UPDATE: DID ready to decline Golden Apple loan
March 23, 2010
Although it is not expected to make an official decision until next week, the Downtown Improvement District appears to be leaning against giving the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre a $144,000 loan.
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: Say It With Stitches
March 22, 2010
Say It With Stitches specializes in monogrammed clothing and corporate logo-wear, but also carries custom-made silk wraps and jackets, embroidered needlepoint and baby items.
Springfest puts on sensational show
March 20, 2010
Springfest, which benefited the Child Protection Center, featured live music, a SWAT obstacle course, kids' zone and a variety of other family-friendly activities.
WEEKEND BEST BEST: Sarasota County Fair, Cracker Land
March 20, 2010
The Sarasota County Fair will take place March 19-28.
Preschoolers sparkle at Butterfly Ball
March 19, 2010
The moment the First Presbyterian preschoolers arrived at Butterfly Ball, they headed straight for the courtyard, filled with fun activities such as face painting.
SMS students reenact Civil War era
March 19, 2010
Sarasota Middle School eighth graders don vintage-style bustle dresses and traditional military uniforms for the 13th annual Civil War Camp Day. The students reenacted for visitors and younger students what life was like during the Civil War period.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Ugly Betty
March 19, 2010
Covered in writing, a beat-up mailbox and quite possibly part of a bird's nest, this colorful scooter was spotted today on Main Street. It drew a crowd of passers-by, who all paused to snap a photograph.
Principal Dragon circles back to his roots
March 19, 2010
Principal Steve Dragon will become Southside Elementary School’s new principal in July.
Bar fight leads to attempted murder charge
March 18, 2010
A sheriff's deputy is caught from behind and placed in a choke hold while he escorted one of the fighters out of a Gulf Gate bar.
Repair work continues one year later at Five Points
March 18, 2010
When a piece of the Plaza at Five Points building detached last March and hit a shopper on the street below, the building's contractor began a repair process that is still ongoing.
- Jun
19 Voice Aerobics with Mary Spremulli, MA, CCC-SLP
10:00 am - 11:00 am - Jun
19 Cancer Education Series at Doctors Hospital
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm - Jun
19 Anni Piper, Australia's First Lady Of Blues, On Tour
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm - Jun
20 Ageless Grace with Mary Masi
10:00 am - 11:00 am
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Charitable lesson
06/13/13
Temple Emanu–El Religious School donated its tzedakah — which means charity of righteousness in Hebrew — for the 2012-13 school year. -
Mind blowing
06/13/13
Sarasota Christian School sent four teams — the most in Florida — to the Odyssey of the Mind's World Finals May 23 to May 25, at Michigan State University. -
Top Truitt
06/06/13
The Board of Directors of Leadership Florida, the president of the Florida Chamber of Commerce and four Florida Leadership graduates nominated Sarasota's Pam Truitt, of Truitt Consulting, for a position on the board of directors.
