Student Spotlight: ZACHARY JORDAN
May 23, 2013
Zachary Jordan has spent his life on the water. Last year, the 15-year-old Pine View School for the Gifted student came up with the idea for Amazing Water Experiences, or AWE, a program that provides children with the opportunity to kayak and experience nature.
Your Neighbor: Mary Francis Carroll
May 23, 2013
Mary Francis Carroll has seized opportunities throughout her life with the same confidence, independence and vigor she exudes today.
May 22: Daily Headlines Video
May 22, 2013
Today's Stories: Town manager seeks $300,000 in budget cuts; Half-cent sales tax would cover indigent health care; Surging Tsunami: Jillian Santiago; Teenager composes a promising future
BID agrees to pay $50,000 for a Circle parking study
May 22, 2013
The study would look at ways to address the parking shortage, including the possibility of a parking garage and valet service.
Seeds of remembrance
May 22, 2013
Inspired by a mission trip to Israel, Longboaters Ed and Betty Rosenthal helped start a fruit orchard at Temple Beth Sholom to honor Holocaust victims.
Veteran regains love for country
May 22, 2013
Rick Rogala lost faith in his country as a prisoner of war in North Korea in 1968. Now, he cherishes his country.
May 21: Daily Headlines Video
May 21, 2013
Top Stories: 182 Manatee teachers lose jobs; Sarasota woman arrested for defrauding employer; Commission approves second phase of bayfront mooring project; Whitney Beach receives award
Sarasota woman arrested for stealing from employer
May 21, 2013
The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested a woman for defrauding her Tampa employer of more than $56,000.
Commission approves second phase of bayfront mooring project
May 21, 2013
Commissioners also voted to uphold a maintenance-dredging ordinance but requested a report on ways to improve the ordinance.
City participates in hurricane preparedness exercise
May 21, 2013
The functional drill will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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25 Shabbat Shmooze - Dr. William Fogel
12:30 pm - 6:00 am - May
25 Special Sacred WESAK Full Moon Lunar Eclipse Event
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm - May
26 Celtic Curse: An Yvonne Suarez Travel Mystery
1:00 pm - May
26 Memorial Day Concert/Service
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Jolly good fellow
05/23/13
Just as Observer advertising representative Bob Lewis loves to garden, he also cultivates relationships with all of his co-workers and clients. -
Going for the gold
05/23/13
Sisters Francesca and Elizabeth Martel returned victorious Monday, May 20, after a weekend at the Special Olympics of Florida State Summer Games, in Orlando. -
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."
