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Return of the baby ospreys Nancy Shapiro has been watching a nest of baby ospreys like a hawk — in a good way. Orville and Wilbur (she named them) made their home on a post outside of Shapiro’s Beau Ciel balcony this spring. Although Orville seems to have disappeared, Shapiro continued to photograph baby Wilbur (above left, with his mom) until she left for Colorado this week. Shapiro said her friends plan to keep her updated on her osprey friend. “I was sure [Wilbur] was going to follow me to Colorado,” Shapiro said. “But he’s still just starting to flap his wings.”
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JULY 2019
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THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2019
Can you hear me now?
ON THE BALL
New cellular-service technology sprouts around downtown. SEE PAGE 3
Circus camp brings out the star in kids. SEE PAGE 17
Company stands up to cancer A lemonade stand on June 22 on Main Street wasn’t run by 5-year-olds trying to earn money. This adult-run enterprise served a larger purpose. S-One Holdings teamed up with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation to host a lemonade stand to “fight childhood cancer one (lemonade) cup at a time.” The company got involved with the nonprofit a year ago after employee Jason Dragash’s daughter Alison was found to have acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Visit alexslemonade.org to learn more.
Samantha Chaney
Whitney Elfstrom
Tom Bergerat, 10, is on top of the world as he juggles while walking on a ball at Circus Arts Conservatory’s summer camp June 19.
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Turtle Tracks AS OF JUNE 16 TOTAL NESTS: 2019 2018 Lido Beach 42 55 Siesta Key 460 190 Casey Key 1,302 568 TOTAL FALSE CRAWLS: 2019 2018 Lido Beach 103 56 Siesta Key 717 154 Casey Key 1,676 716 Source: Mote Marine Laboratory
Thirty-one small-cell towers are installed or in the works for the downtown area; they support 4G LTE for now but possibly 5G in the future.
David Conway
Pay to park nearly here Phase 1 hits courthouse area in July. SEE PAGE 5