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Oscar, 2 1/2, and Emilia, 4 1/2, Estrada work on making sand castles Wednesday, Sept. 7 on Siesta Key beach. The Estrada family, from Bolivia, is on a 2-week family vacation.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • September 7, 2011
Photo of the Day: Playing on la playa

Vacationers continue to make their way to the no. 1 beach in the country even with the looming gray, cloudy skies. Oscar, 2 1/2, and Emilia, 4 1/2, Estrada enjoyed their Wednesday afternoon making sand castles.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 7, 2011
Palm Aire woman found

Marilyn Kopko of Palm Aire has returned home safely.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • September 7, 2011
VIDEO: Amy Williamson Miller: Confectionery Queen

When Amy Williamson Miller entered the world of life-sized confectionery art, she didn't search art stores for tools to put on the finishing touches - she built her own.

  • Arts + Culture
Dirk Meyer. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • September 7, 2011
Scene & Heard

Show your talent; Sarasota Chorus of the Keys seeks vocal men; Animation students win Independents' Film Festival; Dirk Meyer named associate conductor

  • Arts + Culture
In “Sarah’s Key,” Kristin Scott Thomas plays Julia, who traces her family’s involvement in the Vel d’Hiv Roundup that resulted in the arrests of 13,000 Jewish people who were dispatched to Auschwitz. Courtesy Photo.
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • September 7, 2011
Film Review: 'Sarah's Key'

How we process guilt is such an individual endeavor. In the context of the Holocaust, it's sometimes collective but also extremely personal. In the new film "Sarah's Key," it's both.

  • Arts + Culture
Courtesy photo
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • September 7, 2011
Recipe: Linguine with a pink shrimp sauce

From the soon-to-be-released CulinApp featuring Giuliano Hazan.

  • Arts + Culture
CulinApp partners Bob Huntley, left, and Geof Drummond, right, with Giuliano Hazan.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • September 7, 2011
Culinary iPad app brings electronics to chef's table

Culinary apps were among the first developed for tablet computers, and most are recipe collections and cookbooks - existing content repurposed for the new platform, sometimes successfully.

  • Arts + Culture
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 7, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: Sarasota

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

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
The check marks an increase in donations from the Verizon Foundation to the Education Foundation.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • September 7, 2011
Verizon Foundation donates $20,000 to Education Foundation

The Sarasota Education Foundation received a $20,000 check for 2011-2012 classroom grants programs at a school board meeting Sept. 6.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Former Longboat Observer City Editor Shay Sullivan.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 7, 2011
9/11 Looking Back: Q&A with former City Editor Shay Sullivan

Former Longboat Observer City Editor Shay Sullivan produced the majority of the Observer's 9/11 and post-9/11 coverage. His probing into several leads in the weeks that followed led the Secret Service to investigate The Observer Group - for the first and only time.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Daniel Hoffe
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 7, 2011
9/11 Looking Back: Daniel Hoffe

Daniel Hoffe was attending a training program in the South Tower of the World Trade Centers when the Sept. 11 attacks occurred.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 7, 2011
9/11 Tributes

Key Club announces inaugural golf tournament; Town of Longboat Key preps for 9/11 memorial

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Paul Berriff was interviewed by the Longboat Observer shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. In the photo, he shows what his filmmaking equipment looked like after it had been in the debris. File photo.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 7, 2011
9/11 Looking Back: Paul Berriff

Paul Berriff was filming an Animal Planet series Sept. 11 in Manhattan, N.Y., when he heard that the North Tower of the World Trade Center had been struck by a plane.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
President George W. Bush and then-chairman of the Republican Party of Sarasota County, Tramm Hudson, on Sept. 10, 2001, at the Colony. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 7, 2011
9/11 Looking Back: Tramm Hudson

Tramm Hudson, former chairman of the Republican Party of Sarasota County, was one of 12 people at the dinner table with President George W. Bush on Sept. 10, 2001.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Katie Klauber Moulton and her father, Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber, with President George W. Bush on Sept. 10, 2001, at the Colony. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 7, 2011
9/11 Looking Back: Katie Klauber Moulton

Katie Klauber Moulton, longtime president and general manager of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, hosted President George W. Bush on his overnight visit Sept. 10, 2001.

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