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Allison Kukanza is the first female football player to score a point in Riverview High history.
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Donal O'Shea, pictured here at his inauguration ceremony in 2013, will have served nine years as New College of Florida’s president when he steps down next summer. File photo.
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Following the reopening of the Sarasota Farmers Market this summer with social distancing guidelines in place, market officials are opposed to the prospect of another group operating on the same footprint downtown. File photo.
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A public/private partnership will protect 33 acres bordering the Celery Fields in Sarasota County.
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Public-private partnership emerges between Sarasota County, the Sarasota Audubon Society and the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast to protect land bordering the Celery Fields.

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Brenda Secky waited for days to win her eBay bid for her great-great grandfather's painting.
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Gillespie Park painter receives second painting from great-great grandfather

Brenda Secky has acquired another long-lost painting from AC Striffler.

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Since 2017, the city's Community Canopy program has sought to replenish the supply of trees in the community through initiatives such as this week's giveaway. Photo courtesy city of Sarasota.
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City offers free trees for residents

Residents can sign up now to receive one of 250 trees the city is giving away in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation.

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