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  • Loren Mayo
  • March 22, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: Say It With Stitches

Say It With Stitches specializes in monogrammed clothing and corporate logo-wear, but also carries custom-made silk wraps and jackets, embroidered needlepoint and baby items.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 22, 2010
Mote uses Wii technology to explore shark mating behaviors

Motion sensors could help to determine where the sharks mate, allowing researchers to better protect those areas.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • March 22, 2010
Man on the street: Spring Awakening

We asked Longboaters how they spent the first day of spring, which was Saturday, March 20.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 22, 2010
Lakewood CDDs start public budget process

Lakewood Ranch CDD budget workshops start today.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 22, 2010
East County jewelry store burglarized

Bartlett Jewelers was robbed March 21.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 22, 2010
Prep Scoreboard

Scores and highlights from the week of March 15-20.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 20, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BEST: Sarasota County Fair, Cracker Land

The Sarasota County Fair will take place March 19-28.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 19, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BET: Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast

The event, which has been a Longboat Key tradition since 1981, takes place from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday, March 20, at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church, 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 19, 2010
MAN ON THE STREET: Tiger Woods

Residents, members and employees of Rosedale Golf & Country Club share their thoughts on Tiger Woods' return to golf next month.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 19, 2010
P&Z set to review code April 6

The Planning and Zoning Board will review code clarification suggestions presented by the Longboat Key Club and Resort next month.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo and Robin Roy
  • March 19, 2010
Principal Dragon circles back to his roots

Principal Steve Dragon will become Southside Elementary School's new principal in July.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 19, 2010
Buchanan town hall meeting rescheduled

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan had planned to host a town hall meeting Saturday in Arcadia.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 19, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BEST: District dance showcase

Manatee County middle and high school dance teams will perform tonight at the State College of Florida's Neel Auditorium.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • March 19, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: Influence

Influence boutique in St. Armands offers a variety of designers to suit every style, from hip and trendy to conservative.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 19, 2010
Church breaks ground on new rectory

St. Jude Church held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new rectory Friday, March 19. The building, designed by architect George Palermo, will house the three priests at St. Jude.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 18, 2010
RECIPE AND A RESERVATION: Lazy Lobster Longboat Key

Lazy Lobster Longboat Key owner Michael Garey shares an exclusive recipe with YourObserver.com readers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kay Thayer
  • March 18, 2010
TENNIS TIP OF THE WEEK: The Overhead

There are a number of important benefits to using your free hand to point at the ball on an overhead.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 18, 2010
Rotary donates more than $90,000

The Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch today awarded grants to 20 charities.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 18, 2010
Longboat officer commended

Dean Greathouse was praised last week for helping a couple stranded on the side of the road.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 18, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: Mama's Pasta Bowl

With more than 30 years in the food industry, restaurant owner Denis O'Donnell knows a few things about food.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 18, 2010
Bar fight leads to attempted murder charge

A sheriff's deputy is caught from behind and placed in a choke hold while he escorted one of the fighters out of a Gulf Gate bar.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 18, 2010
Bar fight leads to attempted murder of deputy

A sheriff's deputy is caught from behind and placed in a choke hold while he escorted one of the fighters out of a Gulf Gate bar.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 18, 2010
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: McNeal

Students in Carolyn Winget's third-grade class at McNeal Elementary School share their plans for Spring Break.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 18, 2010
You can have your Cuppicake and eat it

You haven't tasted a cupcake until you've sunk your choppers deep into Kim Harder's "Cuppicakes."

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2010
Wedding officiant hits milestone

Nancy Johnson Taussig has been marrying people off for 25 years. The owner of Barefoot Weddings officiated her 1,000th ceremony Sunday, Feb. 28, at Siesta Key Beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 18, 2010
Keep Sarasota County Beautiful dude talks trash

Keep Sarasota County Beautiful recently awarded five local elementary schools with its signature trash-collection receptacle, the "Talking Trash Dude." Three of the schools received $5,000 in education grants.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2010
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum presents program

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will host a public program at 10 a.m. Sunday, March 21, at Hyatt Regency Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2010
Women's Guild walks the runway

St. Michael the Archangel Women's Guild held its 2010 annual fashion show and luncheon, "Shanghai Chic," March 16, at Michael's On East.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 18, 2010
Dance, dance resurrection

Faith Lutheran Church of Sarasota, 7750 Beneva Road, will host a performance by The Resurrection Dance Theatre of Haiti at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 25. The troupe consists of children who were forced into slave labor and then rescued from life on the streets.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 18, 2010
Repair work continues one year later at Five Points

When a piece of the Plaza at Five Points building detached last March and hit a shopper on the street below, the building's contractor began a repair process that is still ongoing.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 18, 2010
Voters strongly support referendum

Precinct-by-precinct results showed voters within the city limits overwhelmingly voted yes to extend a 1-mill school tax. Only two precincts countywide voted against the referendum.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 18, 2010
Connectivity plan moves forward

On Monday, City Commissioners approved a connectivity plan to slow traffic and increase pedestrian access to the bayfront through a series of six roundabouts on U.S. 41 and lower speed limits.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 18, 2010
Golden Apple could close

The 40-year-old downtown Sarasota dinner theater may have to shut down, because two simultaneous construction projects will take away its customer parking areas.

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

Why the stimulus is a stimu-not

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 18, 2010
Online hacker targets referendum opponent

The creator of a political-action committee that opposedthe 1-mill, school-tax extension said his Facebook account was compromised. He thinks one of his opponents is to blame.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 18, 2010
It's electric

Local businesses are starting to jump on the green bandwagon in order to trade their car engines for electric motors.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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