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Rabbi Jonathan Katz. Courtesy photo.
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  • October 3, 2013
Beth Israel reaps fruitful harvest

Temple Beth Israel celebrated Sukkot, the weeklong holiday commemorating the fall harvest, with its annual food drive.

  • Longboat Key
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B.J. Webb and Dave Bishop
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 3, 2013
Webb turning into a Bishop

Come November, you won't see B.J. Webb at the helm of the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board.

  • Longboat Key
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Alyssa Hamende and Sophia D’Orazio
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 3, 2013
Clean slate

East County Girl Scout Troop 574 took part in the 2013 International Coastal Cleanup.

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Bill Zero, potentate of Sahib Shrine, Gus Andreon, and Sahib Shriner Bingo Unit Chairman Jack Ivins. Photo by Harriet Sokmensuer.
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 3, 2013
Birthday boy

Gus Andreon celebrated his 102nd birthday with a party the Sahib Shriner Bingo Unit threw for him Sept. 24.

  • East County
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Kevin Swan
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 3, 2013
Optimistic outlook

Sarasota resident Kevin Swan was honored with the Stephen Heywood Patients Today Award Oct. 3, at the ALS Therapy Development Institute's ninth annual Leadership Summit in Cambridge, Mass., for his involvement within the ALS community.

  • Sarasota
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Natalia Cava with her husband, Felipe. Courtesy photo
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 3, 2013
Fit at 50

YMCA fitness trainer and Peruvian aerobics champion Felipe Cava celebrated his 50th birthday Sunday, Sept. 29, at Blase Cafe.

  • Sarasota
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  • October 3, 2013
NEWS BRIEFS

Condo owner abandons DID expansion efforts

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Karin Murphy is the director of the city’s new Urban Design Studio, based out of the Federal Building.
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  • David Conway
  • October 3, 2013
Designing Woman: Karin Murphy

Karin Murphy, director of Sarasota's Urban Design Studio, has returned to the city to help finish a job she started - and to leave a positive mark for future generations.

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  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • October 3, 2013
Montessori Method: NewGate International Montessori Academy

Thirty years ago, a teacher and her husband had a vision for a small countryside school. Since then, NewGate International Montessori Academy has grown into an internationally recognized lab school.

  • Sarasota
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Marlon Mack is this week's standout player
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 3, 2013
SIDELINES

Riverview Rams race to second-place finish; Sarasota Christian sweeps PCCC; Cardinal Mooney suffers lopsided loss; Orioles Fall Instructional League wraps up

  • Sarasota
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Aiko Anderson demonstrates calligraphy painting on T-shirts. She imprints a leaf onto the shirt to make a floral design.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • October 3, 2013
Friendship through flowers

Colorful flowers sit in a bucket as members of the Sarasota Chapter No. 115 of Ikebana International participate in a mawari-ike ikebana arrangement.

  • Sarasota
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Nancy Stavin submitted this sunset photo, taken from Palm Avenue.
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 3, 2013
Observer Weather: Sarasota

Nancy Stavin submitted this sunset photo, taken from Palm Avenue.

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More than 40 vendors offer produce and plants from local growers and producers.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • October 2, 2013
Phillippi Farmhouse Market re-opens

Phillippi Farmhouse Market, 5500 S. Tamiami Trail, will be open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays through April.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Yaryna Klimchak
  • October 2, 2013
Season opens for Gulf Red Snapper

Fisherman can now try their hand at catching red snapper in state and federal waters.

  • Sarasota
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Kathy Bixler’s Stamper’s Cove opens Saturday, Oct. 5.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • October 2, 2013
DOING BUSINESS: Stamper's Cove

The story of Stamper's Cove, a new craft store in Lakewood Ranch, is best told through the two black tables tucked deep inside it.

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