Cops Corner
October 7, 2010
Sept. 28 The Tin Man 3:50 p.m. — 600 block of South Shade Avenue. Suspicious Person. A homeowner reported that a man knocked on his door and asked for some tin foil. The man left without receiving any.
Cops Corner
September 30, 2010
Sept. 21 Shutter speed 9:54 p.m. — 1600 block of South Tamiami Trail. Petit Theft. A restaurant owner had placed his laptop on a counter at the back of his restaurant. It sat just below an open window. The restaurant was closed, and the owner and his sister were the only ones in the building, but the computer was stolen. The owner believes someone may have reached through the window and grabbed it.
Cops Corner 09.23.10
September 23, 2010
A security guard on routine patrol noticed a puff of smoke coming from the top level of a parking garage. He didn’t know if a fire had started, so he investigated. When he reached the top level, he saw three teenagers riding their bikes down the garage ramp.
Cops Corner 09.16.10
September 16, 2010
The complainant called police to report a Jaguar blocking his driveway.
Cops Corner 09.09.10
September 9, 2010
Police received a report of a reckless driver swerving through traffic like a racecar driver.
Cops Corner 09.02.10
September 2, 2010
A man locked his keys in his car while it was still running. An officer was able to unlock the door by pushing a piece of wire underneath the window.
Cops Corner 08.26.10
August 26, 2010
Brick pavers were placed in the roadway, and lanes in both directions were blocked. Looks like beavers are taking lessons from the Three Little Pigs.
Cops Corner 08.19.10
August 19, 2010
Police were called to break up an argument between two apartment dwellers. The upstairs neighbor complained that the downstairs neighbor continually taps on his ceiling.
Cops Corner 08.12.10
August 12, 2010
A golf-shop manager heard a cracking sound inside the store and knew exactly what it was — the snapping of a club head off the shaft.
Cops Corner 08.05.10
August 5, 2010
A woman reported that she had put an antique sculpture on consignment in April at an antique store. It was worth $800. She returned to the store on the above date and found that it had closed.
- May
22 Voice Aerobics with Mary Spremulli, MA, CCC-SLP
10:00 am - 11:00 am - May
22 Rhonda Riley: The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope
7:00 pm - May
23 [New Scholars] New College
8:00 am - 4:00 pm - May
23 Ageless Grace with Mary Masi
10:00 am - 11:00 am
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Culinary roots
05/16/13
Trevor Kunk is the chef de cuisine at Blue Hill in New York City’s Greenwich Village, which the James Beard Foundation just named "most outstanding restaurant." -
Bright lights
05/16/13
Sarasota native and resident Bri Oliva made her TV debut May 7, on the "Rachael Ray Show." Oliva was selected to participate in a segment called "Hidden Dangers on the Playground." -
Key to the city
05/02/13
More than 100 community members and leaders, friends and family surprised Paul Thorpe, one of the founding members of the Downtown Association of Sarasota, April 25, at The Gator Club, to show their appreciation and celebrate the strides he’s made for Sarasota over the past four decades.
