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The Mustangs take the field for the first time in the 2019 season.
  • By Ryan Kohn
  • August 29, 2019
Lakewood Ranch wins first game under Rashad West
  • By Harry Sayer
  • August 29, 2019
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer kicks off fundraising season with pink party
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 28, 2019
Mote sends 'bitey' but rehabbed sea turtle back home into the gulf
  • By Pam Eubanks
  • August 28, 2019
Bugs squish fun into toddler playtime in Lakewood Ranch
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 26, 2019
Sarasota Bay Watch assesses scallop and clam situation
  • By Liz Ramos
  • August 25, 2019
Fort Hamer Bridge Run draws more than 1,600 entrants in Manatee County
Alice Newlon, Suncoast Commission on the Status of Women President Gini Hyman, Lucy Lapides and Rosalie Shaffer
  • By Harry Sayer
  • August 24, 2019
Women groups celebrate 19th amendment anniversary with annual luncheon
  • By Ryan Kohn
  • August 23, 2019
Braden River football falls to Largo 7-2 in season opener
  • By Pam Eubanks
  • August 23, 2019
Back-to-school moves
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 23, 2019
Longboat Key and Anna Maria chambers combine for networking
  • By Whitney Elfstrom
  • August 23, 2019
Sarasota Young Professionals take the morning to 'refresh'
  • By Marty Fugate
  • August 22, 2019
Lakewood Ranch is mastering the art of reinvention
  • By Pam Eubanks
  • August 21, 2019
Costco Wholesale opens for business in Bradenton
  • By Whitney Elfstrom
  • August 21, 2019
Teen Court hosts first Sip 'n' Share
Palmetto 18-month-old Ryan Damico is a future artist in the making.
  • By Jay Heater
  • August 21, 2019
Little folks' strokes in Lakewood Ranch
  • By Sten Spinella
  • August 19, 2019
Longboat Key's Serenissima back on the market after temporary absence
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 19, 2019
Longboat's Christ Church fish fry feeds friends
  • By Whitney Elfstrom
  • August 18, 2019
Temple Emanu-el holds Welcome Back Shabbat
A black skimmer, one of the birds Audubon helps to protect, is showcased on the cake.
  • By Whitney Elfstrom
  • August 16, 2019
Audubon Florida celebrates birds lovers of Sarasota
  • By Brynn Mechem
  • August 14, 2019
Eternal Reefs completes memorial to lost submariners
  • By Liz Ramos
  • August 14, 2019
Bye mom ... hello learning
  • By Harry Sayer
  • August 14, 2019
Fashion Insider: Ties and Bow Ties
Shaina Swan shows off her speciality cocktail, AT-1501, served in IV bags. The real AT-1501 is an antibody produced by the ALS Therapy Development Institute and it protects nerves against the progression of ALS.
  • By Jay Heater
  • August 13, 2019
A mix of cocktails and concern in Lakewood Ranch
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 13, 2019
Fins and Fun Family Festival lives up to the name
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The Mustangs take the field for the first time in the 2019 season.
  • August 29, 2019
Lakewood Ranch wins first game under Rashad West
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  • August 29, 2019
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer kicks off fundraising season with pink party
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  • August 28, 2019
Mote sends 'bitey' but rehabbed sea turtle back home into the gulf
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  • August 28, 2019
Bugs squish fun into toddler playtime in Lakewood Ranch
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Sarasota Bay Watch assesses scallop and clam situation

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