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Hazzan Jeffery Weber, Rabbi Glickman and Hazzan Diane Nathanson
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • April 19, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Yom Hashoah at Temple Emanu-El

Many members of the Jewish Community of Sarasota attended the Yom Hashoah Service, Wednesday, April 18, at Temple Emanu-El.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 19, 2012
Consultant to sound off on wireless communications

TE Connectivity Networks Inc. will discuss its findings at Thursday's Longboat Key Town Commission workshop.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Catherine and Bob Luckner show off the shirts. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 19, 2012
SKA enjoys shirt sales at Siesta Fiesta

Siesta Key Association members spent time manning a booth at Siesta Fiesta this weekend, where the group enjoyed a steady sale of collectible Siesta Fiesta T-shirts to benefit the Siesta Key Village Association.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • April 19, 2012
Commission to consider changes to enforcement

As complaints about noise in the Village continue, residents and businesses look for more consistent enforcement.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Siesta Key Village Association will receive a nearly $3,000 reimbursement from Sarasota County for expenses it has incurred while maintaining the upkeep of the Village since August.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • April 19, 2012
SKVA will be reimbursed for upkeep

Sarasota County commissioners voted last week to pay $2,832.50 to the Siesta Key Village Association.

  • Siesta Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 19, 2012
Jungle Gardens donates food

Following its 11th annual Jungle Trails and Bunny Tails event, Sarasota Jungle Gardens raised 928 pounds of donated food to All Faiths Food Bank.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 19, 2012
Goodwill receives rare piano donation

The Goodwill Foundation recently received a rare 1896 Carl Bechstein piano from local donors Jim and Ronna Bridges, who had previously used the piano as a display in their custom-cabinet showroom.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 19, 2012
Stoneybrook raises funds for breast health

Ellie Brenan and the Stoneybrook Women's Golf Association recently presented Suellen Kaeb, of Breast Health Sarasota, a check for $30,500.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Roundabouts on Ringling Boulevard at the intersections of Pineapple and Palm avenues are taking shape.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 19, 2012
Roundabouts complete by June 15

Construction crews have completed 95% of the concrete work involved with shaping the Ringling Avenue roundabouts.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Bicyclists are now required to stop and wait for traffic to clear before crossing Central Sarasota Parkway on The Legacy Trail. File photo.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 19, 2012
Legacy Trail modifications questioned

Some South Sarasota residents are questioning whether cars should have to stop for bicyclists as they ride The Legacy Trail and approach busy intersections.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota has about $144.3 million in outstanding debt for things such as road improvements, the new police department headquarters, Ed Smith Stadium renovations, water-and-sewer projects and so on.
  • By Rod Thomson
  • April 19, 2012
City of Sarasota pensions: Local debt crisis

With up to $400 million in city pension plans unfunded, the city is heading toward a financial crisis. Taxpayers will pay. It's just a matter of when.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 19, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • April 19, 2012
Neighbors: Blake Parsons

Since 2009, Blake Parsons has owned and operated Califlorida, a small surf and skate shop on Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
This Roberts Point home, which has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,773 square feet of living area, sold for $854,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • April 19, 2012
Sandy Hook home sells for $2.7M

A home in Sandy Hook tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Kim and Olga Nielsen, of Tarzana, Calif., sold their home at 2 Sandy Hook Road to William and Georgia Weisberg, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, for $2.7 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Veronika Bajtalova took this sunset photo on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 19, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Veronika Bajtalova took this sunset photo on Siesta Key.

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