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Doctors from Manatee Memorial Hospital, from left, Joel Baker, Henry Chen and Krista Dowell will take part in a clinic for the poor and the homeless. GRANT JEFFERIES/Bradenton Herald

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IMG Academy celebrated the opening of its new five-story residence hall Monday. The new dorm is designed to provide 500 beds with the capability to expand to 1,000 beds for IMG summer programs. GRANT JEFFERIES/Bradenton Herald

IMG celebrates $15M dorms in Bradenton

IMG Academy completes 500-bed residence hall as part of continued expansion.

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Jennifer Stiger, possession of synthetic marijuana/bath salts, possession of drug paraphernalia, $1,000 bond.

PHOTO GALLERY | Inmates booked in at Manatee jail on May 21, 2013

Some of the latest arrivals at the Manatee County jail.

Sports

Bayshore High head football coach Elijah Freeman works with players Monday during practice. GRANT JEFFERIES/Bradenton Herald

New coach ushers in new era, attitude for Bayshore Bruins football team

Hard work on the field and performing in the classroom are just two things that Elijah Freeman is instilling in his players as Bayshore¿s spring...

Business

Guest workers harvest the strawberry crop at Patterson Farm in China Grove, N.C. | Davis Turner/MCT

Farmers hope immigration bill yields more foreign ag workers

Walk the aisles of any neighborhood grocery store today and you’re as likely to find tomatoes picked in Sinaloa, Mexico, as Central California... 35 minutes ago

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The vehicle gate at Balmoral Woods Boulevard just off Lakewood Ranch Boulevard. Today's meeting is scheduled to allow three Lakewood Ranch districts to discuss cost sharing and related issues should District 6 vote to shut down its guard shack. PAUL VIDELA/Bradenton Herald

Find a neighborly solution to Lakewood Ranch security gate

Oftentimes, people purchase homes in a gated community for the security that "drawbridges" provide. Our castles should be afforded the greatest protection...

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For arthritis, aqua exercise is slow and gentle. It's especially gentle on joints because the water's buoyancy is so supportive. Raising the arms, moving the hips or bending the knee isn't as hard. As flexibility improves, stretching just a little farther isn't as painful. It also helps when the water is warm instead of cool. CHARLES BERTRAM/McClatchy Tribune

New Medicine Community offers aqua exercise for arthritis sufferers

The indoor pool at the Aquatic Center is kept at a comfortable 88 degrees and warm water bubbles up from the vents. It is only 3-1/2- to 4-feet deep...

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FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, Ray Manzarek of The Doors performs at the Sunset Strip Music Festival launch party celebrating The Doors at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, Calif. Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died at 74. Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says in a news release that Manzarek died Monday, May 20, 2013, at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family.

Ray Manzarek of the Doors dies

Ray Manzarek, the co-founder and keyborad player for the Doors, has died of cancer. He was 74. 1 hour ago

Lakewood Ranch

FILE PHOTO: Manatee County Commissioners Larry Bustle, Michael Gallen, Betsy Benac and Vanessa Baugh listen IN aPRIL to discussion of a referendum for a sales tax hike to pay for health care for the poor. TIFFANY TOMPKINS-CONDIE/Bradenton Herald

Gallen: Ads for Manatee County proposed sales tax increase are misleading

'I'm concerned the Healthy Manatee 1/2 penny sales tax campaign is making promises of tax relief,' Commissioner Gallen wrote to County Administrator...

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