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YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 42, NO. 42
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YOUR TOWN
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THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2020
Make plans early COVID complications mean a different kind of season.
SEE PAGE 3
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Rosemary Younger and Daren Spinelle
STEPPING OUT FOR EXERCISE
Youngers’ daughter weds Rosemary Younger, the daughter of Fanny and Phill Younger of Longboat Key, was married May 16 to Dr. Daren Spinelle at The Inn at Montchanin Village in Wilmington, Del. A celebration of their marriage was rescheduled for March 2021 at Sarasota’s Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.
Group classes return in a small way with a lot of guidelines to consider. SEE PAGE 13
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Florence and Milton Carr
Happy 75th anniversary Florence and Milton Carr celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary last week. The Longboat Harbour couple were married following Milton’s return from combat in World War II. Together, the couple has three children, four grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. “You realize I’m 94 years old?” Milton said. “That’s more amazing to me than being married 75 years.”
Turtle Tracks LONGBOAT May 17-23 2020 2019 Nests 87 63 False Crawls 79 45 Total as of April 19 2020 2019 Nests 160 159 False Crawls 144 130 Source: Mote Marine Laboratory
Nat Kaemmerer
Debby McClung guides students during a yoga class at Bayfront Park. With indoor group lessons off-limits, teachers are trying something new.
Project plugs along
Rental operators rejoice
Town moves ahead with anti-flood devices on drains. SEE PAGE 2
With county plans approved, vacation sites get ready. SEE PAGE 7
Mark Bergin
Sand Cay Beach Resort General Manager Lyn Sorensen said within hours, reservation calls were coming in.