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Olivia Daige gives her mom Stephanie a kiss on the cheek.
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PHOTO GALLERY : First Sarasota the Downtown Baptist Church Pancake Breakfast

Parishioners gathered together for a pancake breakfast Sunday, May 12 at First Sarasota the Downtown Baptist Church for Mother's Day. Children ate breakfast with their mothers and the youth group collected money for their mission trip in June to Jamaica.

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Mariano Ortiz dips his date Gabriela Landivar.
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Suncoast Polytechnical High School students attended prom Saturday, May 12 at Laurel Oaks Country Club to participate in the school tradition. Approximately 145 students attended the Never Say Goodbye Peter Pan themed prom and danced the night away.

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PHOTO GALLERY : Sarasota Scullers Row with your Child

The Sarasota Scullers taught their parents how to row Saturday, May 11 at Blackburn Point on Casey Key so that parents would know the kind of physical training they go through almost everyday. More than 100 people showed up to the second Row With Your Child fundraiser where they went through a brief 30-minute lesson before getting out on the water with kids.

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Students had fun dancing and singing along to their favorite songs.
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There were 350 students that attended Sarasota High School's prom Saturday, May 11, at Hyatt Regency Sarasota.

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Sarasota Military Academy held their 2013 Prom Saturday, May 11, at Michael's On East.

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Winners gather together after being recognized for their hard work.
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The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce hosted the 23rd Annual Frank G. Berlin, Sr. Small Business Awards Friday, May 10 at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota to recognize hard working business people and businesses. Sponsors awarded businesses with plaques for young professional, woman entrepreneur, cultural organization, non - profit organization, international business, young business and small business.

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Sarasota police hire a former Maryland lieutenant colonel as deputy chief
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Top Stories: Sarasota police hire a former Maryland lieutenant colonel as deputy chief; Visit Sarasota County announces Annual National Tourism Week Awards; Sarasota Blues and Music Festival canceled, new blues festival launches

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The position is a new post Chief Bernadette DiPino created shortly after starting as chief
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  • May 10, 2013
Sarasota police hire former Maryland lieutenant colonel as deputy chief

The new deputy chief was chosen from six finalists, including two local candidates.

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Marty rests while his owner, Ken Miles, sits with his diploma during the graduation ceremony.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Southeastern Guide Dogs graduation ceremony

The 218th Southeastern Guide Dogs class graduated Thursday, May 9, at The Van Wezel.

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Nik Wallenda was awarded the "Voice of Sarasota."
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  • May 9, 2013
Visit Sarasota County announces Annual National Tourism Week Awards

Visit Sarasota County announced the recipients of the 2013 National Tourism Week Awards Thursday, May 9, at a ceremony breakfast held at Westfield Southgate Mall.

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Coastline volleyball team earns national bid

The Coastline 14 Rox Black volleyball team recently earned a national bid to the USA Volleyball Girls Junior Nationals.

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Sarasota county to amend 2050 plan

Sarasota Commissioners voted 4 to 1 yesterday to reopen Sarasota 2050, the beginning of a process to revise its regulations, which developers call too stringent.

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Justine reads a card from her daughter, Mia.
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PHOTO GALLERY: ODA Mother's Day Tea

Out of Door Academy students joined their mothers Thursday, May 9, for a special Mother's Day teatime. Students presented their moms with gifts and cards before enjoying tea and snacks.

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Save our Seabirds' founder Lee Fox accuses its board of "hijacking" the organization.
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  • May 9, 2013
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Top Stories: Save our Seabirds' Lee Fox: 'The board fired me.'; Chalk festival outlines possible move; Daughter keeps memories close to her heart

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For the 2012 Chalk Festival, 200,000 eventgoers came to Burns Square, as did 500 artists over the course of 10 days. Some Burns Square merchants, however, say the festival should not be more than two or three days. File photo.
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Chalk festival outlines possible move

A relocation of the festival in 2014, to the Rosemary District could alleviate the concerns of some Burns Square business owners.

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