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.
May 20: Daily Headlines Video
May 20, 2013
Top Stories: Gans hits Rajewski with SUV; City Commission talks funding cuts; bayfront and parking; Manatee School Board holds budget workshop; PHOTO GALLERY: Downtown Sarasota Craft Show
PHOTO GALLERY: Military Officers Association Luncheon
May 20, 2013
The Military Officers Association of Sarasota held its regular luncheon Friday, May 17, at Michael’s on East. Police Chief Bernadette DiPino was the featured speaker, and the association honored four JROTC cadets with merit scholarships.
City Commission talks funding cuts, bayfront and parking
May 20, 2013
The regular Sarasota City Commission meeting takes place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. and 6 to 9:30 p.m. today, at City Hall, 1565 First St.
PHOTO GALLERY: Downtown Sarasota Craft Show
May 20, 2013
Sarasota arts-and-crafts lovers filled the bayfront, Saturday May 18 and Sunday, May 19, for the 10th annual Downtown Sarasota Craft Festival. Attendees browsed vendors’ booths in search of the perfect purchase.
PHOTO GALLERY : Booker High School Prom
May 19, 2013
Booker High School students attended the prom Saturday, May 19 at Michael’s On East to complete a memorable milestone. Students chose a Lucky Hearts Ball theme, which was very much like Las Vegas. Approximately 220 students attended the prom.
PHOTO GALLERY : Pine View Cobalt Dance
May 19, 2013
Pine View students packed the dance floor Saturday, May 18, at the Municipal Auditorium for the traditional Cobalt Dance. The dance that was started as a potluck dinner in a chemistry classroom has grown tremendously since the 1970s. Students still uphold the tradition of the Pine Cone Awards and hand them out to classmates with quirky talents. Juniors put on the dance for the seniors and chose an Italian theme for Cobalt 2013.
- May
24 Open House with Artist Nancy Hall: Fourth Fridays
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm - May
24 Meetings with Ancient Ones - Messages, Guides and Readings
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm - May
24 Fridays and Saturdays: Twinkle!
8:00 pm - 10:30 pm - May
25 Free Summer Olympics for the kids
10:00 am - 4:00 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."
