Our View: Tax plan needs more vetting
May 22, 2013
On June 18, Manatee County voters will vote on two questions that are loaded with big tax consequences.
Our View: Let's hope it's not status quo
May 16, 2013
The word on the street among Sarasota city business people well before the election was the two Sues — Suzanne Atwell and Susan Chapman — would take it.
My View: Seniors oppose nuclear plants? Not so fast
May 15, 2013
Lately it seems every interest group and political candidate trying to win a public debate wants to claim that "senior citizens are on my side."
Our View: Fruity idea for Fruitville
May 9, 2013
Sarasota City Commissioner Shannon Snyder often reminds us of that saying about kids: They say the darnedest things.
Our View: Onward with Atwell, Dorfman
May 2, 2013
You know the cliché: A picture is worth 1,000 words.
Our View: Panhandler paradise no more
April 25, 2013
Thanks to the crafty law drafting of Sarasota City Attorney Robert Fournier, the Sarasota City Commission outlawed panhandling Tuesday on many of the city’s busiest streets and roadways.
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23 Ageless Grace with Mary Masi
10:00 am - 11:00 am - May
23 Fun Fitness for Parkinsons
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - May
23 Simply Relax! with Kathi Sims
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm - May
23 Dissolving Anger and Hurt workshop (day 1)
6:00 pm - 7:30 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."
