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Sarasota residents Marc and Dawn Bukaty prepare homemade chipotle bowls for roughly 180 Sarasota Crew rowers.
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  • Jen Blanco
  • May 19, 2016
Hit or Miss: Jen Blanco

Food team keeps Sarasota Crew fueled on race day.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Ten-year-old Andrew Salu has been playing tennis for the past three years and has a pair of national titles to his credit.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 19, 2016
Serving up success

Ten-year-old Andrew Salu is the No. 1 ranked played in the nation for the Class of 2024.

  • Sarasota
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Sarasota freshman quarterback Bryan Gagg will help lead the Sailors versus Naples Gulf Coast May 19.
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  • Jen Blanco
  • May 19, 2016
That's the ticket ...

Check out this week's top Sarasota area sporting events.

  • Sarasota
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In the last seven years, the town of Longboat Key has only expended $300,000 in surtax funding on beach projects.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 18, 2016
Town may erode surtax beach funding

The Longboat Key Town Commission will consider changing how it spends Sarasota County’s sales tax during budget discussions this summer.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 18, 2016
Competitive soccer registration underway

The Chargers Soccer Club at Lakewood Ranch competitive program is open to players, ages 7-18.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 18, 2016
SR 70's time to adapt

Manatee County, FDOT install new signal lights for better traffic flow.

  • East County
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 18, 2016
Siesta Key estate tops 2016 island sales

A real estate investment firm this month bought lots at the north end of the Key for $5.6 million.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Manatee Technical student Dylan Strand receives a lesson from instructor Vic Accurso
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • May 18, 2016
Growth in Manatee County sparks need for firefighters

MTC Fire Science Academy steps up to the challenge.

  • East County
  • News
Declan Hudson, second, Eva Bouchard, first, and Jarom Su'a, third, were the top three in the Tropicana Speech Contest at Gene Witt Elementary.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • May 18, 2016
Gene Witt students show off their public speaking skills

Side of Ranch: Jay Heater

  • East County
  • News
The chorus's routines all include some kind of actions to go with the song. "We love entertaining," said Ellen Linsley, president.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • May 18, 2016
These Manatee County women live in harmony

Magic of Manatee singers are vocal about their love of performing.

  • East County
  • News
Holly Wright and Ruth Brown spoke together at a luncheon in Venice. Photo courtesy of Candice McElyea.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • May 18, 2016
Lakewood Ranch business lights the way

Local marketing firm raises money for Payton Wright Foundation.

  • East County
  • News
Christina Hacker and Debbie Graves, neighbors in Braden Woods, say they love the low prices they saw at Aldi and plan to make the store part of their regular shopping excursions.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 18, 2016
Aldi opens East County location

Lockwood Ridge/SR 70 intersection now features three grocery stores.

  • East County
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Assistant Branch Supervisor Judy Mullen, Friends of the Braden River Library President Martha Crabb, library Branch Supervisor Cathy Laird and Friends' Vice President Judy Harris show off the symbolic check.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 18, 2016
Library expansion may be overdue

Library volunteers hope a $20,000 donation to country will be a catalyst for improvements.

  • East County
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The Heritage Harbour South CDD planted more than 10,000 plants in littoral zones of select lakes in 2012 to improve water quality. But, the program was cut the following year. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 18, 2016
Residents peeved about ponds

Heritage Harbour residents circulate petition in search of better smelling and looking ponds.

  • East County
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Fan Zhang
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  • Nick Friedman
  • May 18, 2016
Eastward Expansion: The Ringling’s new Center for Asian Art

The center marks a new chapter in the museum’s mission for a global vision — and a fulfillment of John Ringling’s original vision.

  • Arts + Culture
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Cardinal Mooney football was stocked with star athletes in 2025 en route to the FHSAA Class 2A state title. The Cougars, though, were far from the only local high school athletic program to achieve big things.
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Madison McKay is in her second and final season with Sarasota Crew. With the club's Youth Women's Eight boat, she'll have a chance at ending her high school rowing career as a junior national champion.
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