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Dean and Janet Mixon launched the Harvest Festival last year.
    By
  • Michael Eng
  • November 19, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BET: Mixon Harvest Festival

Mixon Fruit Farms concludes it's 10-day Harvest Festival with two days of family fun Nov. 20-21 at the farm, 2712 26th Ave. E.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Vanessa Richtfort
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • November 19, 2010
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: Primrose School

Kindergarten students at Primrose School at Lakewood Ranch got a hands-on lesson in giving Nov. 19 as they headed to a local Publix to shop for food for the homeless for Thanksgiving.

  • East County
  • Schools
Barbara Shea and Barbara Jacobs displayed handmade necklaces at last year's event.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 19, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BET: St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Christmas Bazaar

Start your holiday shopping early at the annual St. Mary event.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Shannon Snyder announced Nov. 18 his intention to run for City Commission.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • November 19, 2010
Snyder announces commission candidacy

Charter Review Committee member Shannon Snyder will compete for outgoing Mayor Kelly Kirschner's City Commission seat.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department believes a special magistrate made rulings that are favorable for a new contract.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 19, 2010
Magistrate makes contract ruling

The town of Longboat Key and its firefighters are still at impasse in negotiations for a new three-year contract.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Honorees Matt and Lisa Walsh with their family
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • November 18, 2010
AJC Civic Achievement Award Dinner honoring Matt and Lisa Walsh

AJC Civic Achievement Award Dinner honoring Matt and Lisa Walsh

  • Black Tie
Chairwomen Mindy Mast, Kathy Bush and Carol Williams
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • November 18, 2010
High Tea at High Noon

High Tea at High Noon

  • Black Tie
Sydney Gruters, Daria Furst, Emily Furst and Stephanie Cestero
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 18, 2010
Mistletoe Mingle

Junior League hosted its Mistletoe Mingle, a shopping extravaganza and ladies night out, Thursday, at Robarts Arena.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sydney Gruters, Daria and Emily Furst and Stephanie Cestero
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 18, 2010
Mistletoe Mingle

Mistletoe Mingle

  • Sarasota
  • News
Ron Hallam and Joyce Dalbey
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 18, 2010
Mr. Beery's hosts business event

The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce held its Business Card Exchange Thursday at Mr. Beery's, in Gulf Gate.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Devin O’Brian, Beth Giovanell, Pat Donnelly and Rick Harris
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 18, 2010
LLSA Chamber unwinds at Encore Motorcars

The Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce held its latest Business after Hours at Encore Motorcars of Sarasota, Inc., Thursday, Nov. 18. By 7 p.m., members and their guests were just starting to depart from the casual networking event.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Band members Justin Whitmer, Jesse Spiegel and Mikal Mancini have recorded three demo tracks.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 18, 2010
Young band thinks outside of the box (WITH VIDEO)

A trio of Pine View high-school students is representing the state in the School Jam USA contest. Online voting ends Nov. 30.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The commission also discussed three underfunded pension plans at its meeting Thursday, Nov. 18.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 18, 2010
Commission postpones trolley decision

The Town Commission hopes a trolley agreement can be reached that doesn't require the town to contribute $100,000 to the service.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
LECOM officials hope the dental school will open in 2012.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • November 18, 2010
LECOM to build dental school

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine plans to build a four-year dental school on property adjacent to its existing Lakewood Ranch campus.

  • East County
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Donor Harold Ronson and Bob Carter, Senior Friendship Center President and CEO
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 18, 2010
The Sarasota swing

The Senior Friendship Center dedicated a new Harold and Kay Ronson dance floor at its Sarasota campus Nov. 3, in honor of Harold Ronson's chairmanship of its successful "Night at the Opera" fundraiser last March.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
SASSY swimmers and Gators end the clinic with a cheer
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 18, 2010
SASSY swimmers host Florida Gators

The Sarasota Aquatics Synchronized Swimming Team (SASSY) hosted the University of Florida Synchro Team for a clinic Nov. 6 and Nov. 7, at the YMCA Selby Aquatics Complex.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Town Commission also will review beach renourishment project costs at Town Hall today.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 18, 2010
Trolley talk to highlight commission meeting

The Longboat Key Town Commission will discuss a Manatee County trolley funding shortfall at its regular workshop today.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 18, 2010
OBITUARY: Bryant Eugene Hall

Bryant Eugene Hall, 80, was a founding member of Christ Church of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Keith Tanner said an audit is necessary because of growing suspicions about the firefighters' pension plan.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 18, 2010
Board approves pension audit

The Firefighters' Pension Board agreed to hire two separate companies to perform a $65,000 audit of its pension.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The completion date of the 287,000-square-foot parking garage is slated for December.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • November 18, 2010
Retail Therapy

The city will not lease the storefronts at the Palm Avenue parking garage and instead will seek one buyer.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • November 18, 2010
Neighborhood fed up with crime

Residents in the Indian Beach/Sapphire Shores have had enough - enough of the crime, enough of the drug dealing, enough of the prostitution that they say is ruining their neighborhood.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Some tennis players have refused to play on the three courts nearest to the police headquarters, because the air-conditioner noise is too loud for them.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • November 18, 2010
Loud racket annoys tennis players

The air-conditioning system at the new police headquarters on Adams Lane is loud enough that it is bothering people in nearby buildings and a park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Many residents along South Palm Avenue want to protect the residential nature of the street by preventing commercial development and keeping building setbacks to at least 20 feet from the public right of way.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • November 18, 2010
South Palm Avenue to get overlay district

The new zoning district essentially reverses the 2005 zoning change that allowed commercial development.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 18, 2010
Our View

At last, a good decision; Our Obsession with Inflation: What Others are Saying about Dollar, Gold

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Giants' player Caleb Rumble tries to outrun Pirates' catcher Jameson Syprett to home plate during the final T-ball game of the season Saturday, Nov. 13, at Twin Lakes Park.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • November 18, 2010
Photo of the Week: Headed Home

Giants' player Caleb Rumble tries to outrun Pirates' catcher Jameson Syprett to home plate during the final T-ball game of the season Saturday, Nov. 13, at Twin Lakes Park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"Demolition Dee Dee" makes her way around the track.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • November 18, 2010
Athlete of the Week: 'Demolition Dee Dee'

Kristin Edelman, better known as "Demolition Dee Dee," is a member of the Sarasota Roller Girls, a roller derby team here in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Unit P4 at the Pointe on Midnight Pass has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,380 square feet of living area. It sold for $412,500.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 18, 2010
The Oaks II home sells for $950,000

A home in The Oaks II tops all real-estate transactions from Oct. 18 to Oct. 20.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 18, 2010
Cops Corner

Nov. 8 Two-timer 10:28 a.m. - 2000 block of Main Street. General Suspicion. A man asked an attorney to amend his marriage license that was signed in 2006, so it showed their wedding had just occurred. Getting suspicious, the attorney looked a little further into the matter. The man divorced his first wife last July - four years after he married his second wife. The attorney reported the man to police, because he believed he might have committed a crime.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Geoffrey and Brenda Michel with Robert Stock
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 17, 2010
The Met celebrates 10th anniversary

The Met celebrated its 10th anniversary with Robert Stock, designer of the Robert Graham line, and Tampa Bay Rays' Grant Balfour.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Castillian holiday decorating committee: Gene Agins, Ed Ryan, John Groenboom, Matt Krieger, Bob Havel, Ann Havel, Nancy Krieger, Dorie Groenboom and Rosemary Ryan
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • November 17, 2010
Castillian kicks off holiday season

Castillian residents held a cocktail party and lighting ceremony for their holiday decorations on Wednesday, Nov. 17. The Castillian's decorating committee, led by resident Bob Havel, got an early start on holiday decorations, putting up a 6 foot nutcracker, giant candy canes and plenty of christmas lights.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Tom Aposporos, David Brenner, Harry Christensen, Jim Brown and Longboat Key Historical Society President, Tom Mayers
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • November 17, 2010
Longboat Celebrates 55th Anniversary

The Longboat Key Historical Society threw a birthday bash for the town's 55th anniversary on Wednesday, Nov. 17, at Harry's Continental Kitchens.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Chairwoman Rachel Silverman and Rosa Mandelblum
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • November 17, 2010
Jewish Book Festival concludes with luncheon

The Jewish Book Festival held their closing luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 17, at the Hyatt. Joan Nathan, author of "Quiche, Kugels and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France," was the featured speaker. Rachel Silverman chaired the event.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Team Santastic began building its 80-ton sand structure Wednesday on Bradenton Beach.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 17, 2010
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Sandtastic Sculpture

Team Sandtastic kicked off the annual SandBlast event yesterday at BeachHouse Restaurant on Bradenton Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Syesha Mercado is is currently starring in the national touring production "Dreamgirls."
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 17, 2010
Syesha swings into town to serenade principals

Syesha Mercado performed during the Arts Council's 10th annual Principals Recognition Luncheon today, at Van Wezel. (video)

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The city of Sarasota enacted a beach-smoking ban last year.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • November 17, 2010
Commission OKs tobacco-free parks push

The state wants to increase by 10% the number of parks that ban tobacco use.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Edith Barr Dunn celebrates her 90th birthday.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 17, 2010
Dunn celebrates with sweet surprise

On her 90th birthday, Edith Barr Dunn showed she still takes the cake.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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