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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 rezoning of agricultural land to planned development residential is posted along Rye Road where developers want to build the Del Tierra development. Residents in the neighboring Country Meadows development oppose the proposed density.TIFFANY TOMPKINS-CONDIE/Bradenton Herald

600-home East Manatee neighborhood gets OK by planning commission

600-home East Manatee neighborhood gets OK by planning commission

Crime

Kendyl Rager, battery, $500 bond

Woman assaulted in Bradenton store parking lot

A fight in the parking lot of the Publix at 2875 University Parkway has earned one woman a battery charge.

Sports

Lakewood Ranch High School's Aleah Robinson, right, puts up a shot during Thursday's game against Sarasota High School at Lakewood Ranch. PAUL VIDELA/Bradenton Herald

Girls basketball | Lakewood Ranch upends Sarasota in battle of state-ranked teams, district foes

Lakewood Ranch High Mustangs beat Sarasota Sailors 46-41 in Class 7A-District 10 girls basketball battle.

Business

The lobby of the Hampton Inn and Suites in downtown Bradenton is decorated for the holidays. The hotel will host an open house for the public Saturday. GRANT JEFFERIES/Bradenton Herald

Downtown Bradenton Hampton Inn hosting open house

New Hampton Inn & Suites in downtown Bradenton settling in after being in business for a month, following a $21 million renovation.

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. 3 hours 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. 3 hours ago

Lakewood Ranch

A sign announcing public hearings relating to the rezoning of agricultural land to planned development residential is posted along Rye Road where developers want to build the Del Tierra development. Residents in the neighboring Country Meadows development oppose the proposed density.TIFFANY TOMPKINS-CONDIE/Bradenton Herald

600-home East Manatee neighborhood gets OK by planning commission

600-home East Manatee neighborhood gets OK by planning commission

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