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Baltimore finished with a 17-12 spring record. The team opens its regular season Thursday in Baltimore against the Minnesota Twins.
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Orioles attract 103,000 to spring games

Major League Baseball reports record average attendance in 2018.

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A bonanza of animals take over the Humane Society of Sarasota County

Young campers meet a variety of animals during the Spring Bonanza Day Camp at the Humane Society of Sarasota County.

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Temple Sinai members tipped their hats off to volunteers at the Polo Grill's Fete Ballroom on March 24.

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The project to renourish the Lido shoreline would take up to 1.3 million cubic yards of sand from Big Pass, which has not been dredged before.
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Both sides have until April 2 to submit their recommendations to the judge, who will issue a decision after reviewing all the materials.

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Greater Sarasota Chamber parties in the park

Members of the Greater Sarasota Chamber mix and mingle at Phillippi Estate Park.

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The new overly district adjusts regulations on things like bike rentals, street-yard setbacks and parking requirements.
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Pinecraft Overlay District approved

The new overlay district adjusts regulations to fit the residents' unique way of life.

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McKenzie Clark takes her batting stance at Blazers practice.
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Sarasota Christian sophomore owns the diamond

The softball player makes everything look easy as Pie.

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Neil Oldham photographed this American bittern at Celery Fields in Sarasota.

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Brown vegetative debris on curbs was a common sight in the wake of Hurricane Irma, which left more than 300,000 cubic yards of debris throughout the county.
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County seeks local solution to debris-collection delay

After out-of-area contractors leave Sarasota area piles by the curbside for weeks, leaders lean toward teams based closer to home.

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The home at 680 Beach Road on Sarasota Beach recently sold for $2,525,000.
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Sarasota Beach home sells for $2,525,000

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