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Read some of our favorite Cops Corner entries from this week.
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  • Observer Staff
  • November 18, 2011
Top Cops of the Week

Enjoy the top Cops Corner cases featured in all Observers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jacob Rego and Abby Clark faced off.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • November 18, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY & VIDEO: Football Frenzy

The Tabernacle Christian School today hosted a Football Frenzy.

  • East County
  • Schools
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • November 18, 2011
Manatee County law enforcement combat DUIs

Law enforcement agencies today will conduct a DUI detail.

  • East County
  • News
School buses will be parked outside all Manatee County Publix locations from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 19 and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 20 in an effort to stuff the buses with non-perishable food items for the Food Bank.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • November 18, 2011
East County rallies to 'Stuff the Bus' for The Food Bank of Manatee

Buses will be outside Manatee County Publix locations this weekend for the 'Stuff the Bus' campaign.

  • East County
  • News
Pat and Mike Biber
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 18, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Fete Du Beaujolais Nouveau

Maison Blanche hosted a tasting and sampling celebrating Fete du Beaujolais Nouveau on Thursday, Nov. 18. It is a red wine made from gamay grapes from the region of Beaujolais in France. It is harvested for only a few weeks before drinking, and it only keeps through the holiday.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Narcotics detectives with the Special Investigations Bureau performed a search warrant at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, at 4153 Honolulu Drive. Photo courtesy of the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • November 18, 2011
Narcotics detectives arrest two Italian citizens in a grow house bust

Deputies confiscated 32 mature cannabis plants weighing almost 119 pounds.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Yesterday, people around the world celebrated Féte du Beaujolais Nouveau, a red wine from France only corked on the third Thursday of November. Maison Blanche had its own tasting.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 18, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Made in France

Yesterday, people around the world celebrated Fete du Beaujolais Nouveau, a red wine from France only corked on the third Thursday of November. Maison Blanche had its own tasting.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 18, 2011
COMMUNITY SPORTS TIPS: Playing fairway bunker shots

This week, University Park Country Club PGA Assistant Golf Professional Bill Tawney shares tips for how to successfully play fairway bunker shots.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 18, 2011
Mustangs remain undefeated in district

The Lakewood Ranch High boys soccer team improved to 4-0 in the district with a 3-1 victory over Port Charlotte Nov.1 7.

  • East County
  • Sports
Sue Jacobson, Bert Fivelson, Sarah Elbert, Ursula Pearson, Mimi Edlin and Grant Jones pose together, Friday, Nov. 18, at Edlin’s home at the Sarasota Bay Club.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • November 18, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Sharing birthdays with friends

Mimi Edlin held a joint birthday party for four people with the same birthday, November 17, and one with a birthday close by, November 12, Friday, Nov. 18, at her home at the Sarasota Bay Club.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sherri Johnson and Bob Kirscher
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • November 18, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Siesta Key Chamber at Wells Fargo

The Siesta Key Chamber held their After Hours and Business Card Exchange, Thursday, Nov. 17, at the Wells Fargo Bank on Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Jason Moore tries to blow through the bull horn, but fails during his attempt. Photo by Rachel S O'Hara.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 18, 2011
Photos of the Week

Enjoy some of our favorite photos from all Observers this week.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Ray Alexander is the owner of Engel & Völkers Anna Maria Island/Longboat Key.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 18, 2011
Engel & Volkers has new Key office

The new Mediterranean Plaza office will serve as the center of the Anna Maria Island/Longboat Key branch's new vacation division.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Audra McDonald performed Sunday, Nov. 6, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • June LeBell
  • November 18, 2011
MUSIC REVIEW: Audra McDonald at the Van Wezel

Music at its best should thrill us, shake us up, elevate us, run us over, lift us up, sweep us out of this world and back again so we're elated and thoroughly exhausted.

  • Arts + Culture
The Sarasota County Commission voted Randall 'Randy' Reid for the position of Sarasota County Administrator, Nov. 15
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • November 18, 2011
In the Public Eye: Randall 'Randy' Reid

After working first as an intern and seasonal employee in the city government of his hometown, Vandalia, Ohio, Randall 'Randy' Reid served as assistant city manager there, from 1976 to 1981.

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