PHOTO GALLERY : Riverview High School Prom
May 5, 2013
Riverview seniors checked off on one of life’s milestones Saturday, May 5 by attending prom at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Riverview High School held their prom at the Hyatt Regency Hotel for the first time since the ballroom could accommodate the 582 tickets sold. The theme was A Victorian Masquerade and Jaclyn Falconetti was announced prom queen and Alex Auchey prom king.
PHOTO GALLERY : Sarasota Yacht Club Kentucky Derby Party
May 4, 2013
The Sarasota Yacht Club held their 3rd Annual Kentucky Derby Party Saturday, May 4 to benefit scholarships for the study of Marine Sciences, Marine Engineering and Seamanship and to watch the 139th Kentucky Derby. Approximately 180 guests enjoyed mint juleps, derby appetizers, buffet, desserts, raffles and races. Women wore a variety of creative large hats and men wore colorful suits for the occasion.
PHOTO GALLERY : Arlington Park Neighborhood Association Picnic
May 4, 2013
The Arlington Park Neighborhood Association held their annual picnic Saturday, May 4 at Arlington Park to get the community together. Approximately 25 neighbors attended and enjoyed hot dogs, potato salad, baked beans, chips and beverages. Candidate Susan Chapman joined community members for the picnic.
PHOTO GALLERY : Ashton Elementary World Series
May 3, 2013
Ashton Elementary 5th graders played the 1992 and 2007 World Series games Friday, May 3 at Twin Lakes to have fun and use the baseball bucks they had been earning throughout the semester. Fifth grade teachers Donna McGarry and Stacy Sanders teamed up to organize the World Series day for the seventh year in a row. The idea started when one of McGarry’s classes read “In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson,” 12 years ago before she came to Ashton Elementary. This year teachers were granted the Edge of Excellence Grant for $500 that they used to purchase t-shirts for approximately 130 fifth graders.
Amateur sculptors carve their niches
May 2, 2013
The Siesta Key Amateur Sand Sculpture Contest returns for its 41st year.
Sarasota police chief stresses crime prevention
May 2, 2013
After a rash of four burglaries in the Alta Vista neighborhood, Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette DiPino is urging neighborhood residents to use their best judgment and take precautions to avoid being victimized.
Father and son create an appetite for words with book
May 2, 2013
Barron and Sy Schimberg are donating the money from their children's book, 'Pancakes and Pickles,' to the Miracle League of Manasota.
HER 'BIG BREAK': Lindsey Bergeon
May 2, 2013
Sarasota resident and 2004 Riverview High graduate Lindsey Bergeon was one of 12 golfers selected to be on ‘Big Break Mexico,’ which premieres May 13, on the Golf Channel.
JUST THE STATS
May 2, 2013
5 — The number of Sarasota area baseball teams that advanced to the regional tournament, which began May 1.
- May
21 Humanity Working to End Genocide meeting
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm - May
21 Cat Depot: Volunteer Orientation and Cat Socialization Level 1 Training
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm - May
22 Voice Aerobics with Mary Spremulli, MA, CCC-SLP
10:00 am - 11:00 am - May
22 Rhonda Riley: The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope
7:00 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.
