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Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Castaway.
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • September 21, 2011
Castaway

Enjoy this week's edition of Castaway.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Rod Thomson
  • By Rod Thomson
  • September 21, 2011
My View: Cease fire on company poaching

Using Sarasota County taxpayer money to steal Hoveround from Manatee County is just wrong. The two counties need a cease and desist order.

  • East County
  • Opinion
The bachelors boogied their way down the runway.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • September 20, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: BYOB auction

The second annual Buy Your Own Bachelor (BYOB) brought out hundreds of people Tuesday, Sept. 20, at McCurdy's Comedy Club. Over $15,000 was raised for the American Cancer Society by two teams who put on the event and are participating in the upcoming Making Strides Against Breast Cancer fundraising walk.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
First-grader Macy Meshad got Wendy’s and was enjoying a Frosty. When her dad Gavin was her age, he looked forward to walking down Orange from St. Martha’s to church because he got to leave school.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 20, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Southside Elementary Brings its Dads to Lunch

PHOTO GALLERY: Southside Elementary Brings its Dads to Lunch

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Hannah Smith, 3, puts decorative, little holes into her clay slab.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • September 20, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Creating with clay

Clay artist Judy Pirkey brought tons of air-dry clay and taught children how to create their very own Florida fossil plaques Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Selby Public Library. Students were each given a slab of clay and were taught how to add textured backgrounds, use stamps, make clay molds of fish and seashells and were even allowed to glue on real seashells that had been found earlier in the day along the beach by Pirkey.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A boil water advisory has been issued while Sarasota County Utilities fixes a water main break.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • September 20, 2011
Water main break causes concern for drinking water

Precautionary boil water advisories have been issued for residents on Coronado and Crooked Creek drives.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
No member of the public appeared to comment on the millage rate or budget, said Kim Savage, spokeswoman for the medical center.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • September 20, 2011
Hospital board keeps same millage rate

The nine-member Sarasota Memorial Hospital Board of Directors Sept. 19 approved an ad valorem millage rate of 1.0863 for fiscal year 2012, which is unchanged from the previous fiscal year.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Read one of our favorite Cops Corner entries from the archives.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 20, 2011
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the Sarasota Observer archives.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
The Sarasota City Commission approved a new fiscal year budget Monday night that includes a 5.3% millage increase
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 20, 2011
Commission approves 5.3% millage increase

Sarasota city commissioners approved on second reading tonight a new fiscal year budget that raises the millage rate to 2.9249 mills.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Bill and Anndee, 10, Edwards pose together during lunch Monday, Sept. 19, at Phillippi Shores Elementary.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • September 19, 2011
VIDEO: Phillippi Shores celebrates Take Your Dad to School Week

Phillippi Shores Elementary dads and grandads are invited to have lunch with their kids all this week as part of Take Your Dad to School Week.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Gladys Jackson, Tarnara Byoce, 3, and Shwntel Thomas enjoy splashing around in the smaller fountain area of the Steigerwaldt/Jockey Children's Fountain at Bayfront Park.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • September 19, 2011
Photo of the Day: Fountain Fun

With heat in the high 80's and low mid 90's, many people are looking for ways to beat the heat around town. One fun place is the Steigerwaldt/Jockey Children's Fountain at Bayfront Park.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Read one of our favorite Cops Corner entries from the archives.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 19, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: Sarasota

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the Sarasota Observer archives.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
The board will hold its regular meeting at 1 p.m. in the auditorium on the second floor of the Waldemere Medical Plaza; the budget hearing will begin at 5:01 p.m.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • September 19, 2011
Hospital board to approve final millage rate, budget

The Sarasota Memorial Hospital Board of Directors will accept public comments until 4:30 p.m. today on the medical center's millage rate and fiscal year 2011 budget.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Sarasota City Commission will also discuss a potential referendum to increase their salaries tonight at City Hall, 1565 First St., Sarasota.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 19, 2011
Commission will approve budget tonight

Sarasota city commissioners must approve on second reading tonight a budget that proposes a 5.3% millage rate increase.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Expect lane closures and possible delays on Interstate 75, U.S. 301, U.S. 41, state Route 758 and state Route 72.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • September 19, 2011
Roadwork updates for week of Sept. 18

Construction work will take place this week on Interstate 75, U.S. 301, U.S. 41, state Route 789, state Route 758, state Route 72 and state Route 681.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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