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  • By Liz Ramos
  • June 1, 2021
Last days of school a circus in Myakka
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • June 1, 2021
You Observed: Longboat Key Club tennis gets patriotic
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 31, 2021
Summer sips continue on Longboat Key
  • By Ryan Kohn
  • May 30, 2021
Rowing champions crowned at Nathan Benderson Park
Bradenton's Rebekah Stewart rows in the No. 1 seat for the University of Alabama's 8+ boat. Stewart and Alabama finished fifth in their Saturday heat.
  • By Ryan Kohn
  • May 29, 2021
NCAA rowers make a splash at Nathan Benderson Park
  • By Eric Garwood
  • May 29, 2021
Hundreds hike in Sarasota in honor of Memorial Day
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 29, 2021
Club honors tennis director
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  • May 27, 2021
City celebrates Lido Beach renourishment
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 26, 2021
Sarasota Ministerial Association meets at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church
Ava Olivero, a kindergartner at Tara Elementary School, picks strawberries. Courtesy photo.
  • By Liz Ramos
  • May 26, 2021
Gardens sprout at east Bradenton schools
  • By Harry Sayer
  • May 25, 2021
Asolo Repertory Theatre finishes season with Starry Night dinner
U.S. Army and Vietnam War veteran Herman Martinez plays the drums while on stage with Bradenton-based band Whiskey Blind. Martinez founded the Del Webb Association of Veterans and Military Supporters.
  • By Brendan Lavell
  • May 24, 2021
Rockin' concert honors vets
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 24, 2021
Longboat churches face the present with fewer masks
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 24, 2021
Longboat Garden Club adds landscaping to fire station
  • By Liz Ramos
  • May 24, 2021
Ranchers put pop into lesson in east Bradenton
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  • May 22, 2021
Lakewood Ranch softball wins Class 7A state championship
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  • May 22, 2021
Sarasota brings the music and seafood at annual festival
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  • May 21, 2021
Lakewood Ranch softball rides offensive surge into state title game
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  • May 20, 2021
ODA baseball captures Class 2A state championship
Heidi Habhegger, president Dawn Zielinski and vice president Lisa Michel
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  • May 19, 2021
Village Idiots cycling group participate in Ride of Silence event
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  • May 19, 2021
ODA baseball bunts way to state championship game
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  • May 19, 2021
Pen Women award scholarships
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  • May 18, 2021
Booker Middle School hosts festival of arts at Van Wezel
  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 17, 2021
Longboat Key authors host book signings
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  • May 30, 2021
Rowing champions crowned at Nathan Benderson Park
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Bradenton's Rebekah Stewart rows in the No. 1 seat for the University of Alabama's 8+ boat. Stewart and Alabama finished fifth in their Saturday heat.
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NCAA rowers make a splash at Nathan Benderson Park

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