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Guests gathered for the 9th Annual CYD Leadership Breakfast Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Lee Wetherington Boys & Girls Club.

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Third- and fourth-grade students of Temple Beth Sholom had a chance to brush up on their paleontology skills last week while digging for faux dinosaur bones.

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Local students Caleb Upton and Matthew Vaadi received some help for their upcoming studies to the tune of $1,000 each from the Sarasota Chorus of the Keys. The scholarships were made possible through the Sheridan E. Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund. Both students plan to use the funds toward a career in music.

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Eleven-year-old Bryce Tone has aspirations of one day qualifying for the world championship sailing team, comprised of the top-five sailors in the nation.

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Citizens for Sunshine and paralegal Michael Barfield are often cited as a burden on the operation of local government, but Barfield believes he's filling an essential role.

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A group is appealing the demolition of a historic property downtown, but the current owners say the building is no longer financially sustainable.

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Markers for the Casa Museo housing development sit on the 8.4 acres of land that Indian Beach/Sapphire Shores residents had hoped would become a public park. Photo by David Conway
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With a planned residential development moving forward, the Indian Beach/Sapphire Shores neighborhood is looking for new targets for parkland.

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Wreford collects community concerns for Big Pass dredge

In preparation for hiring a third party to review the project, the county is gathering what worries residents most.

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The shopping center next to Hollywood 20 was built to be an upscale mall in 1986. Photo by Colin Reid
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Ian Black Real Estate has plans to lease roughly 80,000 square feet of the former shopping center on Main Street.

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