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  • By Katie Johns
  • July 5, 2016
Sarasota Sailing Squadron hosts Liberty Day Regatta
  • By Anna Brugmann
  • July 5, 2016
Visitors descend on Siesta Key for fireworks show
  • By Amanda Morales
  • July 4, 2016
Selby Gardens gets patriotic with 'All-American BBQ'
  • By Katie Johns
  • July 4, 2016
Bird Key Yacht Club celebrates the stars and stripes
  • By Pam Eubanks
  • July 4, 2016
GreyHawk parades patriotism
  • By Katie Johns
  • July 4, 2016
Longboat Key kicks off Independence Day with Freedom Fest
Team Color Me Fast with Dave Mitchell, Billy Gregan, Dion Souza and Michael Holderness.
  • By Amanda Morales
  • July 1, 2016
Fans meet Grand Prix teams
Nikki Williams has gotten used to having paint on her hands.
  • By Jessica Salmond
  • June 30, 2016
Kids get crafty at Arts A Blaze summer camp
Roy Tetrick III got the call on the mound for the Braden River Little League Majors division All-Stars June 29.
  • By Jen Blanco
  • June 30, 2016
District 26 All-Stars slug way to titles
  • By Kristen Herhold
  • June 28, 2016
Rotary Club passes its gavel
  • By Amanda Morales
  • June 28, 2016
CYD helps turn the page with Forty Carrots
  • By Katie Johns
  • June 27, 2016
Bird Key Yacht Club gets tacky
Jett Hawker of Lakewood Ranch successfully completes an inflatable obstacle course.
  • By Jessica Salmond
  • June 25, 2016
Kids rock Lakewood Ranch
  • By Pam Eubanks
  • June 24, 2016
Bayside saddles up for Bible camp
  • By Kristen Herhold
  • June 22, 2016
Cedars hosts youth tennis clinic
  • By Alex Mahadevan
  • June 22, 2016
Community rallies after Old Packinghouse fire
Day camp director Beca Franca holds up the parachute as Noelle Stead runs through.
  • By Jessica Salmond
  • June 22, 2016
Peace Presbyterian Church hosts traveling day camp
Trevor Schmid, Nicholas Almeida, Alex den Boggende, Jayden Halas, Gabriel Klein, Blake Boules, Garrett Day and Jacob Crum try to form a circle without letting go of each other's hands.
  • By Jessica Salmond
  • June 22, 2016
Harvest United Methodist Church campers spelunk for spirituality
  • By Pam Eubanks
  • June 17, 2016
VBS sparks interest in science
  • By Kristen Herhold
  • June 17, 2016
Bird Key Yacht Club christens kayak lift
  • By Pam Eubanks
  • June 17, 2016
Kids on quest at VBS
Jordan Cangro, playing Mss Hannigan, Yaira Spears, playing Annie, and Abbi Clark, playing the Ward, act out a scene from Annie, Jr.
  • By Jessica Salmond
  • June 16, 2016
Thespians act up at Lakewood Ranch High School
  • By Kristen Herhold
  • June 16, 2016
Skimmer population moves on after the storm
Michael Koski teaches students about x-rays.
  • By Jessica Salmond
  • June 15, 2016
High school students digest science at LECOM
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