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Sara Goldenthal sits with Panda at her home in Palmer Ranch.
    By
  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • January 16, 2014
Your Neighbor: Sara Goldenthal

Cat behaviorist Sara Goldenthal uses flower essences and body work to help cats in homes and shelters.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
David Caplan submitted this sunrise photo, taken from Golden Gate Point.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 16, 2014
Weather: Sarasota

David Caplan submitted this sunrise photo, taken from Golden Gate Point.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Barbara Berliner and Ann Baum
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • January 15, 2014
32nd annual Women In Power Luncheon

32nd annual Women In Power Luncheon

  • Black Tie
Alan and Ursula Jonas
    By
  • Kelsey Grau
  • January 15, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Seaplace Association Party

Seaplace residents enjoyed an entertaining night of dinner and a show on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at their clubhouse. After cocktails and a banquet-style meal, Marcy Downey performed her one-woman cabaret, 'Here's to the Divas and Dames.'

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Morgan Gerhart and Heather Kasten
    By
  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • January 15, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: SCC Sarasota Prime Time

The Sarasota Chamber of Commerce held its networking event Sarasota Prime Time Wednesday, Jan. 15 at Health Fit. Members enjoyed hors d'oeurves while socializing with one another.

  • Sarasota
  • News
President Eileen Bryan with guest speaker Richard DeNapoli.
    By
  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • January 15, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Gulf Coast Republican Women Federated meeting

The Gulf Coast Republican Women Federated met for its monthly meeting Wednesday Jan. 15. Members met at Gecko's Restaurant where guest speaker Richard DiNapoli discussed 'Real Estate, Insurance and more'.

  • Sarasota
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Roger Pettingell’s sales volume reached $61.85 million in 2013. (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 15, 2014
Pettingell ranks No. 1 for sales volume in 2013

Roger Pettingell's sales volume reached $61.85 million in 2013, making him the top-ranked local Realtor for the second consecutive year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Outgoing chairman Tommy Klauber shares about the successes of 2013.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 15, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Ranch Business Alliance Membership Luncheon

Members of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance met their new board of directors, during the organization's annual membership luncheon Jan. 15.

  • East County
  • News
Low tides have left Siesta Beach covered in seaweed.
    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • January 15, 2014
Low tides leave Siesta covered in seaweed

Calls mount for county officials to remove seaweed covering Siesta beach.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Kiltie Band will perform in the New York City Saint Patrick’s Day Parade Monday, March 17.
    By
  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • January 15, 2014
RHS Kitlie Band to hold fundraising yard sale

The Kiltie Band has been raising money to pay for travel expenses to New York by selling Tervis tumblers and holding yard sales.

  • Sarasota
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District Five Commissioner Vanessa Baugh reads "The Kissing Hand" to Karen Krienen and Debbie Frazzoni's class.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • January 15, 2014
Commissioner leads story time

District Five Commissioner Vanessa Baugh read stories to students Jan. 14 at Kiddie Academy, as part of Celebrate Literacy Week.

  • East County
  • Schools
The Legacy Trail currently stretches more than 10 miles from Venice to just south of the city of Sarasota.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • January 15, 2014
Community Foundation undertakes Legacy Trail extension

The Gulf Coast Community Foundation is raising $75,000 to study a plan to extend the Legacy Trail eight miles into downtown Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
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John Colon of the Florida State Board of Education promised a vocal crowd that proposed changes to the standards would make the state unique.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • January 15, 2014
State officials discuss Common Core changes

State officials traveled to Mixon's Fruit Farms Tuesday night to discuss the status of Florida's implementation of the Common Core State Standards.

  • East County
  • News
Kelsey Grau Leslie Ann Genninger and Carol Camiener
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2014
Carol Camiener hosts jewel of a party

On Sunday, Jan. 12, Leslie Ann Genninger displayed her latest collection of Murano Glass Jewelry at the Emerald Harbor home of Carol Camiener.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Kelsey Grau Co-Chairwoman of the event Julie Friedman, Honoree Ruth Ades, Rabbi Charles Savenor and Co-Chairwoman of the event Betty Levitt
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2014
Ades honored as 'Light of Torah'

Temple Beth Sholom honored the Longboat Key resident as the 'Light of Torah' at its annual Torah Fund Study Day and Award Luncheon Jan. 7.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Retired Senior Editor Dora Walters snapped this picture of Kip O’Neill, Bob Spitzer, Fred Wilson and Maxine Spitzer.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2014
Dora the Explorer focuses her lens on the Village

Retired Longboat Observer Senior Editor Dora Walters found herself on familiar turf in December, when she made an appearance at Longbeach Village resident Kip O'Neill's 19th annual holiday party, then celebrated again with Village residents on New Year's Eve. And as usual, she started snapping photos.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2014
Don't cart off your fellow shopper's groceries

Here's one for the 'only on Longboat' file.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2014
Key student graduates from FGCU

Christina Walsh, of Longboat Key, recently graduated with her bachelor's degree from Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Club Ivory owner Ambrish Piare says he has spent nearly $85,000 on sound proofing to accommodate residents of the Plaza at Five Points.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • January 15, 2014
City rejects Club Ivory complaint

The Sarasota city attorney's office denies claims that the downtown nightclub was operating illegally as an "adult cabaret."

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy photo Brooke Farnsworth, 17, Joseph Grosso, 18, Tiffany Miller, 16, and Jenna Greenfield, 15
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2014
Playwright promo

Theatre Odyssey this weekend will showcase the work of six students, including four from Lakewood Ranch High School, during the second annual Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2014
Climb for cancer

Four students from Nolan Middle School will fight cancer while swinging from the trees this weekend.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Cardinal Mooney senior defender Jasmine Rosales controls the ball around a host of Booker midfielders.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 15, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Cardinal Mooney Girls Soccer vs. Booker

The Cardinal Mooney High girls soccer team blanked Booker High 8-0 in a Class 2A-District 11 semifinal match Jan. 14.

  • Sarasota
  • News
15 South, on St. Armands Circle, offers a range of authentic Italian cuisine and nightly live music and dancing.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2014
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: 15 South

This week we went in the kitchen at 15 South with owner and chef Joseph Casadio as he prepares veal saltimbocca alla romana. Get the recipe and watch an instructional video in this week's 'In the Kitchen.'

  • Siesta Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 15, 2014
Colony Association sues town

A petition the Colony Association filed states 'no competent substantial evidence supports the Town Commission's decision' to increase a bond to $250,000 for the Colony property.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Courtesy photo A woman soliciting donations on St. Armands Circle is upsetting merchants and concerns BID members.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 15, 2014
Circle solicitation worries merchants

St. Armands Circle merchants are frustrated that a woman soliciting on the sidewalk allows her to do something they cannot: advertise outside.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Photos by Kelsey Grau Commissioner Terry Gans said the town "will continue to revise codes" and "the town's best days are to come."
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 15, 2014
Candidates set strong tone at event

At-large commission candidates Terry Gans and Ray Rajewski disagreed about the town's future at the first candidate function of the town's election season.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2014
News Briefs

Alaina Ray named PZ&B director; Martin Luther King Jr. holiday closings

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 15, 2014
Future of Zoning Board rests with commissioners

An applicant seeking a variance gave up and decided not to purchase a Key lot when the ZBA couldn't get a quorum.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Courtesy renderings Aria will feature a beachside pool with a rain curtain, cabanas and a half-mile walking path.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 15, 2014
P&Z decision could bring new era for Villa Am Meer

The Planning and Zoning Board will consider a site plan next week for the new 16-unit Aria condominium project that preserves the property's historic home.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
File photo. Volunteers decorated graves of veterans at Sarasota National Cemetery with wreaths in December for the fifth consecutive year. The national Wreaths Across America campaign began in 1992.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 15, 2014
Protest rumors draw heightened TBI security

Police continue to monitor talk of a nonviolent demonstration regarding Rabbi Jonathan Katz's statements opposing the placement of wreaths on Jewish veterans' graves.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • January 15, 2014
Our view

Antidote to flood insurance

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Find out what the Observer's readers have to say.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 15, 2014
Police increase marine patrol

Police Chief Pete Cumming hopes to train the majority of his officers to patrol the waters by the end of 2014.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
On Tuesday, Jan. 14, Ray Rajewski cuts the ribbon on his recently donated DVD collection at the Longboat Library with Patrice Greene and Joan Rotenberg.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 15, 2014
Movies land star role at Longboat Library

Thanks to a resident's donation, Longboat Library members can now rent more than 500 DVDs.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2014
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2014
Obituary: Julius Sydney Rubel

Julius Sydney Rubel, 97, of Longboat Key, died Dec. 29.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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