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Palmetto CRA sets classic Christmas concert at Sutton Park

The Sutton Park Pavilion will set the stage for the Classic Christmas Concert in the Park on Friday...

Santa arrived at Holidays Around the Ranch at Lakewood Ranch Main Street Friday night in a horse-drawn carriage with a couple of green-clad elves. Photo JAMES A. JONES JR./jajones1@bradenton.com

Holidays Around the Ranch festival set for Friday

Holidays Around the Ranch opens Friday.

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A sign announcing public hearings relating to the re-zoning of agricultural land to planned development residential is posted along Rye Road where developers have proposed building a development called Del Tierra. Residents in the neighboring developent of Country Meadows are opposed to the proposed density. TIFFANY TOMPKINS-CONDIE/Bradenton Herald

600-home East Manatee neighborhood gets OK by planning commission

A 600-home community, Del Tierra, was tentatively approved Thursday 4-3 by the Manatee County Planning Commission. 13 minutes ago

Crime

Robin Lowe, shooting into a building, no bond.

PHOTO GALLERY | Inmates booked in at Manatee jail on Dec. 12, 2013

Some of the latest arrivals at the Manatee County jail.

Sports

Brothers Kane and Gage Takacs practice drills during their wrestling practice at the Southeast gymnasium Wednesday afternoon. The two also compete in the school's weighlifting program. TIFFANY TOMPKINS-CONDIE/Bradenton Herald

Wrestling | Southeast brothers Kane, Gage Takacs back from injury with big dreams

Last winter, Kane and Gage Takacs figured they'd be on the mats. Instead, the Southeast brothers were on the mend, their seasons cut short by knee injuries.

Business

Dustin Brown is the driver of the monster truck Iron Man. Feld Entertainment Studios in Palmetto is the new world headquarters for Monster Jam.GRANT JEFFERIES/Bradenton Herald

Monster Jam moves to Palmetto

Monster Jam is now headquartered at Feld Entertainment on U.S. 301 in Palmetto.

Opinion

One can view the Skyway Bridge from top of the observation tower at Emerson Point Preserve.GRANT JEFFERIES/gjefferies@bradenton.com

Fla. Legislature should leave Port Manatee alone, side with voters on medicinal pot

Florida Legislature has earned its reputation of both restricting the principle of home rule and ignoring the will of the people.

Living

FILE - This photo of part of the HealthCare.gov website is photographed in Washington, in this Nov. 29, 2013 file photo. Newly released federal figures, as of Nov. 30, 2013, show more people are picking private insurance plans or being routed to Medicaid programs in states with Democratic leaders who have fully embraced the federal health care law than in states where Republican elected officials have derisively rejected what they call "Obamacare."

Federal data show health disparities among states

Residents in some parts of the U.S. are signing up for health care coverage at a significantly greater rate than others through the new online insurance marketplaces now operating in every state. 6 minutes ago

Entertainment

This film image released by CBS FIlms shows Oscar Isaac in a scene from "Inside Llewyn Davis." Isaac was nominated for a Golden Globe for best actor in a motion picture musical or comedy for his role in the film on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. The 71st annual Golden Globes will air on Sunday, Jan. 12.

'12 Years' and 'Hustle' top a varied Globes field

Heaping seven nominations on both the con-artist melodrama "American Hustle" and the grimly historical "12 Years a Slave," the Golden Globes nominations set up a showdown of contrasts: comedy and drama, light and dark, white and black. 6 minutes ago

Lakewood Ranch

Rebecca Gutierrez, manager of the Sarasota Polo Club at Lakewood Ranch, was watching players practice this week amid final preparations for the season opener Dec. 15. JAMES A. JONES JR./Bradenton Herald

Polo returns to Lakewood Ranch on Sunday at Sarasota Polo Club

Polo players got in their final practices before the season opener Sunday at the Sarasota Polo Club.

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