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December 15, 2015

• Scrambled restaurant in Lakewood Ranch plans to open for dinner
• Community calendar
• Award-winning lecture series comes to Bradenton
• Faith Matters clergy column from the Rev. Anne Barber
• Elegant cookies for the holidays
• Lovina's Amish Kitchen | Year winds down with farewell to a favorite cousin
• Cooking with Chef Jim Copening of Arts & Eats in Bradenton | A prime holiday dinner
• Be sweet, make a special treat
• Truly grits: Regionally grown rice takes on different form
• Scrambled if you go
• Congress reaches sweeping deal on spending, tax breaks
• Federal Reserve raises lending rate first time since 2006
• Will the Fed signal the next interest rate hike as strongly as this one?
• Stocks post biggest gain in a week, led by energy and banks
• Florida third in nation with number of shopping malls
• Survey says: Manatee County School District needs new high school
• 7 medical assistants graduate from Manatee Technical College
• Braden River Elementary School student fundraisers 'slime' principals
• Manatee County School district uses holiday lull to reach out to migrant families
• Support groups in the Manatee-Sarasota area
• Bradenton police and Kingdom Life Christian Church help children choose gifts at Honoring the Badge
• Construction on Manatee Solar Energy Center to begin in January
• State College of Florida commencement to be held Friday
• 10 new Healthcare Advisory Board members take on major task
• Manatee commission gives OK to proceed with Rubonia Neighborhood Action Plan
• Bradenton HOPE Family Services provides free Christmas gifts to children of abused mothers
• Bradenton Downtown Development Authority, city council prepare for transition
• Dense fog advisory in Manatee, Sarasota
• Janiya Thomas' eldest sister told investigators girl was tied, dunked in water in bathroom, never seen again
• Lowell Correctional Institute shows long history of violence, abuse
• Manatee deputies investigating abuse, death of 15-month-old boy
• Florida continues to lead most states in administering death penalty
• Sarasota County School District cancels game at Southeast High School citing safety after gunfire
• Police identify suspect arrested in Palmetto after bank robbery in Bradenton
• 4 men identified in Sarasota gas station clerk beating
• Bradenton police say man swallowed cocaine during traffic stop
• Rep. Vern Buchanan calls for screening of social media of foreigners coming to U.S.
• Los Angeles Unified School district closed after threat
• Bradenton Herald, State College of Florida to host public forum on 2016 election, politics
• More scrutiny of charter school capital spending in Florida and asset retention
• Alan Dell: I had a dream: Lovie and the Bucs will be fine
• Jason Dill Commentary | Separation for private and public schools needed
• Hometown Heroes | Former Cardinal Mooney guard Antonio Blakeney struggles as LSU disappoints
• Donald Trump, no politician, would serve U.S. well as president
• Wrecked car yields good experiences with repairs
• Christmas offers many teaching moments to kids
• A tree-trimming job well done by Bradenton city crew
• Research report exposes income inequality extremes
• Counter Saudi attack on U.S. economy through oil glut; impose tariff
• Responsible, compassionate gun owners key to new laws
• Father mishandled incident where gun found in sewer
• New Hampshire will weed the Republican field of presidential candidates
• Ted Cruz taps into disaffected conservatives' anger in bold play that just might work
• Our long presidential campaign season is turning into a long nightmare
• Carl Hiaasen: Rubio sighting in the Capitol
• A toothless treaty can't stop climate change
• Paul Krugman: Hope from Paris on climate change
• Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is quietly killing the Affordable Care Act
• 16 questions for Tuesday night's Republican debate on CNN
• Lennar pays $38M for Lakewood Ranch land
• Politifact-checking the GOP debate in Las Vegas