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  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 29, 2010
Cops Corner 07.29.10

A man in a fast-food restaurant drive-thru paid for his order with a $50 bill. He received $42.87 in change. The man drove around the building and pulled into the drive-thru again to order a couple of more hamburgers. Again, he pulled out a $50 bill to pay, but the employee said she didn't have enough change and asked if he had any smaller bills. He said he didn't, and she replied that she had just given him $42.87 in change a few seconds ago.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
City Clerk Pamela Nadalini swears in Suzanne Atwell and Susan Chapman, who were elected Tuesday.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • May 17, 2013
Shannon Snyder selected as city of Sarasota mayor

Commissioners applaud Turner; at-large commissioners Atwell and Chapman are sworn in.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Hyde Park Street residents have spent more than a year campaigning for safety improvements.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 31, 2018
Residents lobby for truck restrictions

People living on Hyde Park Street are eager for the city to discourage trucks from driving past their homes.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 20, 2010
Letters to the Editor

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

DiSabatino, Aranibar seek re-election for county posts; LECOM unveils program

  • East County
  • News
Animal Services now has 30 days to complete a dangerous-dog investigation, Animal Services Chief Kris Weiskopf says.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 30, 2011
County removes aggressive pit bull

Greenbrook Dale residents say the 1-year-old dog has been a nuisance for more than a year.

  • East County
  • News
DeShaun Fenwick.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 23, 2017
Braden River gets area football season underway

The Pirates play Chatfield High (Colo.) on Aug. 24 in Orlando.

  • East County
  • Sports
Wayne Natt (left) and his attorney, Michael Gelety, at a Nov. 21 adversarial preliminary hearing.
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • February 15, 2018
Alleged Longboat voyeur claims homestead to avoid condo forfeiture

Wayne Natt, 56, has been charged with four counts of third degree video voyeurism, which police allege couldn't have been committed without his Cedars Court condo

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Cassandra Bradley is prodded by Alanna Allion to touch the squid they were dissecting as part of Mote's Home School Day on Wednesday, Jan. 12.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 12, 2012
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Getting Squiddish

Cassandra Bradley is prodded by Alanna Allion to touch the squid they were dissecting as part of Mote's Home School Day on Wednesday, Jan. 12.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 12, 2011
Cops Corner

Classic Cops Jan. 1, 1995 9:58 a.m. - 1500 block of GMD. Tree cut down by unknown persons.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By David Conway |
  • July 3, 2014
JFCS continues efforts to combat homelessness

For a decade, Jewish Family and Children's Service of the Suncoast has worked to prevent homelessness, with services expanding to include the housing of veterans.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Devin Miller and JoJo Zolikoff race each other on the BMX track. Loren Mayo.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • October 13, 2011
Sarasota BMX goes preschool

What seems to be chaos barreling down a BMX track is in reality carefully calculated moves, as two little racers jockey for position in a fierce fight for first place.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Bridget Ziegler
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • November 30, 2017
The board ceiling is broken

Tension has permeated the Sarasota School Board for three years. But with a new chair (a disrupter) and vice chair (the establishment), this is welcomed progress.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Rami Mufeed Ibsais, 43, of Bradenton, was arrested Thursday, Feb. 21, on a charge of eleven counts of social welfare fraud.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • February 22, 2013
Gas station owner arrested for welfare fraud

According to the Sarasota Sheriff's Office, the owner illegally used food assistance cards at the store.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Burt Herman and Guy Eby during a book signing of Herman's book at Ormond Beach.
  • By Shane Donglasan |
  • May 3, 2018
Sarasota resident Burt Herman publishes book about pilot who saved his life

A near death encounter and a meeting with his hero inspired Burt Herman to write a book about the incident that saved hundreds of lives.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Freshman John Handy is one of three running backs on the Mustangs roster.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 1, 2011
Mustangs honor one of their own

The Lakewood Ranch High School football team renamed its Spring Game the Adrian Shawn Littlejohn Memorial Spring Football Game in honor of 14-month-old Adrian Littlejohn, who lost his battle with cancer May 1.

  • East County
  • Sports
The dog is named Noah.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 24, 2014
Dog recovers after being hit by car

A pit bull named Noah now is available for adoption.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Lainee Jennings |
  • August 25, 2010
Purvis pumped for Pirate prowess

With its third head coach in as many years, Braden River not only is familiar with change and adversity, but it also thrives on it.

  • East County
  • Sports
The early morning community service was the debutantes' "one-day service" project.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • June 21, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Debutantes volunteer for Habitat for Humanity

Sarasota debutantes volunteered for Habitat for Humanity Saturday, June 21. The debutantes, along with the help of parents and escorts, worked on a new home for a family. The group worked on mainly on finishing the roof. "I think we nailed it," said Quinn Incardona after two hours of nailing the roof together.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
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