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Community workshop for Sports Page relocation
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • May 14, 2013
May 14: Daily Headlines Video

Top Stories: City of Sarasota runoff election ends tonight; Community workshop for Sports Page relocation; Pension plans top workshop agenda; IDA to adopt core values

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 14, 2013
Manatee commissioners discuss growth options

Manatee County commissioners and Planning Commission members today met jointly to discuss growth plans for the county.

  • East County
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"It’s not just enough to communicate what we expect, we have to measure if we’re meeting it," Lakewood Ranch Town Hall Executive Director Eva Rey said.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 14, 2013
Lakewood Ranch IDA to adopt core values

The Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority Board supports core values concept.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 14, 2013
Manatee Cal Ripken names All-Stars

Manatee Cal Ripken Baseball recently announced its 8U All-Star team.

  • East County
  • Sports
Town prepares for beach bids again
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • May 13, 2013
May 13: Daily Headlines Video

Top Stories: The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce announces it's 2013 Small Business Awards; Town prepares for beach bids again; Longboat police seek bracelet's owner

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Junior Megan Harden dances with senior Alexis Brocious.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 12, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Braden River High Prom

Students at Braden River High School enjoyed prom Saturday night.

  • East County
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Dr. Jody Abrams of the Sarasota Retina Institute with his wife, Angela
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • May 12, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: BRE PTO Night in Havanah

Braden River Elementary School held its annual Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) fundraiser at Gold Coast Eagle Distributing May 10. Themed, Night in Havanah, the event featured Cuban food, music, dancing and a silent auction.

  • East County
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Jordan Gigliotti, Jason McLeod and Jamie Dunnam
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • May 12, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: All in For ALS

A Life Story Foundation, an organization created by Kevin Swan to fight amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), held the All in For ALS Casino Night at The Lake Club May 10. Festivities included elegant food, a live band, wine and gambling.

  • East County
  • News
Natalie Palmer held Fruit Loop.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 11, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Bashaw Art & Music Festival

Children at Bashaw Elementary School and their families celebrated the Mexican culture with art, music, dancing and other festivities May 10, during the school's annual Art & Music Festival.

  • East County
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Sarasota police hire a former Maryland lieutenant colonel as deputy chief
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • May 10, 2013
May 10: Daily Headlines Video

Top Stories: Sarasota police hire a former Maryland lieutenant colonel as deputy chief; Visit Sarasota County announces Annual National Tourism Week Awards; Sarasota Blues and Music Festival canceled, new blues festival launches

  • Longboat Key
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Chad Stutzman and Brian Murphy
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • May 10, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Payton Wright Golf Tournament

The Payton Wright Foundation held its 5th Annual Golf Tournament to fight pediatric brain cancer May 10 at the Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club. The event, coinciding with Brain Cancer Awareness Month, featured golf, dinner, a silent auction and live music.

  • East County
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Sabina Long with her sons, Uriah, 2, and Jerrod, 4
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 10, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Kiddie Academy Muffins with Moms

Children at Kiddie Academy celebrated their mothers this morning during a Muffins with Moms event.

  • East County
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Christina and Nadia Grubbs, 4, feasted on muffins.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 10, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Primrose Muffins with Moms

Primrose School at Lakewood Ranch hosted a Muffins with Moms event today for its mothers.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 10, 2013
Cattlemen Road opening announced

Local officials will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 24.

  • East County
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  • Jen Blanco
  • May 9, 2013
Coastline volleyball team earns national bid

The Coastline 14 Rox Black volleyball team recently earned a national bid to the USA Volleyball Girls Junior Nationals.

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Official renderings for the multiplex will be completed after the site boundaries are finalized, but this rendering offers a glimpse of what the facility at Premier Sports Campus North could look like.
  • June 23, 2026
Public-private partnership ready to bring ice rink to Premier in Lakewood Ranch
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During a drop-in practice, 11-year-old Cara Johnston swims at the Lakewood Ranch YMCA. Head swim coach Jack Belshe said the Hurricanes have around 35 members, as of June 18, following their May 4 launch.
  • June 23, 2026
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This Lake Club home at 16420 Daysailor Trail sold for $3.69 million. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,992 square feet of living area.
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The pizzeria offers mostly 13-inch and a handful of 8-inch pies.
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Kiki Bullas will be busy over the next few weeks competing in the USATF and AAU regional track and field junior olympics, hoping to reach the national competition in both.
  • June 22, 2026
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