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Ella Marchbank shows off her Easter eggs that she collected in the pool.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 19, 2016
Arlington Park makes a splash for Easter

Spring Splash at Arlington Park welcomes families for Easter activities.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Deb and Larry Kabinoff with Gracie represented Team Ava. The group raised money to sponsor a Southeastern Guide Dogs puppy in memory of Deb Kabinoff's late sister Ava.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 19, 2016
Southeastern Guide Dogs takes a stroll through Payne Park

Teams collected more than $100,000 for the Southeastern Guide Dogs Walkathon Saturday, March 19.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 17, 2016
Sarasota weather page photo: March 17

Paul Meese captured this shot at sunset on Lido Key.

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Courtesy photo. The entrance to 1384 Harbor Drive.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 17, 2016
Tour de Plants: Gardens in Paradise Tour

The Sarasota Garden Club hosts the 3rd annual Gardens in Paradise tour features six stops this Saturday.

  • Sarasota
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Habitat McLucky
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 17, 2016
Good luck finding Lucky

A helpful leprechaun has been spotted at Habitat for Humanity Sarasota builds.

  • Sarasota
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Megan Magee finds an Easter egg hidden along the trail at Beach Access #5.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 17, 2016
Sarasota calendar 3.17.16

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of March 17.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 14, 2016
Honey Bee Festival helps save the bees

Honey Bee Festival helps save the bees

  • Sarasota
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Ron Zammit of Cakes by Ron with United Cerebral Palsy honorary trustee Joyce Hales.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 13, 2016
Too sweet: UCP Chocolate Sundae

United Cerebral Palsy serves up sweets for guests Sunday, March 13 at Michael’s On East.

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Runners make their way down the John Ringling Bridge.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 13, 2016
First Watch Half Marathon changes course

The First Watch Sarasota Half Marathon partners with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

  • Sarasota
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Jocelyn Elkhatib gets a close look at the inner workings of a bee hive.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 12, 2016
Visitors swarm to the Honey Bee Festival

Sarasota Honey Company and the Suncoast Beekeepers Association partner with Sweetgrass Farms for event to save the bees.

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Hannah Segraves, Sarahina Borgia, Maddy Hodgetts and Kaylyn Camacho represent the Ringling College of Art & Design.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 12, 2016
Adfed Suncoast applauds advertisers

The American Advertising Awards recognized creativity in advertising.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 10, 2016
Sarasota weather page photo: March 10

Kathy Schwartz, of Osprey, submitted this photo of a paddleboarder and dog during a Siesta Key sunset.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Allison Hoult runs during the 2015 First Watch Sarasota Half Marathon and Relay.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 10, 2016
Sarasota calendar 3.10.16

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of March 10.

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Courtesy photo. The Rev. Richard Marsden with members of the confirmation classes he's led in the last 20 years at Church of the Redeemer.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 10, 2016
One score and six days ago...

The Rev. Richard Marsden celebrates 20 years at Church of the Redeemer.

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File photo. Sarasota Honey Company owners Glen and Alma Johnson at the grand opening of Sweetgrass farms in January 2015 to celebrate the partnership that helped lead to the upcoming Honey Bee Festival.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 10, 2016
Honey Bee Festival sets beekeeping community abuzz

Sarasota Honey Company and Sweetgrass Farms partner to bring awareness to the decline of bees with the inaugural Honey Bee Festival, March 12.

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    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 8, 2016
Fairies meander the paths at Historic Spanish Point

Historic Spanish Point hosts the 3rd annual Fairy House Festival Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6.

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Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts was the featured speaker for the March 7 Ringling College Library Association Town Hall Lecture Series.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 7, 2016
Robin Roberts inspires Town Hall audiences

RCLA Town Hall features Good Morning America co-anchor and breast cancer survivor Robin Roberts.

  • Sarasota
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Gabe Yamada gives his best pitch on a carnival game at the Temple Emanu-El Purim Pandemonium.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 6, 2016
Temple Emanu-El experience Purim Pandemonium

Temple Emanu-El celebrates the holiday of Purim with costumes and carnival games.

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Leila and Olivia Schaedler-Luera learn to listen for fairies from Fairy of the Daisies Marilyn Schwartz.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 5, 2016
Visitors flutter to Fairy House Festival

Historic Spanish Point hosts the 3rd annual Fairy House Festival Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6.

  • Sarasota
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Hazel Nichols and Kayn Sims competed in the elementary school division with their team "Where's My Head?" Together they designed and constructed a replica of the droid BB-8 from "Star Wars the Force Awakens."
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 5, 2016
Science Center celebrates remote control competition victory

The Suncoast Science Center hosts the inaugural Remote Control Custom Car Open.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Ponto Lambert uses the waterfront location as her inspiration for a painting.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 5, 2016
Neighbors welcome artists for Sun Circle Art Festival

Residents stroll Sapphire Shores park for the 4th annual Sun Circle Art Festival Saturday, March 5.

  • Sarasota
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Tiger Bay Club Board President Susan Nilon with panelists Matt Walsh, Dr. Phillip Porter and Mark Huey president & CEO for the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 3, 2016
Tiger Bay discusses the impact of economic incentives

Tiger Bay Club monthly meeting features panel including Mark Huey, Phillip Porter and Matt Walsh.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Daniel Reeves submitted this photo of a sunset over Sarasota Bay near Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 3, 2016
Sarasota weather page photo: March 3

Daniel Reeves submitted this photo of a sunset over Sarasota Bay near Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

  • Sarasota
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Courtesy photo. Cheryl Hurley with the first "Ava" stays in touch with Ava's sister Deb Kabinoff. Kabinoff is with the third "Ava" who is still in training.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 3, 2016
Sister acts to honor legacy through Team Ava effort

Team Ava raises money to sponsor a Southeastern Guide Dogs puppy in memory of Ava Hodous.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Springfest Executive Director Eliza Culverhouse pets Honor from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office during the final year of Springfest in 2015.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 3, 2016
Springfest won't spring forward in Palmer Ranch

The annual family festival Springfest will no longer take place due to land sale.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Ellen James
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 3, 2016
Bigfoot sighting

Visitors spot Bigfoot at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Ailen Garcia Gorrita and Annalyse Neil paint together at the 2015 Sun Circle Art Festival.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 3, 2016
Sarasota calendar 3.3.16

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of March 3.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lynne Miller, Betsy Patterson and Darla Sampen shops fashionable bags from Patchington at St. Michael's Women's Guild Fashion Show and Luncheon.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • March 2, 2016
‘Footprints in the Sand’ Fashion Show and Luncheon

The St. Michael's Women's Guild hosted a fashion show and luncheon on Wednesday, March 2, at Michael's On East.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The committee that coordinated the fashion show included Pat Cleary, Gloria Robinson, Sue Adams, Carol Szafranski, Pat Bucci, Maryann Mayer and Mary Overman.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 1, 2016
St. Thomas More welcomes season with fashion show

St. Thomas More Women's Club hosts "A Spring Fling" fashion show and luncheon.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Artists and sculptor Scott Joseph Moor lifts the sheet to reveal the statue named "Triumph" sponsored by Visit Sarasota County.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 1, 2016
Southeastern Guide Dogs unveils Superheroes on Parade

The new Superheroes on Parade campaign features a public art display to bring awareness to Southeastern Guide Dog programs.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • February 29, 2016
Neighbors yarn bomb Sapphire Shores Park

Trees along Sun Circle are wrapped in colorful yarn.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Nan Basu and Cynthia McMullin leave the festival with new herb plants. Basu purchased basil, dill, rosemary, fennel, mint and oregano for her herb garden in the making.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • February 27, 2016
Green thumbs handpick plants at Selby Gardens

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens hosts Garden to Plate: Plant & Garden Festival Saturday, Feb. 27 and Sunday, Feb. 28.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo. Girls Inc. of Sarasota County will honor Aimee DeMariano Cogan with the “She Knows Where She’s Going” Award.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • February 26, 2016
Girls Inc. announces 2016 Celebration Luncheon Honorees

Girls Inc. of Sarasota County will honor Aimee DeMariano Cogan with the “She Knows Where She’s Going” Award.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sarasota City Vice Mayor Suzanne Atwell and Sarasota County Commissioner Carolyn Mason.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • February 26, 2016
Sarasota Chamber welcomes back Baltimore Orioles

The Baltimore Orioles are the guests at the 9th annual reception by the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce.

  • Sarasota
  • Business
Jolanta Sobolewski, Dan Wiseman and Tim Smalley have won the Observer's photo contest for February.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 26, 2016
Congratulations to this month's winners of our photo contest!

Jolanta Sobolewski, Dan Wiseman and Tim Smalley have won the Observer's photo contest for February.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Samantha Bisceglia, of Sarasota, submitted this photo of an early morning sunrise on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 25, 2016
Sarasota weather page photo: Feb. 25

Samantha Bisceglia, of Sarasota, submitted this photo of an early morning sunrise on Siesta Key.

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