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Left to right: Jamie Molina, Ben Southerland, Emma Barishman, James McCormack, Erin Paxton, Liam Tanner and Liv. J Wilson are Florida Studio Theatre's acting apprentices.
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • May 23, 2019
‘Just write it’: FST holds 28th annual Young Playwrights Festival

Sarasota’s Florida Studio Theatre encourages the creativity of young playwrights from around the world with Write a Play program.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Players Centre could become the centerpiece of the Waterside Village at Lakewood Ranch development.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 1, 2016
Players Centre selects architect, builder for Waterside Village project

Sarasota's Schenkel/Shultz and Lakewood Ranch's Willis Smith among the major players.

  • East County
  • News
flatbread
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 8, 2015
Flatbread on Main: Artisanal pizza, craft beer and community focus

Flatbread on Main: Artisanal pizza, craft beer and community focus

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 7, 2010
Commission chooses both sand options

The Town Commission will use a slightly darker sand for the north end of the island's high-erosion spots from North Shore Road just south of Broadway.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Amanda Landesberg |
  • July 26, 2012
Nick Sirotich's Bon Voyage show

Nick Sirotich's Bon Voyage show

  • Arts + Culture
U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan discusses the need for reducing spending and increasing savings at a town hall meeting Saturday.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 9, 2011
Buchanan talks jobs, economy and health care

Approximately 100 people attended Rep. Vern Buchanan's town hall meeting Saturday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Nick Rego stuffs a participant bag for the Take Stock in Children 10K/5K.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 2, 2016
Stock rises with race entries

Annual Take Stock Fun Run feeds funds into scholarship and mentorship programs.

  • East County
  • News
A crowd of more than 400 spectators gathered Friday night behind Sun 'n' Sea to witness a sea turtle-nest excavation.
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • July 31, 2013
Excavation Extravaganza

A crowd of more than 400 spectators gathered Friday night behind Sun 'n' Sea to witness a sea turtle-nest excavation.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Photo courtesy of John Saputo
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2013
NEWS BRIEFS

The Anheuser-Busch World Environment Beach Clean Up 2013 Day held July 27, at Quick Point Nature Preserve on Longboat Key, yielded 34 bags of debris that volunteers collected in recyclable bags and disposed of in the proper receptacles at the park.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The spring tide event of September 2015, where water flooded the streets on a sunny day.
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • January 24, 2018
Longboat to install new valves to mitigate north end tidal flooding

The Public Works department is investigating new valves and new stormwater drain locations as tidal flooding becomes more frequent.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 9, 2018
Cops Corner: Be on the lookout . . .

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
The Rotary Club donated $7,700 to help fund the agility equipment and two misting cooling stations, which look like fire hydrants, in the dog area at Bayfront Park.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 12, 2017
Fluffy Anderson sounds off on Longboat Key's Bayfront Park

Longboat Key letters to the editor

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Stephanie Hannum |
  • July 8, 2009
Relating to Russian cuisine

Astoria brings Russian flavors right into your neighborhood - without the need to travel. The restaurant is a family-run business and is an inviting spot on Lakewood Ranch's Main Street.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2014
Just the Stats

The week in sports by the numbers.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By The Insider |
  • April 8, 2012
Sarasota Film Festival PARTNER PROFILE: Bookstore1, Home of Saturday's FRANK LANGELLA BOOK SIGNING!

Sarasota Film Festival PARTNER PROFILE: Bookstore1, Home of Saturday's FRANK LANGELLA BOOK SIGNING!

  • Arts + Culture
David Conway Parking spaces along Hillview Street fill up quickly during peak hours, forcing some employees and customers to leave their cars in residential areas.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 6, 2014
Southside struggles with parking woes

The scarcity of undeveloped land in Southside Village leaves it without a solution to its long-time parking dilemma.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Carlos at his debut afternoon. Photo by Heather Merriman.
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • April 30, 2014
Black Tie & Tales

Among Children First's enchanted forest ...; CVA board puts one over on the boss; and Tidbits.

  • Arts + Culture
Alice Kaddatz
  • By Observer staff |
  • August 6, 2018
Manatee County School Board Seat 2: Alice Kaddatz

Meet the candidate.

  • East County
  • News
"Bedsheet Man" co-producers David Leo Shultz, of Los Angeles, and Ryan Bodie, of Heritage Harbour, edit scenes.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • August 24, 2017
'Bedsheet Man' made without deep pockets

Locally produced short film hopes to generate widespread attention.

  • East County
  • News
Cops Corner
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 10, 2018
Thieves had bad habit in Bradenton

Cops corner, Interesting Sheriff's Office reports in Lakewood Ranch, Bradenton, Sarasota areas.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
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