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Sarasota

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2010
Our View

Go full force against the johns

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Rod Thomson
  • December 2, 2010
My View: All restaurants should pay taxes

The tax exemption Marina Jack enjoys has long outlived its need, if indeed it ever had one. The successful business should pay as its competitors do.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Eighth-graders Lauren Ponzo, Julia Stringer, Raya Cates and Lucie Blahackova
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • December 2, 2010
Middle-schoolers create candy-coated cottages

Brookside Middle School students decorated gingerbread houses for the Community Youth Development Gingerbread House Village.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2010
Cops Corner

Nov. 21 Jeez, Mom! 1 p.m. - 1 block of Bayfront Drive. Miscellaneous. A woman reported that her son locked himself in his room on a 32-foot sailboat and refused to come out. She said he had just broken up with his girlfriend and was upset. When an officer knocked on his door, he opened it and said he was upset and just wanted to be alone.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
The home at 1835 Lincoln Drive has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,881 square feet of living area. It sold for $922,000.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • December 2, 2010
Avondale home sells for $922,000

A home in Avondale tops all real-estate transactions from Nov. 1 to Nov. 8.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Tom and Ann Charters, Connie and Allen Carlson
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • December 1, 2010
'Men Who Cook' Kick Off Party

'Men Who Cook' Kick Off Party

  • Black Tie
Dee Wernick, Barb Serna and Marjorie North
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • December 1, 2010
Marjorie North's 'Get the Scoop' Luncheon

Marjorie North's 'Get the Scoop' Luncheon

  • Black Tie
Paris Couture carries clothing by Parisian designers such as Les Petites and Dimensions.
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • December 1, 2010
UPDATE: Paris Couture to close at the end of the month

Paris Couture, a clothing boutique located in Historic Burns Court, will be closing at the end of December.

  • Sarasota
  • News
This black Volkswagen had its front end smashed and had to be towed.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • December 1, 2010
Car lands on church lawn

After hitting another driver at Palm Avenue and Ringling Boulevard, a woman's car nearly crashed into the Church of the Redeemer.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Downtown Improvement District's park-improvement project includes a paver walkway and small performance stage.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • December 1, 2010
Five Points park improvements near completion

The majority $142,000 facelift to downtown's signature park will be finished this afternoon.

  • Sarasota
  • News
School of Russian Ballet Artistic Director Sergiy Mykhaylov will perform as the Nutcracker Prince.
    By
  • Michael Eng
  • December 1, 2010
Passion Plia

The East County's first ballet school, School of Russian Ballet, will ring in the Christmas season with its production of 'The Nucracker' this Saturday.

  • Arts + Culture
Jackie Anderson and Beverly Fleming
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • November 30, 2010
Holidays at the Crosley, Festival of Trees Preview Party

Holidays at the Crosley, Festival of Trees Preview Party

  • Black Tie
Debbie Comer admires one of the trees up for grabs in the silent auction.
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • November 30, 2010
Selby event has guests "pine-ing" for holiday decorations

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens' Great Room by the Bay was transformed into a holiday wonderland for the Marie Selby Gardens Associates' Wine, Dine and Pine event, held Tuesday, Nov. 30. Guests enjoyed wine and hors d'oeuvres as they bid on a selection of 30 trees, wreaths and centerpieces, creatively decorated by local artists and designers. The event was chaired by Karen LaBonte and Jane Paulishak.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Joe Gruters said he wants the state Republican Party to focus on the core principles on which it was founded.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • November 30, 2010
Gruters campaigns for state chairmanship

The head of the Republican Party of Sarasota County is touring the state, seeking support for his run for the head of the Republican Party of Florida.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Hurricane Jeanne ripped off the roof of the Apollo condominium on Longboat Key in 2004.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 30, 2010
Hurricane season comes to an end

This year's active hurricane season spared Florida residents.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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