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Braden River High junior Jessey Colas, works for a pin against Clearwater Central Catholic's Carson Schiavello. Colas won the Pirates' Class 2A regional meet at 160 pounds. Courtesy photo.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 1, 2022
East County wrestlers prepare for FHSAA state tournament

Both Braden River High and Lakewood Ranch High will send wrestlers to the state tournament.

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Del Webb's Shellie Robin gets a laugh when a monarch butterfly lands on her face.
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  • Jay Heater
  • March 1, 2022
Del Webb of Lakewood Ranch residents hail the monarch

Del Webb community of Lakewood Ranch comes together to build a butterfly garden.

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A man riding his bicycle on the Legacy Trail.
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  • Blake Fussell
  • March 1, 2022
Legacy Trail's Segment 3 to open Wednesday after ribbon-cutting event

A ribbon-cutting will be held on Thursday at Payne Park to announce the opening of Legacy Trail's newest extension, which will stretch from Bahia Vista Street to Ringling Boulevard.

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  • March 1, 2022
Sarasota Cops Corner: All for $12

Police reports from around Sarasota

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Darya Fedotova and Sergiy Mykhaylov are changing their dance studio's name in support of their Ukraine homeland. (Photo: Spencer Fordin)
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  • Spencer Fordin
  • March 1, 2022
School of Russian Ballet changes name amidst conflict

Ukraine natives Darya Fedotova and Sergiy Mykhaylov want nothing more than to teach ballet and to see their homeland live in peace.

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  • March 1, 2022
James H. Matson

Jim Matson, 81, of Longboat Key, FL, passed away February 9, 2022 from complications due to Parkinson’s disease.

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  • March 1, 2022
This Week in A+E: March 3-9

Ballet, theater, concerts and comedy flood Sarasota this week, bringing a wide array of entertainment options.

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  • Harry Sayer
  • February 28, 2022
Getting away: Red Bug Slough

A pocket of old Florida can be found in the middle of some Sarasota suburbs.

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Small cell facilities were installed in downtown Sarasota in 2018.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 28, 2022
Longboat leaders approve cell-pole plan for north end

Nine small-cell facilities could be working by early 2023, Verizon official tells town.

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Rosemary District Association members posing for a photo after demolition began last Wednesday to make way for a new park.
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  • Blake Fussell
  • February 28, 2022
Demolition makes way for Rosemary District's first park

The Rosemary District Association met at the corner of Boulevard of the Arts and Central Avenue last Wednesday, where the area's first park is set to be built.

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    In Memoriam |
  • February 28, 2022
Margaret A. “Marge” Corry

Formerly of Longboat Key, Florida, and a longtime resident of Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania, Margaret died at age 83 on February 18, 2022.

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  • February 28, 2022
James (Jim) C. Huber

James (Jim) C. Huber, 94, of Sarasota, Florida, passed away January 21, 2022.

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Jeannie Perales and Brent Campbell, who is part of the Speaker Series committee, met up after Perales' presentation.
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • February 28, 2022
St. Armands Key Lutheran Church hosts The Bay's Jeannie Perales

The park conservancy's chief experience officer spoke about current goings-on and the future of the project.

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Lakewood Ranch's Peggy Hufford says her husband, Jerry Hufford, was always helping people "behind the scenes." Jerry Hufford died Feb. 8 at 69.
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  • Jay Heater
  • February 28, 2022
Del Webb of Lakewood Ranch grieves kind, selfless neighbor

Lakewood Ranch's Jerry Hufford, the head of a veterans organization in Del Webb, dies at 69.

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Residents of The Shore on Longboat Key showed solidarity for Ukraine on Saturday. Courtesy photo.
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • February 28, 2022
Longboat Key residents show support for Ukraine

Anisa Mycak, a Ukrainian American, wore her country's colors to show solidarity.

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