Neighbors

Harriet Sokmensuer
March 27, 2014

Your Neighbor | Kristen Kelly

Kristen Kelly puts a fun twist on the first- and second-grade classes she co-teaches at Waldorf Sarasota by incorporating jump ropes.

Sarasota
Neighbors

Harriet Sokmensuer
March 27, 2014

Booker VPA students prepare for exhibit

Booker Middle School's 2-D/3-D Advanced VPA Art Class held its first gallery night for friends and family Thursday, March 20.

Sarasota
Neighbors

Observer Staff
March 27, 2014

Business Briefs

Discount Computers Inc. celebrates 25 years; White Aluminum buys Gingrich Glass & Aluminum; Marianne LeBar joins the Million Dollar Guild

Sarasota
News

Adam Hughes
March 27, 2014

Marina Tower c ondominium sells for $2,375,000

A condominium in Marina Tower tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

Sarasota
Real Estate

Observer Staff
March 27, 2014

Weather: Sarasota

Flora Carson submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key Beach.

Sarasota
Neighbors

Harriet Sokmensuer
March 26, 2014

PHOTO GALLERY: Daughters of the British Empire

The Daughters of the British Empire met for its monthly luncheon Wednesday, March 26. Brian and Yvonne Williams hosted the meeting at 100 Central Ave. The meeting included guest speaker George Graydon. Graydon served on a rescue ship in the British Merchant Navy during World War II.

Sarasota
Neighbors

Observer Staff
March 26, 2014

It's Turtle Watch T-shirt time

To get in the nesting season spirit, Longboat Key Turtle Watch has 2014 T-shirts available.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Observer Staff
March 26, 2014

Pettingell is proud Woolfpack member

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate Longboat Key associate Roger Pettingell can say he was an early member of the Woolfpack before Sam Woolf shot to fame.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Nolan Peterson
March 26, 2014

Landslide approval for school tax

The referendum's approval will extend a 1-mill tax by four years, which supplements the Sarasota School District's budget by more than $40 million annually, district officials say.

Siesta Key
Neighbors

Observer Staff
March 26, 2014

Mystery takes over Longboat Key

The mystery of a missing girl has enveloped Longboat Key.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Observer Staff
March 26, 2014

Kiwanis Club awards first grants of the year

The Longboat Key Kiwanis Foundation awarded its first grants for the 2014 season at its March 20 breakfast meeting at the Longboat Key Club's Tavern & Whiskey Bar.