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Flora Carson submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key Beach.
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  • March 27, 2014
Weather: Sarasota

Flora Carson submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key Beach.

  • Sarasota
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Rowland Cole, Helen Frost, Valerie Appleton and Cyril Smith
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  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • March 26, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Daughters of the British Empire

The Daughters of the British Empire met for its monthly luncheon Wednesday, March 26. Brian and Yvonne Williams hosted the meeting at 100 Central Ave. The meeting included guest speaker George Graydon. Graydon served on a rescue ship in the British Merchant Navy during World War II.

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Johnson Clark, Erica Johnson and Andrew and Randi MacKintosh (Courtesy Mary Lou Johnson)
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  • March 26, 2014
It's Turtle Watch T-shirt time

To get in the nesting season spirit, Longboat Key Turtle Watch has 2014 T-shirts available.

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Sam Woolf (Courtesy of American Idol)
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2014
Pettingell is proud Woolfpack member

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate Longboat Key associate Roger Pettingell can say he was an early member of the Woolfpack before Sam Woolf shot to fame.

  • Longboat Key
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District officials say the school tax pays for about 500 jobs.
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  • Nolan Peterson
  • March 26, 2014
Landslide approval for school tax

The referendum's approval will extend a 1-mill tax by four years, which supplements the Sarasota School District's budget by more than $40 million annually, district officials say.

  • Siesta Key
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Peter Coates
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2014
Mystery takes over Longboat Key

The mystery of a missing girl has enveloped Longboat Key.

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Kurt Schultheis Kate Honea, Doug Staley and Beverly Sutton
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2014
Kiwanis Club awards first grants of the year

The Longboat Key Kiwanis Foundation awarded its first grants for the 2014 season at its March 20 breakfast meeting at the Longboat Key Club's Tavern & Whiskey Bar.

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  • March 26, 2014
Longboat student earns top honors

Nicole Christie, of Longboat Key, was recently named to the dean's list at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa.

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A sandhill crane nest hatched March 22 at Old Hyde Park Place in River Club.
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  • March 26, 2014
New residents hatch in River Club

Bruce Domenella, a resident of Old Hyde Park Place in River Club, noticed a new friend in his neighborhood recently.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2014
Students travel to state tournament

Earlier this month, two groups from Saint Stephen's Episcopal School celebrated victories in state competitions.

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  • March 26, 2014
Familiar face in a familiar place

Applebee's on University Parkway recently added a new fixture to its walls, after it underwent an indoor and outdoor remodeling.

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2014
Haile Middle School students know their robotics

The Haile Middle School robotics team captured the state title at the VEX Robotics Championship, held March 1 in Tampa.

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Dian Fitzpatrick has completed jewelry and paintings, along with other works of art.
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2014
Tara residents show artistic sides

Jewelry, paintings and other types of artwork filled the inside of the Tara Country Club March 10 for its annual art show.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2014
Nolan Middle Students head to 'Odyssey of the Mind' competition

Select students at Nolan Middle School will compete as part of the 12 teams from Manatee County that will attend the University of South Florida 'Odyssey of the Mind' Competition April 12 in Tampa.

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Korie Ann Maser
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2014
East County Births

The East County Observer would like to congratulate all the parents who recently celebrated the births of their new bundles of joy. The East County Observer will publish birth announcements the last issue of each month. To have your listing included, please email your information to Managing Editor Pam Eubanks, [email protected].

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