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  • November 25, 2009
Ballet performs 'The Nutcracker'

Sarasota Ballet's sparkling production and holiday classic, "The Nutcracker," will run for three performances only Dec. 4 and Dec. 5, at the Sarasota Opera House.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 25, 2009
Thanksgiving drive feeds the hungry

Each year, the Mayors' Feed the Hungry Program hosts a Thanksgiving food drive; the program was started in 1987 by former Sarasota Mayor Fredd Atkins.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 25, 2009
Thrifty fashions thrill trendy parishioners

The Saint Boniface Episcopal Church Thrift Shop held a fashion show and luncheon featuring sport, casual and dramatic eveningwear Tuesday, Nov. 17, at the church community center on Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 25, 2009
Urfer Family Park dedication goes Western for ribbon cutting

Jack Urfer showed off his playful side when he volunteered to be "branded" with a branding iron at the Urfer Family Park ribbon-cutting ceremony and dedication Saturday, Nov. 14.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 25, 2009
Thanksgiving thoughts

Nine kids from Imagine School on Palmer Ranch, Emma E. Booker Elementary and Ashton Elementary School shared their Thanksgiving plans, their favorite - and most-despised - turkey-day foods and why they're thankful.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 25, 2009
SWEET GIGS: Animal instinct

As the animal department manager at Sarasota Jungle Gardens, Jenna Forrester considers her job anything but work.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • November 24, 2009
Black Tie & Tales

Read this week's social column, Black Tie & Tales, by Molly Schechter.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • November 23, 2009
Holiday garbage collection schedule

Ridding yourself of Thanksgiving leftovers will have to wait until next week.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 20, 2009
Photo of the day: Friendly faces

Students at Emma E. Booker Elementary School spent Friday, Nov. 20, talking about their Thanksgiving plans.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 19, 2009
Scouts feed hungry with 10,000 pounds of food

Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts gathered shopping bags filled with food as part of the annual Scouting for Food Drive.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 19, 2009
Pioneer Day offers unique historic event

The Sarasota Senior Theater Group was one of many artists, authors and craftsmen that demonstrated its creative work at Pioneer Day Saturday, Nov. 14, at Pioneer Park.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 19, 2009
Styles' legacy, tradition carry on

On Veterans Day, a memorial to the late Capt. Ralph Styles was held at the Siesta Key gazebo.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 19, 2009
Golden Gate Point completes streetscape plan

Golden Gate Point residents and Sarasota officials celebrated the new streetscape at the neighborhood's "Welcome Home" block party Saturday, Nov. 14.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 18, 2009
Photo of the day: Skink-a-licious

Everyone at G. WIZ calls him "the big burrito." This blue-tongued skink just arrived at the science museum today from a Bradenton pet store and already has taken to cuddling with staff members.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • November 18, 2009
Siesta Beach to host Great American Smokeout

County health groups and the Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau will host a stop-smoking event at the beach pavilion.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 18, 2009
Volunteers needed to decorate St. Armands tree

Adult volunteers should bring their work gloves from 9 a.m. to noon., Saturday.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • November 18, 2009
Black Tie & Tales

Read this week's social column, Black Tie & Tales, by Molly Schechter.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 17, 2009
Gift shop has keys to heaven

The Women's Guild of St. Michael the Archangel opened the Keys to Heaven gift shop April 1 on Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 17, 2009
Photo of the day: Spell-check suggested

This sign was spotted at the intersection of 11th Street and Cocoanut Avenue.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 16, 2009
School drama guild needs $5,000 for spring performance

Although Sarasota High School's Drama Guild Halloween fundraiser was successful, it still needs $5,000 to begin work on its spring production.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 16, 2009
Scullers take trophy in Tennessee

The Sarasota Scullers Youth Rowing team won the overall team points trophy at the Head of the Hooch Regatta.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 16, 2009
Osprey church sends 6,000 cookies to troops

Parishioners from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel spent Sunday morning packing cookies with care for U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 12, 2009
Glenridge toasts council president

This is George Davis. He's famous - but only at the Glenridge on Palmer Ranch, where he presides as president of the Glenridge Advisory Council.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 12, 2009
Tasti D-Lite to hold sweet celebration

Tasti D-Lite's ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at noon Friday, Nov. 13, at the St. Armands location, 327A John Ringling Blvd.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 11, 2009
Tasti D-Lite to hold sweet celebration

Tasti D-Lite to hold sweet celebration

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • November 11, 2009
'Letters to Lee'

'Letters to Lee,' a book by Lt. Gen. James V. Edmundson, includes letters and firsthand accounts written during World War II.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • November 11, 2009
Black Tie & Tales

Read this week's social column, Black Tie & Tales, by Molly Schechter.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 9, 2009
Philanthropist Janet Kane, 83, dies

The Siesta Key resident was an avid supporter of the Sarasota Family YMCA Foundation, Forty Carrots Family Center, Animal Rescue Coalition and Asolo Repertory Theatre.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Stephanie Hannum
  • November 5, 2009
Happy 40th birthday, Morton's!

Morton's Gourmet Market kicked off a week of 40th anniversary celebrations with a cake for the whole Morton's family.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2009
Sign that it's time to take inventory

Several concerned Laurel Park residents have called the city of Sarasota complaining about the "No Parking" signs that line the streets of their neighborhood.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2009
Mullet sighting

All misguided mullet-wearers who were seen sporting business in the front and a party in the back were invited to take part in a "free mullet removal" Nov. 1 during Morton's 10th annual FireHouse Chili Cook-off Sunday.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2009
So long to sweat stains

Downtown techno music club-seekers must bid adieu to glitter and glow sticks, because club/restaurant hotspot Esca closed its doors last month.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2009
Row, row, row that boat

The Sarasota Scullers Youth Rowing Program participated in the Head of the Schuylkill, Oct. 24, in Philadelphia.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2009
Spooky dance party thrills seniors

The Pine View class of 2010 hosted "Oktoberfest," a Halloween spooktacular dance for high-school students Friday, Oct. 23, in the student union.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 5, 2009
Students bring kindness into the classroom

Southside Elementary classrooms are in the midst of a school-wide campaign called "Kindness Conquers." Kindness is the theme for this year's jog-a-thon, which will be held Nov. 13.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 4, 2009
Photo of the day: Squeaky cheese

The Sarasota Observer reporters pull over for fresh cheese curds at Greenleaf Cheese.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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