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Fiddler Bayou home sells for $4.2 million

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Brandon Bontrager was one of four Sarasota Christian players who scored in double figures Jan. 28.
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The Riverview High boys basketball team beat Tampa Riverview 78-55 Feb. 3.

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Karl Rove, Jim Messina speak in Sarasota

The Ringling College Library Association Town Hall Lecture Series featured Karl Rove, Jim Messina and Sharyl Attkisson this morning.

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Political strategists Karl Rove and Jim Messina breakdown Iowa caucus results.

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ODA junior guard Kolbie Ward puts up a shot in the first quarter.
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Thunder rolls in district semifinal

The ODA boys basketball team will face Moore Haven in the Class 3A-District 9 semifinals Feb. 2.

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Developers sold the proposed building as a benefit for Pineapple Park, but opponents said it would eliminate pivotal green space.
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City Commission OKs Lemon Avenue land deal

Residents rallied in opposition to a proposed development they said would eliminate downtown green space, but the city approved the sale of a property near Pineapple Park.

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The Firestone building at 2121 Stickney Point Road.
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Developers are proposing a Dairy Queen near the intersection of Stickney Point and 41 – two miles from another Dairy Queen.

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Carl Hiaasen to speak in Sarasota

The author and columnist will speak to members of the Tiger Bay Club next month.

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Sarasota Christian senior Andrea Wittmer helped lead the Blazers to their fifth straight district title Jan. 29.
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  • February 1, 2016
Blazers repeat as district champions

The Sarasota Christian girls basketball team won the Class 2A-District 9 title Jan. 29.

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Eighth-grade student Shamyra Wheeler helps carry a box of jeans to be donated. She donated two pairs of jeans from her own closet for the cause.
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  • February 1, 2016
Students partner with Sarasota Police in 'Teens for Jeans'

Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences donates more than 250 pairs of jeans for the YMCA Youth Shelter.

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  • February 1, 2016
Developer names downtown Sarasota condo project

The Kolter Group plans to begin work on the 157-condominium “The Mark,” as it will be called, by the end of March.

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Rabbi Brenner Glickman leads the group in song and prayer to celebrate Tu B'Shvat.
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  • January 30, 2016
Temple Emanu-El sings 'Happy Birthday' to the trees

Temple Emanu-El hosts event for families to celebrate Tu B'Shvat at the Sarasota Children's Garden.

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Center, Boys & Girls Club of Sarasota County President and CEO Bill Sadlo with the 2016 Youth of the Year nominees Brittany Alling, Kayla McGann, Rickey Tedesco and Almuta Hawks.
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  • January 30, 2016
Boys & Girls Club awards Youth of the Year

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County host the annual Steak and Burger dinner honoring the Youth of the Year.

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