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Sarasota | Neighbors

    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 28, 2015
Surfers hit the beach to Hang Ten for Autism

Compound Boardshop hosts 6th annual Hang Ten for Autism at Siesta Beach for Pinnacle Academy families.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo. Favorite banned books on display at the Fruitville Public Library.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 28, 2015
Read at your own risk

Banned Book Week runs through Oct. 3 at Sarasota County Libraries and participating bookstores.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Siblings Sophia and Luciano Iannotti share the board for a wave.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 26, 2015
Surfers hit the beach to Hang Ten for Autism

Compound Boardshop hosts 6th annual Hang Ten for Autism for local families on Sept. 26 at Siesta Beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Alie DeNofa, owner Rebekah Mandeville, Chelsea Poelsma and Marcia Goldstein dressed in their best Oktoberfest attire for the occasion.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 26, 2015
Mandeville toasts to Oktoberfest

Mandeville Beer Garden hosts costume party for Oktoberfest Sept. 26.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
File photo. The Downtown Sarasota Farmers Market is in the spotlight with a mention in Southern Living magazine.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 24, 2015
Southern Living reviews Sarasota Farmers Market

The Downtown Sarasota Farmers Market included in South's best farmers markets.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Marjie Goldberg, of Sarasota, submitted this photo of a purple gallinule feeding on purple flowers in Celery Fields.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2015
Sarasota photo contest winner: Sept. 24

Marjie Goldberg, of Sarasota, submitted this photo of a purple gallinule feeding on purple flowers in Celery Fields.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sarasota participants pose with Mayor Willie Shaw to complete the first mission before the start of the Fireball Rally 2015 Space Race.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 24, 2015
Residents accelerate search for missing children

Four Sarasota teams will hit the road for a good cause in this year’s cross-country Fireball Run.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Joyce and Rod Dennehy release baby sea turtles at Sanderling Road beach.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 24, 2015
This week in history 9.24.15

A glimpse of the way things were from the archives.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Kris Powell walks students through new choreography for his hip-hop class at Soul Studios.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 24, 2015
Hip-hop hopeful

Dancer finds reward in teaching boys confidence with hip-hop.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo. Reverend John Cairns, Reverend Glen Bell, and Reverend Melanie Kim are some of the pastors who will be teaching the Foundations classes at First Presbyterian Church.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 24, 2015
Sarasota Calendar 9.24.15

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of Sept. 24.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Jorde the Artist and Sofrito Mama's owner Alicia Bolden.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 24, 2015
Need for speed painting

Jorde the Artist decided that the perfect place to paint was surrounded by people and music at the Sept. 18 Friday Fest.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 23, 2015
Like a B.O.S.S.: the Boys of Soul Studios hip-hop class

Soul Studios offers a hip-hop class exclusively for boys.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
John Gilliam helps pick up plants donated by the Sarasota Garden Club for Habitat for Humanity Monday morning.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 21, 2015
Garden Club grows community with donations

Sarasota Garden Club makes plant donation to Habitat for Humanity and Tidewell Hospice.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Mikaela Whaley and Camryn Marshall
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 19, 2015
Riverview students help keep Phillippi Creek clean

Students from the marine science club participate in International Coastal Cleanup Sept. 19.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Mark and Annette Gabrick groove to "What is hip?"
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 18, 2015
Van Wezel brings the funk with Friday Fest

Reverend Barry and Funktastic Soul bring down the house with hits from Stevie Wonder and James Brown.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Susan Molnar, of Sarasota, submitted this photo of a sunset at Bayfront Park on Sept. 8.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2015
Sarasota photo contest winner: Sept. 17

Susan Molnar, of Sarasota, submitted this photo of a sunset at Bayfront Park on Sept. 8.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Richard Bottorff submitted this photo of an alligator, taken at Rye Preserve.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2015
Photo contest winners: August 2015

Congratulations to this month's winners of our photo contest.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Veronica Hernandez records trash findings with Michael Comes during the Young Professional Group's clean up of Overlook Park in 2014.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 17, 2015
Sarasota Calendar 9.17.15

Sarasota events for the week of September 17.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
An estimated 700 meals were prepared for the 40th Annual Pioneer Day Picnic last year.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 17, 2015
Rotary Club cooks up Pioneer Picnic tradition

Swamp cabbage takes center stage at the club's 41st annual picnic.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Jon Thaxton makes friends with a scrub jay while taking notes in the wilderness.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 17, 2015
This week in history 9.17.15

A glimpse of the way things were from the archives.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Courtesy Memory Portraits by Gigi.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 17, 2015
Baby bloopers

Sarasota parents' baby-photo snafu goes viral.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Jack Short
  • September 17, 2015
County celebrates park’s completion — at last

After a troubled run, Bay Island Park will have a new look and a new name.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy photo. The 2015 Women's Resource Center scholarship recipients.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 16, 2015
State grant to fund Women's Resource Center intiative

The Women's Resource Center of Sarasota County receives five-year Displaced Homemakers Grant for $411,000.

  • Sarasota
  • News
David Pilston became CEO of Save Our Seabirds in 2012.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • September 16, 2015
Conversation with David Pilston

In three short years, Save Our Seabirds CEO David Pilston has turned the center from run-down to exemplary.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lowell Lakritz blows into the shofar horn he brought back from his most recent trip to Israel.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 16, 2015
Sound of the shofar

Longboat resident will play the shofar for the Temple Emanu-El congregation for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 15, 2015
Youth soccer scores with season opener

Soccer season began for the Suncoast Sports Club Saturday, Sept. 13 at Glebe Park.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Sean Daley keeps after the ball.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 12, 2015
Soccer season opener kicks off at Glebe Park

Youth soccer clinic and games start up for the Suncoast Sports Club league on Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
This Tesla Model S has extra storage space under the hood — the engine is located in the rear of the vehicle.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • September 12, 2015
Mote Marine gets energized about electric cars

The laboratory and aquarium center hosted Electrify the Island to kick off National Drive Electric Week.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Hundreds charged through the Heart Walk heart to start the walk.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • September 12, 2015
Heart Walkers participate in fitness and philanthropy

The Sarasota Manatee American Heart Association walk raised more than $200,000 by Saturday.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The World Trade Center memorial is decorated with a wreath to commemorate the September 11 attacks.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 11, 2015
Sarasota PD remembers 9/11 victims

World Trade Center memorial is decorated to commemorate September 11, 2001 attacks.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Carl Grady submitted this photo of a frog hanging out in his back yard in Sarasota.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 10, 2015
Sarasota photo contest winner: Sept. 10

Carl Grady submitted this photo of a frog hanging out in his back yard in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 10, 2015
Sounding of a shofar for Rosh Hashanah

Longboat resident Lowell Lakritz will perform with a shofar at Temple Emanu-El to celebrate the Jewish new year.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
CYD Executive Director Karen Bogues thanks community leaders for their contributions to the organization.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 10, 2015
CYD Leadership Breakfast honors Sheriff Knight

Community Youth Development honors Sheriff Tom Knight and John Stafford during 2015 Leadership Breakfast.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Wendy Popp takes a phone call while setting curlers in Shirley Klein's hair.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 10, 2015
Beauty secrets: the faces of Plymouth Coiffeur

Plymouth Harbor residents rely on salon for beauty secrets and friendship.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A helpful hint for the Labor Day Regatta.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 10, 2015
Regatta reminder

A friendly reminder for a regatta sailor and The Real HousePets of Sarasota contest.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Gulliver the seagull was selected as the new logo for the Siesta Key Village Merchants Association in 1975.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 10, 2015
This week in history 9.10.15

A glimpse of the way things were from the archives.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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