Business Observer 01.07.10
January 7, 2010
Gerry Radford, chief financial officer of Tidewell Hospice, qualified as a certified hospice executive. The program is only available to hospice, home-care and senior managers with significant experience in the field.
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.
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.
- May
18 Lego Duplo, A Real Hands-On Storytime
11:00 am - May
18 Cat Depot: Leashwalking
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - May
18 Free Lecture-9 Spiritualizing Habits for Life
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - May
18 Shabbat Shmooze - Marden Paru
12:30 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.
