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Eight-year-old Bianca Lowery was rewarded with a crown for her knowledge of the NED acronym.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 25, 2011
GALLERY: Braden River Elementary NED Assembly

Students at Braden River Elementary School learned about becoming champions at school and in life during a special NED Show Assembly March 24. NED stresses the importance of never giving up, encouraging others and doing your best.

  • East County
  • Schools
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 25, 2011
Lady Pirates top Lady Mustangs

The Braden River High girls tennis team defeated Lakewood Ranch 5-2 on March 22.

  • East County
  • Sports
Proceeds from Ponies for Pups will benefit Honor Animal Rescue.
    By
  • Michael Eng
  • March 25, 2011
WEEKEND BEST BET: Ponies for Pups

Festivities for Ponies for Pups will begin at 11:30 a.m., March 26, at Sarasota Polo Club, 8201 Polo Club Lane, Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Sara Steinmetz, Rabbi Steinmetx, Judith Schwartzbaum and Anne Brozoskie
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 24, 2011
'Dr. Leonard Schwartzbaum We Salute You!'

'Dr. Leonard Schwartzbaum We Salute You!'

  • Black Tie
Cindy Weinrich, Chairman Debbie Seitl and Diane Muir
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 24, 2011
YMCA Element Au Preview Party

YMCA Element Au Preview Party

  • Black Tie
Diamond Award honoree Keith Adams and Diane Kreisman
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 24, 2011
Diamonds in the Rough Luncheon featuring Linda Larsen

Diamonds in the Rough Luncheon featuring Linda Larsen

  • Black Tie
Dawn Mims, Shantell Mankowski and Kerry Minar
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 24, 2011
GALLERY: LLSA Chamber Business After Hours

The Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce gathered for networking and social time at the Holiday Inn.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 24, 2011
Baldwin shoots 1-under par to GSJG event

Lakewood Ranch High junior Connor Baldwin shot a 1-under par 71 to win the Boys 16-18 Greater Sarasota Junior Golf event March 19 at Bobby Jones Golf Club.

  • East County
  • Sports
Mayor Jim Brown, far left, chaired his first official meeting as mayor Thursday, March 24, at Town Hall.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 24, 2011
Town will seek beach bond validation

The Longboat Key Town Commission gave Town Manager Bruce St. Denis direction on how to fix a beach bond referendum requiring validation after a town clerk publication error.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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
Commissioner Robert Siekmann resigned Thursday. He alluded to the fact he might resign earlier in the week.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 24, 2011
Commissioner Siekmann resigns

District 5 Commissioner Robert Siekmann submitted a letter of resignation Thursday before the Town Commission's regular workshop.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A security camera in the Regal Oaks community in the East County caught footage of the suspect vehicle.
    By
  • Michael Eng
  • March 24, 2011
Deputies investigate BB shootings (VIDEO)

Manatee County Sheriff's Office investigators are searching for the suspect(s) who shot BBs from a moving van March 18-21.

  • East County
  • 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
The team includes Captain Joan Kelly, Kenda Smith, Betty Aden, Nancy Kane, Donna Tighe, Bonnie Geyman, Marilyn Chayka, Fanny Younger, Margery Blacklow, Bonnie Marcuson, Kathy Powers, Marsha Thomson, Jewell Emswiller, Marie Hunter and Sandie Joseph.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 24, 2011
LBK Tennis Center team scores spot in Florida USTA sectionals

The team advanced after a victory against The Meadows.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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
The Town Commission also will discuss whether to form an economic revitalization committee.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 24, 2011
Commission discusses beach bond validation today

The Longboat Key Town Commission will give Town Manager Bruce St. Denis direction on how to fix a beach bond referendum.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This Moroccan uromastyx was one of four different animals that visited Love Comes First Preschool this morning.
    By
  • Michael Eng
  • March 24, 2011
GALLERY: Reptiles visit Love Comes First Preschool

Reptiles from Sarasota Jungle Gardens slithered into the East County's Love Comes First Preschool March 24 -- much to the delight of the students. Special guests included a Burmese python, a Moroccan uromastyx, a green iguana and an American alligator.

  • East County
  • 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
  • By Jean Gruss
  • March 24, 2011
Follow the money

A group of Collier County government appointees asked The Jackson Laboratory tough questions. In the end, Collier decided it was too risky.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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
Commissioner Suzanne Atwell
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 24, 2011
Who will be mayor?

The job of mayor in Sarasota is generally rotated among the most-experienced city commissioners, but with three new commissioners about to take office, a newly elected member could be appointed.

  • Sarasota
  • News
To allow beachgoers a view of the beach as they enter the park, the public-service building that currently stands inside the Siesta Key Beach entrance will be demolished, and a new building will be placed further east.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 24, 2011
Siesta Key Beach to get facelift

Sarasota County is planning a multimillion-dollar upgrade to the features at Siesta Key Beach park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Initially discussed as a prohibition in Selby Five Points Park, city attorneys said it would be difficult to ban smoking in just one park, so the city's Parks Advisory Board recommended banning it in all city parks.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 24, 2011
Parks smoking ban moves forward

Acting on a request from the City Commission to discuss prohibiting smoking in Selby Five Points Park, the Parks Advisory Board went one step further and recommended the city institute a ban in all city parks.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 24, 2011
News Briefs

SMH honors two of its employees with awards; Pedestrians ignore Five Points crosswalks; New EPA standards could cost the city millions

  • Sarasota
  • News
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
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2011
Our View: Tallahassee

Political pension punt

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2011
Our view

Stop cross-county enticements

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2011
Our View

Stop cross-county enticements; Political pension punt

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2011
Cops Corner

Hey, Dizzy! Keep it down! March 15 9 p.m. -- 1100 block of Tuttle Avenue. Noise Disturbance. Someone called to report a neighbor was playing the trumpet too loudly, because his home's back door open.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
This home at 1260 Hidden Harbor Way has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 4,144 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.62 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 24, 2011
Hidden Harbor home sells for $2.6 million

A home in Hidden Harbor tops all real-estate transactions this week, it sold for $2.62 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
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
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