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Santa rode in parade in style during the 2012 Siesta Key’s Light Up the Village parade.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • July 19, 2013
SKVA initiates Christmas parade planning

Association members held their first Light up the Village meeting this week

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Chris Tennant of Wells Fargo with Leif Schmidt and Derin Hampton of John Cannon Homes
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • July 19, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: HBA Manatee-Sarasota Networking Breakfast

Homebuilders and realtors exchanged ideas about the industry at the Home Builders Association Manatee-Sarasota BRAG Networking Breakfast July 19. Held inside a model home built by John Cannon Homes inside The Links at Rosedale, area homebuilders and realtors networked and ate breakfast.

  • East County
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 19, 2013
UPDATE: Former Sand Cay manager guilty of grand theft, fraud

A jury convicted former Sand Cay Manager Judy Paul of grand theft and scheming to defraud.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Booker High School football players donned dress-up attire and showed off their new etiquette skills yesterday during a Michael's on East hosted luncheon.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • July 19, 2013
Booker athletes put new skills to the test

The Booker High School football team has been learning how to be a good player on and off the field this summer through the 2013 Summer Athletic Academic Enrichment and Life Skills Program.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A composite sketch shows the man suspected of exposing himself at Limetree Beach Resort.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 19, 2013
Police release sketch of Limetree suspect

The Sarasota Police Department is looking for a slender man between the ages of 25 and 35, suspected of exposing himself to two young girls.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 19, 2013
Second suspect arrested in incest case

Sarasota County deputies arrested 25-year-old Kyle Riley July 18, in connection with a capital sexual battery case involving a 14-year-old girl.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Gas Pump by Pamela Callender is on display at The Conservation Foundation through August (Courtesy Pamela Callender).
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • July 19, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Pamela Callender exhibit

Humans have impact on the environment - whether it's in the form of a littered cigarette butt or how a human can French-braid a pasture of high grasses into a beautiful winding pattern. That's the message in Pamela Callender's exhibit 'Environmental ReFlux,' which opened with a reception July 18 and will run 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through August at the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast, 400 Palmetto Ave., Osprey.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 19, 2013
Registration ongoing for Cal Ripken season

Registration for the Manatee Cal Ripken Baseball at Heritage Harbour fall season is now underway.

  • East County
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  • By Kathryn Parks
  • July 18, 2013
Venice Theatre Cabaret Festival: Random Acts

Venice Theatre Cabaret Festival: Random Acts

  • Arts + Culture
Angie Stringer, Jim Flynn, Ethna and Ted Wishnie and Daisy Saunders
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • July 18, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : Children's First Top 10 wine tasting at Whole Foods

Community members tasted wine and cheese pairings Thursday, July 18, at Whole Foods to benefit Children's First, a non-profit organization that serves more than 600 of Sarasota County's most vulnerable children and their families. Approximately 50 people attended the event. Whole Foods comes out with two lists of top ten wines each year, once in the summer and once in the winter.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Clayton Thompson, Pat Krohmer and Dave Kauffman
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • July 18, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Prime Time

Members of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce wrangled up their finest western wear and hit the town Wednesday, July 17, for the organization's regular Prime Time after-hours event, hosted at the White Buffalo.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Bill Johnson holds out a 40- year-old snail for Chrissy Lopez to touch. Chrissy found the snail in the bay.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • July 18, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : Girls Inc. at Mote Marine Laboratory

Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County went on a field trip Thursday, July 18, to Mote Marine Laboratory. Girls in grades six to eight learned about the small critters that live in Sarasota Bay. The girls caught the critters in a net, observed them and learned about them. Intern Kelly Munch taught the girls about the bay and fishes that live in the ocean. After the girls visited the aquarium.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • July 18, 2013
Lakewood Ranch IDA adopts FY 2014 budget

The Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority Board unanimously adopted today a $3.1 million 2014 Fiscal Year budget that is 1.3% lower than last year.

  • East County
  • News
Dr. Robert G. Marbut told Sarasota County business and political leaders this morning the homelessness problem is complex — but isn't complicated.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 18, 2013
July 18: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: City stands behind red-light cameras; expert explores Sarasota County homelessness; Preliminary city millage rate rises; PLATO sets sights on $70,000 new theater

  • Siesta Key
  • News
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 18, 2013
Golf lesson bazaar tees off at Rosedale

Steve Whidden, Rosedale Golf & Country Club PGA Master Professional and Director of Instruction, will begin offering a Get Better Sarasota Golf Lesson Bazaar July 27, at Rosedale.

  • East County
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