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Susie Klingeman with Henry, Eleanor, Tracy and Lily Stalza in Lilly Pulitzer
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 31, 2011
GALLERY: Lilly Pulitzer and La Mariee

Models sporting fashions from Lilly Pulitzer and La Mariee stalked the runways at Bird Key Yacht Club's latest style show.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Kindergartener Daron Nouri is all smiles with his mom, Rebekah, and dad, Bejan.
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • March 31, 2011
GALLERY: Tatum Ridge Elementary School Kindergarten Roundup

Incoming kindergarten students and their parents toured their new school at Tatum Ridge Elementary School Kindergarten Roundup on Thursday, March 31.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Kennedy McClain and Piper Carson hold the preschool's mural.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 31, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Perfect summer day

First Presbyterian preschoolers today painted a mural depicting their perfect summer day.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Downtown condo owner Phil Grande is tired of the people feeding the transients in Selby Five Points Park and the lack of action from the city.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 31, 2011
Petition seeks to end homeless feedings

Downtown condo owners are making another push to rid Selby Five Points Park of the criminal element that many say has taken over the park.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sarasota’s new economic-development coordinator, Randy Welker, said one of his priorities is to find a drugstore willing to build a downtown location.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 31, 2011
Development coordinator focuses on downtown

Through a public-private partnership, the city and others created a new position to pursue bringing businesses that could revitalize the downtown area.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Rev. Don Henry  receives gifts from Sister Judy Baldino Sunday, March 27. Later in the day, Henry also received another surprise gift — keys to a new Acura, a present from his parishioners.
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • March 31, 2011
Priest celebrates 40th anniversary

Parishioners at St. Thomas More Catholic Church recently honored The Rev. Don Henry for his 10th anniversary as their church pastor and his 40th anniversary of priesthood.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 31, 2011
News Briefs

County health record ranks fourth in state; Lido Beach prepares for turtle-nesting season; Home demolition for small neighborhood park complete

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Cheyenne Fauvel and Katie Patrice
  • March 31, 2011
Students find touching story in 'The Lost Thing'

Through Sarasota Film Festival's Outreach and Education Department, middle-school classes participated in the Classroom Critic program and screened official short films selected for the festival's youthFEST. This week, a seventh-grader at St. Stephen's Episcopal School and a sixth-grader at Out-of-Door Academy review 'The Lost Thing.'

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Megan Wallin
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • March 31, 2011
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Megan Wallin

Megan Wallin, a Sarasota native, is the founder of SpikeKey. Wallin has focused on playing beach volleyball and on running SpikeKey, which offers volleyball clinics on Siesta Key beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Mikeya Jackson and Alexcia Cavanaugh are learning to play songs for the school’s cultural fair.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 31, 2011
Bay Haven students rock out on homemade guitars

When you're in fourth grade, not much beats building your own guitar from scratch and then hoisting it up like you're a rockstar.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Harold Ashby submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 31, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: WATER'S EDGE

Harold Ashby submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Jill Pook and Dawn Burcham
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 29, 2011
GALLERY: Oaks Club Women's Golf Association Rally for a Cure Golf Tournament and Luncheon

The Oaks Club Women's Golf Association held its annual Rally for a Cure Golf Tournament and Luncheon today.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The mannequin sporting the dress sure could use a pair of red stilettos — size seven-and-a-half.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 29, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Best dressed

Eric Cross' "Observer" dress has found a home -- the Sarasota Observer's conference room. Visit our office at 1970 Main St. (fourth floor) to see it!

  • Sarasota
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Teresa and Albert Kimmel of Parkersburg, WV. enjoy themselves as they looked and around and took photos on Sunday, March 27 during the 74th Annual Sarasota Garden Club Flower Show.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • March 28, 2011
GALLERY: Sarasota Garden Club Flower Show

The Sarasota Garden Club held their 74th Annual Standard Flower Show on Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27 at the Sarasota Garden Club facility. The theme this year was 'Let Freedom Ring'.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Roz Goldberg runs a Q&A session after the movie "Saviors in the Night" on Sunday, March 27 during the opening reception for the second annual Jewish Film Festival.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • March 28, 2011
GALLERY: Second Annual Jewish Film Festival

The second annual Jewish Film Festival had their opening reception on Sunday, March 27 at the Beatrice Friedman Theatre on the Jewish Community Campus.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Ron Greenberg, Kumar Mahadevan, president and CEO of Mote Marine and Vincent Dipano
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 27, 2011
GALLERY: Beyond the Sea

The Sarasota Yacht Club Charitable Foundation held its annual gala to support Mote Marine Laboratory.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
London Polubinski is happy to be out and about.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 27, 2011
GALLERY: Giving Hunger the Blues

Hillview Street heated up Sunday afternoon for the annual Giving Hunger the Blues festival.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lauren VanNostrand, Madeline Carson and Piper Carson
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • March 25, 2011
GALLERY: First Presbyterian Butterfly Ball

The First Presbyterian Butterfly Ball and silent auction was held Friday, March 25 at First presbyterian Church.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Steven High will assume his role as executive director of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art June 1.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 24, 2011
Ringling Museum selects new executive director

On Thursday, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art named Steven High as its executive director.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jovee Henehan, Thomas Connel and Jesse Hillman
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • March 24, 2011
Pastry Art workers show shamrock style

Jovee Henehan, Thomas Connel and Jesse Hillman, Pastry Art employees, celebrated St. Patrick's Day by dressing up in their best Irish flair Thursday, March 17.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Darby Adams and Yakira Padilla made this "robug."
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 24, 2011
Bug robots roar to life at Brookside

Brookside Middle School teacher Susan Roberts' students built buzzing soda can 'robugs.'

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Bob Angers, along with his fellow Sarasota High classmates, presents a $1,000 check to Buff Betz.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 24, 2011
SHS grads donate back to school

Bob Angers says he and his fellow classmates from Sarasota High School's class of '46 are 'old as dirt,' but if you're thinking it was an easy task getting the bunch to pose for this recent photo - when they donated $1,000 to SHS's scholarship fund - think again.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lynn Earl
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • March 24, 2011
Earl's 95th birthday arrives right on schedule

Lynn Earl celebrated her 95th birthday on March 12 with her 21 grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2011
All through the town

What do you get when you invert a school bus and stack it on top of another school bus? The Topsy-Turvy Teva Bus, of course!

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Coppenrath
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • March 24, 2011
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Martina Coppenrath

Martina Coppenrath recently completed the Disney Princess Women's Half Marathon, in Orlando, which she ran barefoot.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
I Grow My Own Veggies
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 24, 2011
Urban Sarasota gardens cultivate interest

Junior League's Simply Sarasota Kitchen Festival kicks off March 30 and runs through April 2.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Rev. Arthur McClellan stands in front of the Pineapple Avenue entrance, which will have glass doors and new canopies after it is remodeled to be more identifiable and welcoming to passersby.
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • March 24, 2011
First Church celebrates 120 years downtown

The First United Methodist Church, the oldest existing organization in Sarasota, celebrates its 120th anniversary this year.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Rev. Arthur McClellan stands in front of the Pineapple Avenue entrance, which will have glass doors and new canopies after it is remodeled to be more identifiable and welcoming to passersby.
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • March 24, 2011
First Church celebrates 120 years downtown

In 2005, First United Methodist Church was offered $17 million for its downtown property, where the church has been located since 1911.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Vanda Bayliss, 59, always dreamed of operating huge construction equipment. Her dream came true at People at Play in the East County.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 24, 2011
CAUTION: Adults at Play

If you've ever wanted to take the controls of a bulldozer or excavator, one East County business can accommodate your heavy-duty dreams.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Brandon Surline submitted this sunset photo, taken at Big Pass on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: PEACHY KEEN

Brandon Surline submitted this sunset photo, taken at Big Pass on Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Cindy Kaiser, executive director of the Education Foundation of Sarasota County, Teacher of the Year Melissa Owens and Patty Brustad, program coordinator
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 23, 2011
GALLERY: Sarasota County Teacher of the Year

Melissa "Missy" Owens, of Bay Haven School of Basics-Plus, received the award for 2011-2012 Teacher of the Year.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Tahja Tahja, Jim Goldman, Suzanne Raymond and Catalin Mihai
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 22, 2011
GALLERY: Woman's Exchange Annual Luncheon

The Woman's Exchange today hosted its annual luncheon honoring more than 170 volunteers.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sabrina Silverberg, the school director, poses with some of her kids on Sunday, March 20 at Temple Emanu-El's Purim Carnival.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • March 21, 2011
GALLERY: Temple Emanu-El's Purim Carnival

Temple Emanu-El celebrated Purim with a carnival on Sunday, March 20. The carnival included games, food, bounce houses and crafts. The money raised will go to the school.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lily Rose Greene got her face painted at the carnival.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 20, 2011
GALLERY: TBS Purim Carnival

Temple Beth Sholom held its Purim Carnival - complete with everything from rock climbing to a dunk tank -- today.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Woogie trots along St. Armands Circle sporting a lion costume.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 19, 2011
GALLERY: HSSC Pug Parade

Costumed pugs paraded St. Armands Circle during The Humane Society of Sarasota County's 14th annual Pug Parade Saturday.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The supermoon shines down on the Sarasota Bay on Saturday, March 19.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • March 19, 2011
Photo of the Day: Supermoon Splendor

The supermoon rose in the sky at Saturday at 3 p.m. and was only 221,565 miles away from the Earth. The moon was closer to the Earth than it has been in more than 18 years and will also be the biggest full moon of 2011.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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