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Stage Manager Amelia Summersbee helps actress Gabby Maraia, who plays the character of Mary Warren, fix her hair and bonnet.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • November 8, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: ODA performs 'The Crucible'

Students at The Out-of-Door Academy this week will show how easily fear can persuade. Performances of the 1952 award-winning classic, 'The Crucible,' will be held at 8 p.m. Nov. 9-12, at ODA, 5950 Deer Drive, Lakewood Ranch. Tickets cost $5.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 8, 2011
Mustangs fall in season openers

The Lakewood Ranch High boys and girls soccer teams both fell in their season openers.

  • East County
  • Sports
City commissioners also agreed to have city staff investigate the possibility of replacing angled parking on Ringling Boulevard.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 8, 2011
City denies construction zoning amendment

The Sarasota City Commission voted 3-2 to deny a proposed zoning code amendment that would have allowed favorability to applicants.

  • Sarasota
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Betsy Kane Hartnett and Stanley Kane
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • November 7, 2011
Starry Night Dinner, highlighting 'My Fair Lady'

Starry Night Dinner, highlighting 'My Fair Lady'

  • Black Tie
Enjoy this week's In the Kitchen with Nishit Patel!
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 7, 2011
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Nishit Patel

Nishit Patel learned this stuffed pepper recipe from his mother. Unlike his mom, however, Patel uses poblano peppers instead of jalapeno ones.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • November 7, 2011
Free workshop 'Beyond Feeling Sad: Helping Kids in Crisis' offered to parents

Experts from the Sarasota County School District will offer a free workshop for parents and teachers to help them be able to identify and respond to depression and self-destructive behavior in young people.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 7, 2011
Obituary: John Edwin Sullivan Sr., M.D.

John Edwin Sullivan Sr., M.D., resident of Sarasota died on Oct. 31, 2011. He was born on Feb. 14, 1925.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 7, 2011
Obituary: Bettylee June Scott Fullerton

Bettylee June Scott Fullerton, 88, of Longboat Key, formerly of Pittsburgh and Rosemont, Pa. died Oct. 7, 2011.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Lakewood Ranch High volleyball team celebrates its 3-0 victory over Tampa King in a Class 6A-Region 3 quarterfinal Nov. 2.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 7, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Lady Mustangs Moving On

The Class 6A-District 12 champion Lakewood Ranch High volleyball team will play host to district 12 runner-up Seminole Osceola at 7 p.m. tomorrow night in a Class 6A-Region 3 semifinal match.

  • East County
  • Sports
What do you think, should dogs be allowed on the beach?
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • November 7, 2011
POLL OF THE DAY: Paws on the beach?

In tonight's meeting the Longboat Key Commission will appoint members to the Dog Beach Feasibility Committee to explore the idea of giving dogs limited access to select portions of Longboat Key beaches.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 7, 2011
Commission to discuss former Klauber property tonight

The town's contract to buy the property adjacent to Bayfront Park will be discussed at tonight's meeting.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 7, 2011
Obituary: Barbara Lee 'Bobbi' Bendit

Barbara Lee Bendit 'Bobbi' of Longboat Key, formerly of Columbus, Ohio, died on Oct. 29. She was 80 years old.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 7, 2011
Sarasota City Commission reviews construction zoning

The Sarasota City Commission will review a proposed zoning code amendment that would allow favorability to applicants.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • November 7, 2011
Roadwork updates for week of Nov. 6

Projects continue on Interstate 75, U.S. 301, U.S. 41, state Route 789, state Routes 758, 72, 78 and 681.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: Sarasota

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the Sarasota Observer archives.

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