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Sarasota

    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • February 11, 2010
From the heart

We asked elementary-school students from Bay Haven School of Basics Plus and Ashton Elementary to tell us their favorite Valentine's Day activities and divulge their favorite holiday treats.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2010
Battle of the lips

It was Elise Lipoff versus Laura Lipps at the second annual Burns Square Chili Cook-off Feb. 6.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2010
Youth group gives it all they've got

The St. Thomas More Youth Group combined its annual lock-in retreat, held Jan. 30 to Jan. 31, at the church, with its Valentine's Day fundraiser into a weekend bash called "Indulgence Weekend."

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2010
'ArtZGirls' announce youthful art exhibit

The Zonta Club of Sarasota announced a youth art exhibit and sale that will benefit Girls Inc. and the Zonta Fund for Women.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2010
Pennies for Port-au-Prince

Every penny helps. After holding a penny drive for Haiti that lasted just more than one week, The Out-Of-Door Academy Lower School Student Council collected $1,110.43.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2010
Media on Main shows off its worldly goods

With the opening date tentatively scheduled for Feb. 16, computer geeks and crepe aficionados will soon be able to get their fix at the same time. Media on Main and Cafe Palm co-owners Tony Driscoll and Ralph Perna opened the store for a few hours during Bentley's Mulsanne on Main unveiling event Feb. 8.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2010
Cops Corner 02.11.10

The manager of the bus station reported that someone tore the toilet-paper dispenser off the wall in one of the bathrooms.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 11, 2010
Coral Cove home sells for $1.5 million

Edward and Susan Cooper, of Cullowhee, N.C., sold their home at 7362 Periwinkle Drive to Jerome and Joan Ennis, of Sarasota, for $1.45 million.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2010
OUR VIEW: Police panel runs amok

Sometimes criminal-court judges sentence first-time, small-time crime violators to community service. If a judge really wants these types of violators to pay their public due, we'd suggest he sentence them to sitting through the meetings of the Sarasota Police Advisory Panel.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Robert Higgs
  • February 11, 2010
MY VIEW: Why deficits are so pernicious

Editor's Note: The following are excerpts from a 1991 article authored by Robert Higgs, the Thomas F. Gleed Professor in the Albers School of Business and the director of the Center for the Study of Social Dynamics at Seattle University.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • February 11, 2010
Barbetta sued over e-mails

The citizens groups suing the county and city over its baseball negotiations has now filed suit against County Commissioner Joe Barbetta, claiming he violated Sunshine Laws.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • February 10, 2010
Disputed crime reports lead to Siesta Key e-mail battle

Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce President Jim Haberman accused two neighborhood leaders of spreading false rumors about crime, which he says could hurt Key businesses.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 10, 2010
'ArtZGirls' announce youthful art exhibit

The Zonta Club of Sarasota announced a youth art exhibit and sale that will benefit Girls Inc. and the Zonta Fund for Women.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • February 10, 2010
Deputies search for home-invasion suspect

A friend pulls a gun inside an apartment and demands cash and prescription drugs.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • February 9, 2010
Mary Lou Johnson exhibit opening snaps up a crowd

Approximately 300 people photographer Mary Lou Johnson's exhibit opening at Plymouth Harbor.

  • Sarasota
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