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Dylan Jones hopes the festival becomes an annual event.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • September 4, 2013
East County performer puts on first Manatee Playreading Festival

Dylan Jones, an actor, writer and composer, wants to share the playwriting process with the public.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2013
NEWS BRIEFS

County delays decision on tax relief for seniors; Lakewood Ranch vehicle burglaries are not a trend; Rosedale begins construction on its 'pristine' new models

  • East County
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Nikole Stephens spends most of her time in a lab coat, but at night, she puts on skates and kneepads and becomes, Hailey Explosive, her roller derby alter ego.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • September 4, 2013
Med student embraces bruising hobby

Nikole Stephens, a second-year medical student at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, takes off her lab coat to play roller derby with the Bradentucky Bombers.

  • East County
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We stopped by the Anna Maria Oyster Bar's landside "halfway" location, at 6906 14th St.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2013
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Anna Maria Oyster Bar

This week we went in the kitchen with owner John Horne, and chef Tim Swafford, of Anna Maria Oyster Bar, for mussels Provencal. Get the full recipe and watch an instructional video in this week's In the Kitchen.

  • Siesta Key
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Lakewood Ranch senior Lauren Owen goes up for a block during the Lady Mustangs 3-0 victory over Sarasota Sept. 3.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 3, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Lakewood Ranch Volleyball vs. Sarasota

The Lakewood Ranch High volleyball team defeated Sarasota 25-18, 25-18, 25-20 Sept. 3.

  • Sarasota
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The Longboat Key Town Commission agreed on first reading and public hearing Tuesday night to raise the town's millage rate 10%, up from 1.8872 mills to 2.0760 mills.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 3, 2013
Commission approves 10% millage increase

Commissioners agreed to raise the property tax rate for the first time since 2010, when the commission raised the tax rate 25.8%, from 1.5 mills to 1.8872 mills.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • September 3, 2013
SKVA praises plans for Siesta Trolley

The SKVA met for its monthly general meeting Tuesday; discussions included the recent approval of a SCAT-operated trolley service for Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
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Jon Iglehart, of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, presented Tim Holliday, of Children's World, with the Department Recycling Recognition Award Wednesday, Aug. 28
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • September 3, 2013
Children's World receives state recognition for recycling

Jon Iglehart, of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, presented the store with the Department Recycling Recognition Award Wednesday, Aug. 28

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  • Neighbors
Witnesses called deputies after a man wearing a blue button-down shirt, jeans and a black mask, and toting a pistol led employees to the back of the restaurant and took the cash.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 3, 2013
Masked man robs Sarasota McDonald's

A masked man robbed the McDonald's at 5554 Fruitville Road after 4 a.m. this morning.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • David Conway
  • September 3, 2013
DID talks downtown restaurant restrictions

One DID board member is hoping the district will consider limiting the space restaurants can occupy downtown in an effort to encourage a better mix of retail developments.

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PIC and the Longboat Observer cosponsored a debate for Longboat Key commission candidates earlier this year. (File photo)
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 3, 2013
PIC to discuss its future

New statewide campaign-finance laws, along with a ruling from the Florida Elections Commission mean changes are in store for PIC.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota County deputies arrested two men at the beginning of what looked to be an ambitious cloned credit card scheme Friday, Aug. 30, according to a Sheriff's Office news release.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 3, 2013
Deputies arrest two men for credit card scheme

Sarasota County deputies found 120 fake credit cards in the possession of two Lehigh Acres men Friday, Aug. 30.

  • Sarasota
  • News
An unnamed witness snapped pictures of a man disturbing a Casey Key sea turtle nest Aug. 13.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 3, 2013
Man arrested for possessing sea turtle

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrested 21-year-old man Sunday, who may be connected to a nest disturbance on Casey Key.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Manatee County Sheriff's Office is looking for two gunmen who robbed a Circle K early Tuesday morning.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • September 3, 2013
Masked gunmen rob gas station

A Manatee County Sheriff's Office report says two masked gunmen robbed a Circle K store in East County Tuesday morning.

  • East County
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FISA Executive Director Matt Smith, right, and SunCoast Aquatic Nature Center Association CEO Paul Blackketter, left, chatted at Nathan Benderson Park earlier this year.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • September 1, 2013
Sarasota picked to host 2017 World Rowing Championships

Rowing's governing body picked Sarasota's Nathan Benderson Park as the venue for the 2017 World Rowing Championships.

  • East County
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