PHOTO GALLERY: Sam Snead's St. Patrick's Party
March 18, 2013
Sam Snead’s hosted its annual St. Patrick’s Day block party Saturday, March 16, on Hillview Street. Partygoers dressed in green and enjoyed live music as well as traditional Irish food and drink.
Holland, Lumpkin hold keys
March 14, 2013
It's probably not too surprising that Susan Chapman garnered the most votes in Tuesday's Sarasota City Commission election.
Our View: We recommend …
March 7, 2013
Sarasota city voters, this is your time. Next Tuesday's City Commission election is a historical tipping point.
Our View: Thank you, Alta Vista
February 28, 2013
Louis Doyle, meet Bert J. Harris Jr. Mr. Doyle is the owner of the Ringling Shopping Center, the Tuesday night victim of the Alta Vista neighborhood Luddites who don’t like Walmart. Bert J. Harris Jr. is the name of a man after whom a now-famous Florida law may soon be looming ominously over the city of Sarasota and its taxpayers, thanks to the Alta Vistans.
Letters to the Editor
February 21, 2013
Citrus Square is good example; The sounds of business; Applause to editorials
Our View: Businesses don't pay taxes
February 20, 2013
Business tax cuts and corporate-recruiting incentives will be prominent policy issues for the Legislature this year.
Our View: A contrast in character
February 14, 2013
Americans should be outraged and hounding Barack Obama relentlessly for his indifferent, disgraceful disdain for the four Americans who died in Benghazi, Libya.
- May
24 Open House with Artist Nancy Hall: Fourth Fridays
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm - May
24 Meetings with Ancient Ones - Messages, Guides and Readings
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm - May
24 Fridays and Saturdays: Twinkle!
8:00 pm - 10:30 pm - May
25 Free Summer Olympics for the kids
10:00 am - 4:00 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."
