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Sarasota

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 26, 2011
Cops Corner

900 block of Siesta Drive. Animal Problem. Officers responded to a report of a dead shark on a sidewalk. What they found was ... a dead shark on a sidewalk.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Unit 17PHC at the Plaza at Five Points has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 4,174 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.16 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 26, 2011
Hidden Harbor home sells for $3.2 million

A home in Hidden Harbor tops all real-estate transactions from May 9 to May 13. YOLA Sunshine Ltd. sold the home at 5109 Jungle Plum Road to Morgan and Kathleen O'Brien, of Pittsburgh, for $3.2 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Wayne Magee submitted this sunset photo of his granddaughters, taken on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 26, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: Sisterly Bonding

Wayne Magee submitted this sunset photo of his granddaughters, taken on Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Bob and Katie Bolon
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • May 25, 2011
2011 Lincoln Day Dinner With Special Guest Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum

2011 Lincoln Day Dinner With Special Guest Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum

  • Black Tie
Outgoing county administrator Jim Ley will receive more than $265,000 severance.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • May 25, 2011
Ley's resignation accepted

The Sarasota County Commission voted to accept the county administrator's resignation agreement and then nominated a Sarasota County Sheriff's Office official to take the job on an interim basis.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jackson, 2nd grade, and Cassidy, 1st grade, Geach sing "The Climb" together Wednesday, May 25 during "An Evening With the Stars" Talent Show 2011 at Phillippi Shores Elementary.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • May 25, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Phillippi Shores Elementary talent show

Phillippi Shores Elementary students performed a wide variety of talents Wednesday, May 25 during "An Evening With the Stars" Talent Show 2011 at Phillippi Shores Elementary.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The new parking meters are electronic and take coins and debit/credit cards only.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • May 25, 2011
VIDEO: Man on the Street - Downtown Parking Meters

The new parking meters are up and running downtown as of Monday, May 23. So how do they work and what do people have to say about them?

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2011
OUR VIEW: Keep the Promise for Israel

To understand why the Observer Group newspapers have always been strong supporters of Israel - and find deep fault with President Obama's Middle East speech last week - we have to go as far back into the written record of history as possible.

  • East County
  • Opinion
This four-bedroom, four-bath and two half-bath home was built in 2002.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • May 24, 2011
Siesta Key home sells for $4.4 million

The 5,727-square-foot home fronts Little Sarasota Bay.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Golden Lace makes a run for it as her owner, Matthew Rosen, races around trying to catch her.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • May 24, 2011
VIDEO OF THE DAY: CHICKEN CHASE

A chicken named Golden Lace fought for her freedom during Temple Emanu-El's Blessing of the Animals Saturday. She led her owner, Matthew Rosen, on quite the chase.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Artist Mark Bell joined the park protest to support the homeless.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • May 24, 2011
Protesters support homeless rights

A sit-in was held to object to the removal of all park benches at Selby Five Points Park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"My preference is to be removed from the discussion," said County Administrator Jim Ley.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • May 24, 2011
County administrator submits resignation

Caught up in a procurement scandal, Jim Ley offers to leave his post in exchange for his annual salary and benefits, which totals more than $265,000.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Happy birthday, Molly
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • May 23, 2011
Molly Schechter's Birthday Party

Molly Schechter's Birthday Party

  • Black Tie
The students of Gocio Elementary School's bridge club play a few hands of bridge during their final meeting Monday, May 23 inside Gocico Elementary School's Media Center.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • May 23, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Gocio's Bridge Club

Gocio Elementary's newest Go-Getter program this school year was bridge club. Over 20 students participated in the after school program provided by the school. The bridge club held their final meeting Monday, May 23 inside Gocico Elementary School's Media Center where they played bridge, received awards and ate pizza.

  • Sarasota
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Mayor Suzanne Atwell helps a driver use a Main Street parking meter.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • May 23, 2011
Sarasota's mayor assists with new meters

Sarasota's paid-parking system went online this morning, and the city employed volunteer "parking ambassadors" to help with the transition. Mayor Suzanne Atwell was one of those volunteers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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