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Artist Dyble Thompson works on a mermaid depiction.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 3, 2011
LIVE: Chalk Festival expands, vertically and horizontally

The Chalk Festival is not only going vertical, it has integrated to Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Chalk Festival has integrated to Longboat Key. Artist Kitty Dyble Thompson from Milwaukee, Wis. is spray painting a mermaid on a wall facing the pool at Longboat Key Club and resort.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 3, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Chalk Festival on LBK

The Chalk Festival has integrated to Longboat Key. Artist Kitty Dyble Thompson from Milwaukee, Wis. is spray painting a mermaid on a wall facing the pool at Longboat Key Club and resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Pat and Charlene Neal, of Neal Communities, present Gullett Principal Kathy Hayes and students with a check.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • November 3, 2011
Golf tourney raises funds for Gullett

A recent golf tournament raised more than $36,000 for the school.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2011
Thanksgiving food drive feeds the hungry

The Mayors' Feed the Hungry Thanksgiving Food Drive offers communities a chance to help those who are experiencing the deepest impact of a struggling economy.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Charleigh Bruss-Schulz, 3. Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2011
Kids and parents unmask creativity

Kids and parents got creative Saturday, Oct. 29, during Family Mask Day at Artists on the Court, in Towles Court.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Florida Department of Transportation has given county officials a permit to use its right of way at the north Siesta bridge for offloading spoil material from Palmer Point Park. Photo by Norman Schimmel.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 3, 2011
Palmer Point Park project awaiting one more permit

The county needs a Florida Department of Environmental Protection permit before a contractor can use state right of way by the north Siesta bridge.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Tim Holliday
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 3, 2011
Neighbors: Tim Holliday

When he was a teenager, Tim Holliday joked that whenever he had children, he would send them off to an island to be raised by a nanny.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Oct. 25, Joel Fried, a Siesta resident who also saw Legoman on the beach that morning, did some sleuthing of his own and found the Ego Leonard website with images similar to the Legoman.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • November 3, 2011
Island Beat: Legoman puts international spotlight on Siesta Key

From coast to coast and across Europe, it appears Legoman has drawn even more attention to the Key than the No. 1 beach ranking this year.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
A condominium in Gulf and Bay Club, which has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,335 square feet of living area, sold for $600,000. Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 3, 2011
Gulf and Bay Club condo tops sales at $600,000

A condominium in Gulf and Bay Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate. George Dyer Jr. and Selma Dyer, trustees, Sarasota, sold the Unit 409 condominium at 5790 Midnight Pass Road to David Gubler and Ellie Foster, of Ontario, Canada, for $600,000.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Samantha Bisceglia submitted this photo of the sun rising on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2011
Weekly Winner: Siesta Sunrise

Samantha Bisceglia submitted this photo of the sun rising on Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Goodwill celebrated the grand opening of its new Lakewood Ranch drop-off center, located at 9126 Town Center Parkway, Nov. 1. Today attendant John Hannah was on hand to collect and sort donations.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • November 3, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Goodwill's grand opening

Goodwill celebrated the grand opening of its new Lakewood Ranch drop-off center, located at 9126 Town Center Parkway, Nov. 1. Today attendant John Hannah was on hand to collect and sort donations.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Photo by Loren Mayo.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 3, 2011
Athlete of the Week: Cary Cohenour

Cary Cohenour, founder and head coach of Sarasota's Celsius Tennis Academy, was recently named the United States Tennis Association's Florida Junior Competitive Coach of the Year.

  • Sarasota
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Sarasota Crew rowers Grant Golub, Travis Taaffe, Andrew Konecny, Carson Green and Ryan Hails accept the first-place trophy at the Head of the Charles Regatta. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2011
JUST THE STATS

13 - Number of seconds by which Sarasota Crew Boys 4+ bested 76 boats to win first place in the Head of the Charles Regatta, held Oct. 22 to Oct. 23, in Cambridge, Mass.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Joseph Melancon submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2011
Weekly Winner: Beyond the Horizon

Joseph Melancon submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Kurt Wenner and Mayor Suzanne Atwell
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • November 2, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Kurt Wenner at J Wood

Dozens of people gathered at the office of J Wood Realty to have books signed and meet with the author and artist, Kurt Wenner. Wenner gave a lecture earlier called "Architecture and Architectural Detailing".

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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