City to expand historic structure survey
November 13, 2009
Sarasota hires a contractor for $30,000 to add up to 350 buildings to its list of historic places.
County sued over missing public records
November 13, 2009
An anti-spring-training stadium group files suit against the county and a company it hired for baseball negotiations after that company lost public records relating to those negotiations.
Downtown residents provided transient-crime solutions
November 13, 2009
Police give members of the Downtown Sarasota Alliance tips to help rid the city of transient crime.
Downtown Partnership joins Chamber of Commerce
November 12, 2009
The Partnership will become a unit of the Chamber and will have a new name — Downtown Sarasota Council.
Swine flu vaccine available for more kids
November 12, 2009
Children from 6 months old to high school seniors can get vaccinated later this week at several locations throughout the county.
BRT station moves forward
November 12, 2009
Almost $250,000 has been allocated to the design of a bus rapid transit station at a public-housing complex, even though there's only a 50% chance the transit project will move forward.
Homeowner demands city remove exotic trees
November 12, 2009
A Bird Key resident says the city has refused to remove three exotic trees near his home, even though they sit on the public right of way.
The police report
November 12, 2009
Details from the 34 pages of an internal affairs report, conducted by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, of the investigation of the videotaped kicking of a handcuffed suspect, provide insight into why the police department handled the case the way it did.
Welcome Back: Summer Recap
November 12, 2009
Summer is officially over, but the stories that made headlines from May through October certainly heated up the months that some residents were away.
Sheriff tackles prescription-drug abuse
November 11, 2009
The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office will introduce a new initiative to fight the growing problem. Sarasota County has more than twice the number of prescription overdose deaths than the state average.
- 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."
