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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • February 10, 2016
Sarasota mayor becomes barista for a day

Mayor Willie Shaw welcomed Kahwa Coffee to downtown Sarasota with free coffee — and service with a smile.

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Booker point guard Cellexia Foster recorded a double-double in the regional semifinals Feb. 9.
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  • Jen Blanco
  • February 10, 2016
Pair of girls hoops teams march on

The Sarasota Christian and Booker girls basketball teams are both bound for the regional finals.

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Lakewood Ranch assistant coach Karter Clark
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • February 10, 2016
Shake up the routine

Young assistant brings his enthusiasm to Lakewood Ranch girls basketball program.

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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • February 10, 2016
Orchestrating 'Aida'

The Sarasota Opera opens the final season of its Verdi Cycle with 'Aida' — the largest production in the company's history. What does it take to pull it all off?

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • February 10, 2016
Cops Corner 2.11.2016

Crime reports from around the area.

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Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 10, 2016
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 2.11.16

Enjoy this week's edition of Longboat Key Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 10, 2016
Firehouse looking at costly repairs

Recommendations to either renovate or tear down and rebuild the south fire station come with price tags between $2.3 million to $3.5 million.

  • Longboat Key
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Commissioner Lynn Larson and other commissioners have urged for better signage for crosswalks on Gulf of Mexico Drive they feel are unsafe.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 10, 2016
Man struck in crosswalk

A pedestrian was hit by a car in the Country Club Shores crosswalk Friday morning, prompting town officials to take action to make the crosswalks safer.

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Longbeach Village resident Gene Jaleski says that by going after legal fees, the town is telling its residents they don’t have a right to dispute the town’s policies.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 10, 2016
Town seeks legal fees for Jaleski’s complaint

The town of Longboat Key seeks to collect more than $20,000 in special legal counsel fees and counting from Gene Jaleski for a dismissed elections complaint.

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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • February 10, 2016
Remove the crosswalks

They’re a safety hazard. Longboat Key was safer without them.

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Andrew Landers, a sixth-grader, enjoys learning about foreign countries, although he has never actually traveled outside of the United States.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • February 10, 2016
Braden River Middle student knows the buzz words

Andrew Landers is the first sixth-grader in three years to win the school's Geographic Bee.

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Lakewood Ranch High's Junior Advisory Board orchestrated the matchmaker questionnaire fundraiser.
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • February 10, 2016
Lakewood Ranch High offers a quiz to love

In time for Valentine's Day, students try to ace a matchmaking test.

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Marlow Cook
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 10, 2016
Former U.S. Senator Marlow Cook dies at 89

Former U.S. Senator Marlow Cook, 89, a Plymouth Harbor resident, died Feb. 4.

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Jane Buckman, Longboat Key Center for the Arts director, and Habatat Galleries founder Ferdinand Hampson
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 10, 2016
Glass art pops up at Whitney Beach

The Longboat Key Center for the Arts and Habatat Galleries in Royal Oak, Mich. will host a pop-up gallery until Feb. 26 at Whitney Beach Plaza.

  • Longboat Key
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Buffett correctly picks the Denver Broncos.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 10, 2016
Mote manatees make their Super Bowl picks

Mote manatees make their Super Bowl picks

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