
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  • February 17, 2015
The season of sweetness

Strawberry season is ripe in East County.

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