Weekday farmers market moves into Phillippi Creek
January 7, 2010
The Phillippi Farmhouse Market is a seasonal market open on Wednesdays that promotes local growers of produce, agricultural products and prepared foods.
Unconditional Surrender gets final reprieve
January 7, 2010
The owner of the bayfront sculpture will have until the end of the month to respond to the city's copyright-lawsuit concerns or else it will be removed before summer.
Alleged Ponzi schemers appear in court
January 6, 2010
Sarasota couple John and Marian Morgan faced a federal judge in Tampa a day after being extradited from Virginia.
Five Points to be four-way stop
January 5, 2010
A weeklong construction project will put the traffic lights out of order temporarily.
PHOTO OF THE DAY: New Year's baby
January 4, 2010
Sarasota Memorial Hospital welcomed New Year's baby, Darius Martin Simpson, at 3:22 a.m. Friday, Jan. 1 — Sarasota County's first birth in 2010. Congratulations to Darius' parents, Paige Simpson and Victor Rengel.
TOP STORY, DEC.: Commissioners vary on city manager review
January 4, 2010
The mayor and the vice mayor appeared to have opposite views of how City Manager Bob Bartolotta performed last year, while the other three commissioners fell somewhere in between.
TOP STORY, November: Police chief keeps job
January 3, 2010
Chief Peter Abbott was suspended for two weeks without pay for his role in the investigation of the videotaped kicking of a handcuffed suspect. The officer who kicked the suspect was fired.
TOP STORY, October: Commission OKs citizen panel
January 2, 2010
The City Commission axed City Manager Bob Bartolotta’s proposal to hire a consultant to investigate the police department. Commissioner Terry Turner said the move was a micromanagement of Bartolotta.
TOP STORY, September: Vendors to control farmers market
January 1, 2010
The City Commission ruled Sept. 9 that the Downtown Farmers Market vendors would run the market instead of the Downtown Partnership. The partnership’s chairman said the change was an insult to those who’ve worked to make the market a success.
TOP STORY, August: Merchants issue rallying cry
December 31, 2009
Spurred by the announcement that Sarasota News and Books was closing, downtown merchants planned to gather in Five Points Park to urge locals to support downtown businesses.
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25 Free Summer Olympics for the kids
10:00 am - 4:00 pm - May
25 New Healing Tarot Two-Day Workshop with Edith Cheitman
10:00 am - 4:00 pm - May
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
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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."
