WEEKEND BEST BET: Beach Tennis Open
June 4, 2010
More than 100 players are expected to participate in the Siesta Key Beach Tennis Open, which takes place Saturday, June 5.
VIDEO OF THE DAY: Taking flight
June 4, 2010
Students at Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences designed flying machines, parachutes and helicopter tops modeled after Leonardo Da Vinci's designs.
Selby Foundation awards $980,000 in scholarships
June 4, 2010
The Selby Scholar program will give 35 high school students up to $28,000 each.
SCOPE hosts 2010 annual celebration
June 3, 2010
SCOPE presented Pamela Truitt, the president and founder of Truitt Consulting, with the Boundary Crosser Leadership Award.
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences
June 3, 2010
Students at the Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences are designing and building Leonardo Da Vinci flying machines. They will test the projects Friday, June 4.
Car rams into crowd
June 3, 2010
After an altercation with a group of people, one person jumped in a car and drove into four people, seriously injuring one of them.
Property values continue decline
June 3, 2010
The estimated 2010 property values show double-digit declines in many of the county's taxing districts. Government budgets will have to be cut to accommodate the lost revenue.
Downtown construction gets under way
June 3, 2010
After a long lull in construction, several projects are either under way or just weeks from beginning in the Main Street area. The city hopes that when they're finished, they'll restore some vibrancy downtown.
Where's Waldo? Mote has communication problem
June 2, 2010
The autonomous underwater vehicle will be replaced because it stopped communicating via satellite.
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: Aqua Beachwear
June 2, 2010
In May, Aqua Beachwear expanded its brand to include a new location on Siesta Key.
- 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."
