Neighbors

By Melanie Mason
May 30, 2013

Moments in time

According to an advertisement in the June 1, 1978, issue of the Pelican Press, Siesta Maintenance Painting offered full house painting for only $150.

Sarasota
Neighbors

Yaryna Klimchak
May 30, 2013

YOUR NEIGHBOR: Barbara Glidden

Barbara Glidden basks in the sunlight of her Siesta Key home as she flips through old photographs of herself in New York, Mexico and the Caribbean.

Sarasota
Neighbors

Observer Staff
May 30, 2013

Weather Photo: PERFECT PERCH

Tom Caffrey submitted this photo taken on the fishing pier near the Ringling Bridge.

Sarasota
Neighbors

Yaryna Klimchak
May 29, 2013

New College graduates largest class in its history

New College of Florida graduated 197 students Friday, May 24 the largest in the history of the school.

Sarasota
Neighbors

Observer Staff
May 29, 2013

Girl Scouts give dogs a bone

Girls in Girl Scout Troop 764 made more than 500 homemade dog bones and 300 hand-sewn catnip toys for Lakewood Ranch-based Honor Animal Rescue last month.

East County
Neighbors

Observer Staff
May 29, 2013

Palm-Aire women welcome officers

Ladies in the Palm-Aire Women's Club held their last meeting of the season May 10, and made sure to install the club's new officers before they left.

East County
Neighbors

Observer Staff
May 29, 2013

Key gets thumbs up from travel writer

Brett Gastman, 10, vacations on Longboat Key with his family. His grandparents, Ted and Sara Gastman, have owned a Beachplace unit for more than 20 years.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Observer Staff
May 29, 2013

College honors Nellie Wilson

Mary Baldwin College honored Longboat Key resident Nellie Wilson with the Admissions Volunteer Excellence Award.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Observer Staff
May 29, 2013

Kiwanis remembers veterans of wars oft forgotten

Frank Buckles, the last surviving American World War I veteran, died more than two years ago at 110.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Yaryna Klimchak
May 29, 2013

PHOTO GALLERY : AJC's 2013 Summer Lunch and Learn

The American Jewish Committee hosted their first AJC Summer Lunch and Learn of the season Wednesday, May 29 at Michael's On East to educate the public on Jewish Catholic relations. Guest speaker Rabbi Noam Marans flew in from New York to discuss the topic 'A New Pope and the Future of Catholic-Jewish Relations,' at the fifth summer series. More than 150 people attended the luncheon and participated in a question and answer session after the talk.