News Briefs
May 23, 2013
Monthly property sales surpass 1,000; City of Sarasota ranks high for walkability; City of Sarasota offices will be closed Memorial Day
New roundabouts planned for U.S. 41
May 23, 2013
The Metropolitan Planning Organization will vote next month on two proposed additions.
Siesta Overlay District workshop sheds light on codes
May 23, 2013
A zoning administrator decision prohibits Siesta Key businesses from using portable, or A-frame, signs. Key.
Village crosswalk lighting receives green light
May 23, 2013
Merchants and residents helped design the project to aid pedestrians and cars.
Cell Phones for Soldiers opens new lines of communication
May 23, 2013
The Jacobites Pipe Band has partnered with area churches to collect cell phones for active-duty military members, as part of the national non-profit organization, Cell Phones for Soldiers.
May 22: Daily Headlines Video
May 22, 2013
Today's Stories: Town manager seeks $300,000 in budget cuts; Half-cent sales tax would cover indigent health care; Surging Tsunami: Jillian Santiago; Teenager composes a promising future
BID agrees to pay $50,000 for a Circle parking study
May 22, 2013
The study would look at ways to address the parking shortage, including the possibility of a parking garage and valet service.
May 21: Daily Headlines Video
May 21, 2013
Top Stories: 182 Manatee teachers lose jobs; Sarasota woman arrested for defrauding employer; Commission approves second phase of bayfront mooring project; Whitney Beach receives award
Sarasota woman arrested for stealing from employer
May 21, 2013
The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested a woman for defrauding her Tampa employer of more than $56,000.
Commission approves second phase of bayfront mooring project
May 21, 2013
Commissioners also voted to uphold a maintenance-dredging ordinance but requested a report on ways to improve the ordinance.
- May
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."
