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Xavier (Joel P.E. King) and his son, Omari (Donovan Whitney) talk after Omari's altercation with a teacher. Photo by Sorcha Augustine
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  • Marty Fugate
  • May 3, 2021
'Pipeline' lands emotional gut-punch

Dominique Morisseau’s searing play isn’t lost in translation to streaming video in Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe production.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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Longboat Key Garden Club President Susan Phillips, center, and LBKGC grants committee chair Linda Ulrich, right, present a check to Paradise Center executive director, Suzy Brenner, left. Courtesy photo.
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 3, 2021
Paradise Center to start edible garden

Thanks to a Longboat Key Garden Club grant, the center will soon plant herbs and vegetables.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 3, 2021
Virtual public forum planned about Vamo Drive Park

Participants can ask questions, make comments.

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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 2, 2021
Garden Club hosts Arbor Day picnic

The picnic was the club's first significant in-person event since the pandemic.

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  • Neighbors
The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office received reports Saturday evening about an exchange of gunfire between two vehicles on Cattlemen Road in Sarasota near University Town Center.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • May 2, 2021
Shots fired Saturday night in University Town Center area in Sarasota.

Those riding in two sedans exchanged gunfire on Cattlemen Road in Sarasota on Saturday night but no injuries were reported.

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Built in 2019, the home at 2905 Casey Key Road has five bedrooms, six-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,188 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 2, 2021
Casey Key home sells for $6.49 million

Residential real estate transactions for April 19-23.

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Built in 2020, the home at 220 Coolidge Drive has seven bedrooms, seven-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,514 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 2, 2021
Ringling Estates home sells for $3.15 million

Residential real estate transactions for April 19-23.

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    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • May 2, 2021
Satchel's Last Resort and Our Y unite for first dog wellness expo

The first annual dog walk and wellness expo was held May 1.

  • Sarasota
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A bullet hole is in the window above the garage at 6706 Oakmont Way after a shooting early Sunday morning in Bradenton.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • May 2, 2021
UPDATE — Shooting erupts after River Club party in Bradenton

Two suffer non life-threatening injuries trying to flee the scene at River Club in Bradenton.

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    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • May 1, 2021
Asolo Repertory Theatre takes guests to the Sock Hop at Nathan Benderson Park

The Sock Hop at the Drive In annual gala was held on May 1.

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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 30, 2021
Temple Beth Israel hosts food, book drive

Donors dropped off food on one side of the parking lot and books on the other.

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Students play on the playground at the Susan Schwaid Early Learning Center. Photo courtesy
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • April 30, 2021
Temple Emanu-El reopening early learning center

After a year of closures due to COVID-19, the Susan Schwaid Early Learning Center will reopen for summer school and fall classes.

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Eliza Ladd's video dives into the issue of social isolation during the pandemic and in our increasingly digital world.
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  • Marty Fugate
  • April 30, 2021
'Gravity and Levity'

Eliza Ladd is an artist of movement. She responds to the limitations of the pandemic by thinking inside the box.

  • Arts + Culture
Interim Longboat Key Police Chief George Turner began his tenure at 5 p.m. ET Friday, April 30.
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  • Mark Bergin
  • April 30, 2021
Former captain begins tenure as interim police chief

Turner previously served the Longboat Key Police Department from December 2001 through October 2007.

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    In Memoriam |
  • April 30, 2021
Paul H. Achre

Paul H. Achre died on April 26, 2021 in Bradenton, Florida. He was 91.

  • Longboat Key
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