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Meet the Musicians

La Musica International Chamber Music Festival

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  • By Bonnie Silvestri
  • April 4, 2012
"God of Carnage" Through a Mother's Eyes

"God of Carnage" Through a Mother's Eyes

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Co-Chairwomen Nanci Rand, Susan Morin and Marie Kropp
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  • April 4, 2012
Bag Ladies, Baubles and Bonnets Luncheon

Bag Ladies, Baubles and Bonnets Luncheon

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  • April 4, 2012
Find more than 10,000 eggs on LWR Easter Egg Hunt!

Find more than 10,000 eggs on LWR Easter Egg Hunt!

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Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota, and Siesta Key.

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David Shoemaker, Sally Schule and Becky Moyer
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  • April 4, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: 1Night 4Sight

The Center for Sight Foundation held "1Night 4Sight", a fundraiser dinner, Tuesday, April 3, at Michael's Wine Cellar.

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The SCF Manatees pose with The Oriole Bird before the start of SCF v. Orioles charity baseball game, Tuesday, April 3, at Ed Smith Stadium.
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  • April 4, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: SCF v. Baltimore Orioles

The Baltimore Orioles played their final game for the 2012 spring training season against the State College of Florida Manatees, Tuesday, April 3, at Ed Smith Stadium.

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The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested three suspects Tuesday who fled the Macy’s department store in Westfield Sarasota Square Saturday with nearly $4,500 in purses.
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  • April 4, 2012
Sarasota shoplifters arrested

Three Sarasota shoplifters who stole almost $4,500 worth of clothing at a Westfield Sarasota Square store were arrested Tuesday.

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  • April 4, 2012
Historical society names new officers

The Old Braden River Historical Society named recently its new officers.

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  • April 4, 2012
Golf event raises $5,000 for cancer

Members of the Tara Golf & Country Club's Nine Hole Golf Group swung big to fight cancer during this year's "Tee Up To Fight Breast Cancer" event at the Tara Golf & Country Club.

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John Gilliss, owner of Friendly KIA of New Port Richey, presented Jeremiah Blalock with his new car.
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  • April 4, 2012
Braden River senior wins car

Jeremiah Blalock may become a regular blood donor.

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  • April 4, 2012
The turtle that was left behind

Mote's Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital received a patient unlike any it has ever helped.

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  • Neighbors
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  • April 4, 2012
Key resident flounders around

It's not a fluke - it's an 18-inch flounder caught by Diane Foxman, of Longboat Key, at the Mote Park Pier.

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  • April 4, 2012
A rose is a rose

Casa del Mar is home to a world-famous cotton plant and a beautiful orchid garden and a month ago Casa del Mar staff planted its newest addition - a rose garden.

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The new store is slated to open before the end of this year, but for the eight months between now and then, the island will be without a supermarket for the first time in nearly 32 years.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • April 4, 2012
Publix to close Saturday

The nearly 32-year-old Longboat Key supermarket will close starting this weekend for eight months of construction of a new store.

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