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Bruno Sutley, Connie Goldstein and Dolores Damsky
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 9, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Democratic Club of Sarasota Luncheon

The Democratic Club of Sarasota hosted a luncheon Saturday, Aug. 9, at Marina Jack. Author Claire Connor and candidate Ray Porter spoke at the event.

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Macayla Yannucciello, 8, goes down the slide.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 9, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Bridge A Life Picnic

Adoptive and foster parents and their children gathered Aug. 9, at Greenbrook Adventure Park, for support and socializing, during the Bridge A Life Back-to-School picnic event.

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Alliejo Wolfinger sits with teacher Stephanie Mihlbauer and her siblings and mother, Serena, Cami and Christen Wolfinger.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 8, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Imagine Barbecue Night

Imagine School at Lakewood Ranch hosted a barbecue night for its families Aug. 7.

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More than 30 candidates in the upcoming 2014 Primary Election were in attendance at the Republican Candidate Open House event Thursday, Aug. 8, at Sahib Shrine.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 8, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Republican Candidate Open House

Guests had the opportunity to meet more than 30 candidates at the Republican Candidate Open House Thursday, Aug. 8, at Sahib Shrine Temple.

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Tonya Atchison, Tammy Halsted and Irina LaRose
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 8, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Networking at Noon

More than 60 members and guests attended Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce's Networking at Noon luncheon Thursday, Aug. 7, at The Lazy Lobster of Longboat.

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  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • August 8, 2014
Wonderful weekend

The Covenant Life Church of Palmer Ranch hosted its Day of Hope outreach event July 26.

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Keisa Saint-Fleur, Pensacola Christin College, is awarded a technical scholarship by Scholarship Committee Chair Susan Philips and Longboat Kiwanis Club President Richard Crawford.
  • By Caleb Motsinger
  • August 7, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Kiwanis Club Scholarship Breakfast

The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key awarded 22 academic scholarships for $2,000 each and 15 Technical Scholarships at $1,500 each to nearly forty students today during the club's 2014 scholarship program.

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Sam Tucker and Wall Smith
    By
  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • August 7, 2014
Sundae Sundays

To beat the summer heat, the Siesta Key Chapel's Men's Fellowship hosted an ice cream social Sunday, in the chapel's Fellowship Hall.

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Nikki Yanez, 10, occasionally practices on the tennis court. The majority of her training is done through stretching, conditioning and completing gymnastics elements. Photo by Jen Blanco
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  • Jen Blanco
  • August 7, 2014
Back-to-back Champ

Ten-year-old Nikki Yanez won a pair of tennis titles last month after only having played the sport for two years.

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The Sarasota Cal Ripken 10U All-Star team is 16-0, having won state and regional championships since it formed earlier this summer. Courtesy photo
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  • Jen Blanco
  • August 7, 2014
Sarasota Slugfest

The Cal Ripken 10U All-Star team will compete in the Cal Ripken World Series Aug. 9 through Aug. 16, in Virginia.

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Riverview graduate Alex Katz is one of roughly 375 swimmers involved in the Sarasota Sharks program. File photo
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  • August 7, 2014
Sidelines

GSJGA players close out the summer season; Florida Burn Pennant team finishes third; Coastline Volleyball Club registration begins

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Kayne Peters shows off his splits. Photos by Harriet Sokmensuer
    By
  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • August 7, 2014
Camp Spotlight: Red Tiger Taekwondo Summer Camp

Red Tiger Martial Arts continued its weekly taekwondo and martial arts summer camp last week.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2014
Business Observer

Annette Rogers joins forces with Cheryl Loeffler; Former Johnson & Johnson exec appointed to board; New development company breaks ground in Sarasota; Michael Saunders Realtor receives CRS designation

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Alison Maddex submitted this photo, taken during a morning rain shower on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2014
Weather: Sarasota

Alison Maddex submitted this photo, taken during a morning rain shower on Siesta Key.

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Gabriele Orcoc is excited to get a Junior Police Officer of Sarasota badge at National Night Out Against Crime.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 6, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: National Night Out Against Crime at Gillespie Park

Sarasota Police Department and Gillespie Park came together to fight crime Tuesday, Aug. 5, by hosting the 31st annual National Night Out Against Crime event at Gillespie Park.

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