YOUR NEIGHBOR: Olivia Marie Braida-Chiusano
May 16, 2013
Oliva Marie Braida–Chiusano has an extensive résumé filled with art exhibitions; botanical art commission work; botanical art teaching positions; and both art and business awards and honors.
Weather Photo: SKY'S THE LIMIT
May 16, 2013
Samantha Bisceglia submitted this photo of a sunrise over Siesta Key.
SCHOOL BOARD BULLETIN
May 16, 2013
Upper-elementary students at The NewGate School celebrated Cinco de Mayo with a salsa-garden harvest Monday, May 6. Students harvested the vegetables they had been growing since February in their garden.
Student Spotlight: ZACHARY RAFAEL
May 16, 2013
Zachary Rafael may only be in the seventh grade, but he’s already made strides in educating students and the public about the harmful effects of tobacco.
Slugger bags ODA scholarship
May 15, 2013
Cameron Smalley was named the Taylor Emmons Scholarship Fund's third scholarship recipient May 6.
PHOTO GALLERY: city of Sarasota At-Large Commission Runoff Election
May 14, 2013
Candidates Suzanne Atwell, Susan Chapman and Richard Dorfman spent the day greeting voters Tuesday, May 14, at polling locations in a close election after a tight race in March's city election.
PHOTO GALLERY : Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Mother's Day Brunch
May 12, 2013
Families came together on Sunday, May 12 at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens to appreciate moms for Mother’s Day and enjoy the beautiful gardens on a sunny day. More than 615 people attended the three different brunch seating’s where Michael’s On East catered.
PHOTO GALLERY : First Sarasota the Downtown Baptist Church Pancake Breakfast
May 12, 2013
Parishioners gathered together for a pancake breakfast Sunday, May 12 at First Sarasota the Downtown Baptist Church for Mother’s Day. Children ate breakfast with their mothers and the youth group collected money for their mission trip in June to Jamaica.
PHOTO GALLERY : Suncoast Polytechnical High School Prom
May 12, 2013
Suncoast Polytechnical High School students attended prom Saturday, May 12 at Laurel Oaks Country Club to participate in the school tradition. Approximately 145 students attended the Never Say Goodbye Peter Pan themed prom and danced the night away.
PHOTO GALLERY : Sarasota Scullers Row with your Child
May 12, 2013
The Sarasota Scullers taught their parents how to row Saturday, May 11 at Blackburn Point on Casey Key so that parents would know the kind of physical training they go through almost everyday. More than 100 people showed up to the second Row With Your Child fundraiser where they went through a brief 30-minute lesson before getting out on the water with kids.
- May
18 10th Annual Downtown Sarasota Craft Festival
10:00 am - 5:00 pm - May
18 Hands Across the Sand
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - May
18 Lego Duplo, A Real Hands-On Storytime
11:00 am - May
18 Cat Depot: Leashwalking
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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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." -
Bright lights
05/16/13
Sarasota native and resident Bri Oliva made her TV debut May 7, on the "Rachael Ray Show." Oliva was selected to participate in a segment called "Hidden Dangers on the Playground." -
Key to the city
05/02/13
More than 100 community members and leaders, friends and family surprised Paul Thorpe, one of the founding members of the Downtown Association of Sarasota, April 25, at The Gator Club, to show their appreciation and celebrate the strides he’s made for Sarasota over the past four decades.
