College Collision
October 15, 2009
Two-year colleges across Florida are trying to break though the education establishment. One Gulf Coast school is primed for battle.
Businesses see red over greenspace
October 15, 2009
A new Brazilian restaurant struggles to create 110 square feet of outdoor dining space after a strict interpretation of the city’s greenspace policy defeated those plans.
Small group carries large influence
October 15, 2009
Downtown merchants have asked why Save Our Sarasota, a green advocacy group of seven people, has such sway in City Hall. They were surprised to learn that Mayor Dick Clapp is one of those members.
Fox longs to catch the 'tiger'
October 15, 2009
Golfer Mason Fox, 14, wakes up to and falls asleep to The Golf Channel.
Sports Page 20th anniversary
October 14, 2009
Sports Page owners Bob Richards and Kenny Barr celebrate the Sarasota landmark's 20th anniversary with complimentary champagne and munchies.
Swine flu nasal spray vaccine arrives
October 9, 2009
The nasal spray vaccine is now available for healthy people between 2 and 49 years of age.
Roundabout work to begin in May
October 8, 2009
A consensus of downtown residents and business owners told the city they prefer that the Five Points roundabout project begin before summer, so it’s completed by tourist season.
Pedestrian mall proposed
October 8, 2009
Real-estate broker Ian Black wants to hold a national design competition to get ideas for a more walkable Main Street.
- 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 - May
26 Celtic Curse: An Yvonne Suarez Travel Mystery
1:00 pm - May
26 Memorial Day Concert/Service
4:00 pm - 5:00 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."
