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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
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  • 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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  • August 7, 2014
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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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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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  • August 6, 2014
Dance teams head to nationals

Braden River High School dancers hope a recent win will lead to victory on a larger scale.

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  • August 6, 2014
Girl Scouts seeks leaders

The volunteer-led Girl Scouts organization is in need of new troop leaders and co-leaders for the upcoming school year.

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  • August 6, 2014
Welly-come to the world, Annabelle

Lynn Weddington Welly, wife of former Longboat Key Club General Manager Michael Welly, is a proud new grandma.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 6, 2014
Chloe Ceshker: Top dog for 14 years

Chloe Ceshker, a toy poodle known for her work ethic and style, died Aug. 4. She was 14.

  • Longboat Key
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  • August 6, 2014
Save the date: Nov. 8

The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key is already in planning mode for the Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party.

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McFarland
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  • August 6, 2014
Obituary: Nancy McFarland

Nancy McFarland, 79, of Longboat Key and Rye, N.H., died July 26.

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Lasday
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 6, 2014
Obituary: Linda Lasday

Linda Lasday, 74, of Longboat Key, died July 24.

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Colt
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 6, 2014
Obituary: Russell Coit

Russell Coit, of Longboat Key, died Aug. 1.

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  • August 6, 2014
Obituary: Mary Barash

Mary Barash, of Longboat Key, died July 18.

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Michael Koscec submitted this photo of a heron at sunset on Longboat Key.
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  • August 6, 2014
Weather: Longboat Key

Michael Koscec submitted this photo of a heron at sunset on Longboat Key.

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