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"Lucky Us" by Amy Bloom
  • By Jennifer McPheeters
  • September 3, 2014
BOOK REVIEW: 'Lucky Us' by Amy Bloom

Amy Bloom has crafted a novel that is highly amusing, frequently heartwarming and unabashedly off-kilter.

  • Arts + Culture
This home at 551 Bowsprit Lane in Country Club Shores has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,374 square feet of living area. It sold for $785,000. Photo by Caleb Motsinger
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  • Adam Hughes
  • September 3, 2014
Country Club Shores home sells for $735,000

A home in Country Club Shores tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Best of: Asian fusion blends the best of all worlds
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 3, 2014
Best of: Asian fusion blends the best of all worlds

In Sarasota restaurants featuring Asian fusion abound.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Steve and Catherine Price will open a second Harvest United Methodist Church 17 years after they opened their first church. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • September 3, 2014
Church to open second location

Seventeen years after launching Harvest United Methodist Church in East Manatee, the congregation is expanding to the west.

  • East County
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 3, 2014
Suspects steal belongings, attempt to burglarize home

It's one thing to have your personal belongings stolen from your locker, but it's another nightmare altogether when the suspects who stole your belongings try to break into your home that same day.

  • East County
  • News
The Out-of-Door Academy's new $5 million facility will house the Dick Vitale Family Student Center and Dart Foundation STEM Center. Courtesy rendering
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • September 3, 2014
Building STEMs from hopes of college preparation

The Out-of-Door Academy gives middle and high school students a glimpse of college-level thinking with new facility.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 3, 2014
SMR firms up a new athletic center design

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch plans to renovate and expand center with a $2.3 million project.

  • East County
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This home at 6674 Coopers Hawk Court has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,302 square feet of living area. It sold for $545,000. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 3, 2014
Greenbrook Village home sells for $545,000

A home in Greenbrook Village tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 3, 2014
Primary election: How Longboat voted

The following are vote totals for Longboat Key in the Sarasota and Manatee County precincts for the Aug. 26 primary election.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 3, 2014
Our View

How a forlorn Russian changed lives

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 3, 2014
Backstage Pass: Heidi Taylor's mission - to preserve and protect

Go behind the scenes with the woman who has seen the country's finest museum loading docks.

  • Arts + Culture
photo
  • By Kim and Robert Livengood
  • September 2, 2014
The Cocktail Couple: Already breaking Labor Day rules

The Cocktail Couple: Already breaking Labor Day rules

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
UPDATE: Chillounge Night rescheduled due to forecast
  • By Nicole Unger
  • September 2, 2014
Day Trippin' — Land paddling at Nathan Benderson Park

Day Trippin' — Land paddling at Nathan Benderson Park

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  • Nick Friedman
  • September 2, 2014
Boardwalk Food Company and Big Top team up for tasting event

Boardwalk Food Company and Big Top team up for tasting event

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Shannon Snyder tendered his resignation to run for an open County Commission seat. Commissioners discussed the possibility of reappointing him following his forthcoming resignation.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 2, 2014
Commission balks at proposed Snyder appointment

A proposal to appoint Shannon Snyder to fill the commission seat from which he is resigning drew ire at tonight's City Commission meeting.

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