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  • June 1, 2012
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Lakewood Ranch High was awarded the Class 6A Floyd E. Lay Sunshine Cup, All Sports award May 31.
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  • June 1, 2012
Mustangs win All Sports Award

Lakewood Ranch High was awarded the Class 6A Floyd E. Lay Sunshine Cup, All Sports award for being the school with the most athletic success.

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  • June 1, 2012
Sarasota High School graduation rescheduled for Saturday, June 2.

Sarasota High School's graduation ceremony has been postponed due to rain

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Jon Thaxton halted plans to run for a fourth term as Sarasota County Commissioner following a Florida Supreme Court decision ruling terms limits OK.
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  • June 1, 2012
Thaxton to run for Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections in November

Sarasota County Commissioner Jon Thaxton today filed paperwork to run for the office of Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections.

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Construction crews will nightly close one lane on the Siesta Key North Bridge during the rehabilitation project scheduled to start on Tuesday. File photo by Norman Schimmel
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  • June 1, 2012
Crews to begin mobilizing for bridge repair

North Bridge project officially begins on Tuesday but lane closures could start as late as Monday, June 11

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In an email sent to the five Sarasota city commissioners, Sarasota business owner Cathy Layton urged the commission to reconsider adding Jody Hudgins.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 1, 2012
Local push for Jody Hudgins as city manager still exists

Residents and business owners are upset that local banker Jody Hudgins didn't make a list of eight finalists for the city manager position.

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  • May 31, 2012
PREEN & CHIC: Q&A with OLIVIA BONO

PREEN & CHIC: Q&A with OLIVIA BONO

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  • May 31, 2012
Neighborhood love story: A re-beginning

Neighborhood love story: A re-beginning

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  • May 31, 2012
Southeastern Guide Dogs changes lives all over with the help of the community

Southeastern Guide Dogs changes lives all over with the help of the community

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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • May 31, 2012
Observe this: City of Sarasota utilities director resigns

Observe this: City of Sarasota utilities director resigns

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  • May 31, 2012
Seventh annual Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week starts June 1

Seventh annual Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week starts June 1

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  • By Keely Carney
  • May 31, 2012
Survival of the fittest, Ashley Wilkerson style

Survival of the fittest, Ashley Wilkerson style

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  • May 31, 2012
Circling back: A year of Dial Tones

Circling back: A year of Dial Tones

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Seventeen-year-old Garrett Vincent enjoyed watching his family and friends file into the Manatee Civic Center.
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  • May 31, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: BRHS Graduation

Three hundred and twenty Braden River High seniors celebrated the culmination of four years of hard work during the school's 2012 Commencement Ceremony May 31 at the Manatee Civic Center.

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