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Dozens of pumpkins were entered in the pumpkin carving contest.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • October 28, 2010
Polo Grill celebrates Halloween

Dressed in their Halloween best, families headed to the Polo Grill and Bar Oct. 27 for the restaurant's Halloween Party and Pumpkin Carving Contest. Attendees made candy apples, decorated cupcakes and other treats and checked out entries for the pumpkin-carving contest.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • October 28, 2010
Charter panel votes to repeal wage law

The charter amendment chased Wal-Mart away from its Newtown store three years ago. Some residents say the area was devastated.

  • Sarasota
  • News
When the Palm Avenue parking garage opens in December, 18 surveillance cameras will keep watch over the people parking their cars inside.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • October 28, 2010
Surveillance cameras will be watching

From Newtown, to downtown, to Payne Park, the city is planning a network of security cameras designed to keep people safe and help fight crime.

  • Sarasota
  • News
SSAS Executive Director Pepar Anspaugh; Gustavo Bogomolni, of MG/3 Developer Group; Charter School Board liaison Deb Metheny; co-founder Susan Burns; co-founder and President Larry Eger; and Mayor Kelly Kirschner break ground on the new campus.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • October 28, 2010
SSAS digs its future campus (VIDEO)

Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for its new educational facilities Wednesday, Oct. 27.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Rev. Fausto Stampiglia also recently celebrated his 75th birthday.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • October 28, 2010
Stampiglia rejoices in 50 years in priesthood

The Rev. Fausto Stampiglia recently celebrated his 50th anniversary of being a priest and 75th birthday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Once renovations are complete next summer, the operations cost for the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex are expected to increase from $400,000 to $1.2 million per year.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • October 28, 2010
City, county spar over parks

With both governments keeping a watchful eye on their bottom lines, neither wants to fully fund the improved Robert L. Taylor Community Complex, which is expected to cost three times as much to operate the facility each year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Rod Thomson
  • October 28, 2010
My View: No more Mulligans

The cuts in Sarasota school district programs should not surprise. The tax extension was to guarantee salaries and benefits for union members.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 28, 2010
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  • October 28, 2010
Cops Corner

Oct. 10 Act your age 4 p.m. - 5100 block of Ocean Boulevard. Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer. A 50-year-old tourist was causing a disturbance in a bar, cursing at patrons and employees and throwing quarters at people. Deputies asked her to step outside, but she refused and cursed at them. They finally got her outside, but she refused to sit down or answer questions. She also continued to swear at them. She was arrested but refused to walk to a deputy's car. So, she was carried, at which time she kicked a deputy in the shin. At the jail, she also threatened to kick corrections officers.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Unit 5 at the Sea Breeze has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,700 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.3 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • October 28, 2010
Real Estate: Siesta Key condo sells for $1.3 million

A condominium at the Sea Breeze tops all real-estate transactions from Sept. 28 to Oct. 5.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
"I like to be comfortable and I love found pieces - I can easily go from a more conservative look to something 
a little more wild." - Stephanie Peters
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • October 27, 2010
Guest Fashion Editor - Stephanie Peters

Guest Fashion Editor - Stephanie Peters

  • Black Tie
Terry and Sally Kall.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • October 27, 2010
Seaplace's Halloween Potluck

Seaplace's first event of the season took place at the clubhouse and was open to all the residents with the price of admission being a dish to share for a potluck dinner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Once the pumpkins were carved, students placed a candle inside.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • October 27, 2010
Brookside Middle gets pumped for school project

Susan Roberts' eighth-grade science classes at Brookside Middle School spent Wednesday measuring how the circumference and height of a pumpkin can affect the number of seeds it contains.Once they had completed the lab by creatively carving faces into their pumpkins, students lit a candle inside them and turned off the lights to admire their Jack-o-lanterns.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Marlene Campanaro, third from right, with the Keyes family.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 27, 2010
'Diamonds' girl dazzled by surprise

Marlene Campanaro got a birthday surprise from her best friend, Sally Keyes.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Meike Dooley and Ellen Levine
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 27, 2010
Key women take first-place finishes

Longboaters Meike Dooley and Ellen Levine both competed in their first duathlon, which was also a first for the island - Sunday's Longboat Key Triathlon and Duathlon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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