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December 9, 2015

• Taco Bell added to commercial mix near Heritage Harbour in East Manatee
• Holiday Skating Spectacular set for Ellenton this weekend
• Pops Orchestra performs 'A Christmas Carol' concert in Bradenton
• Blues legend Lazy Lester plays in Sarasota
• Carrot Top performs in Sarasota
• Broadway star Sutton Foster performs in Tampa
• 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' comes to the stage in Tampa
• Galleries & Museums: Dec. 10-16
• Bars & Clubs: Dec. 10-16
• Attractions: Dec. 10-16
• Dining Guide: Dec. 10-16
• Dance Theatre of Bradenton stages holiday classic
• Manatee County Christmas displays showcased Dec. 18-19 as part of annual Tour of Lights
• Community calendar
• Outdoors: Dec. 10-16
• Performing arts: Dec. 10-16
• Concerts: Dec. 10-16
• Bradenton Herald's 2015 holiday event calendar
• Duran Duran to play Tampa next year
• Roser Community Church preps for 2 Christmas Eve candlelight services
• Longboat Island Chapel busy with holiday blessings
• We need Spectacular acts of kindness - everywhere: Faith Matters clergy column from the Rev. Robert Sichta
• Roser Community Church preps for 2 Christmas Eve candlelight services
• Lovina's Amish Kitchen: Bacon on the turkey, games, and errands compose Thanksgiving weekend
• Convert a dump cake into something special for the holidays
• Prep football: Huesman, James, Null honored by FACA
• Gulf Coast Cooking: Up your sauce game to improve your Italian cooking
• Chef David Meador: A delicious dish for any holiday gathering: quiche
• Cook's Exchange: More praline recipes to make your holidays sweet
• Israeli prime minister rejects Donald Trump's call for Muslim ban
• What do you get someone who has everything? Try a vacuum tube solar cooker
• Ribbon cutting: Winghouse
• Ondademar closes location at The Mall at University Town Center; moves store to Hawaii Taubman mall
• Dance Theatre of Bradenton performs 22nd Nutcracker this weekend
• Craft Growlers to Go and Tasting Room coming to Lakewood Ranch
• Florida at No. 33 in national health care rankings
• Manatee traffic stop turns up big bag of heroin
• On eve of local festival, Muslim leaders in Bradenton, Sarasota want openness with community
• Chubby Checker and famous bride show up for 100th birthday of Holmes Beach man who married them
• Parrish throws 28th annual Christmas party for children
• Manatee Audubon Society bird identification course registration open
• Guinness World Record holder talk brings fossilized feces to life at South Florida Museum
• Manatee Players Riverfront Theater's last act exposes decades of history
• Last Chance Animal Sanctuary, Nate's Honor Animal Rescue to receive grants from Petco Foundation
• Patient says Blake Medical Center's computer problems stressed nurses, doctors and patients
• Bradenton, Palmetto elections get first official candidates
• 2 Manatee County witnesses help collar burglary suspect at K&K Mobile Home Park
• Florida judge officially admonished for using 'one of the worst profanities in the English language'
• 20-year-old Manatee man charged after search finds drugs
• 5 Florida nurseries post required $5M performance bonds for medical pot production
• State Road 70 in Myakka City blocked for 5 hours after Georgia man drives into ditch
• Prosecutor's wife charged with stealing TV from Kmart store in Ellenton
• False alarm: 'Suspicious' item in downtown Bradenton wasn't a bomb, police say
• Trial for Bradenton mother, boyfriend in her 4-year-old son's death delayed until March
• Man robs bank in Venice
• Boy accidentally fires gun after finding it in storm drain near Manatee Memorial Hospital
• Palmetto man charged with raping girl
• Palmetto nurse charged with stealing ring from elderly woman with dementia
• Missing Parrish woman found unharmed in Pinellas County
• Fully fund Florida's Sadowski affordable housing program
• State College of Florida trustees owe community an explanation on end to tenure
• Last gag grouper of season
• Braden River High School nips Venice 2-1 in girls soccer behind 'spectacular' goalkeeper
• Top Ten Games of the 2015 Prep Football Season in Manatee County
• JASON DILL COMMENTARY: FHSAA not the only option for struggling high school football programs
• Golf Plus: IMG event draws youth golfers from around the world
• Humans, not guns, not cars, responsible for deaths
• How ludicrous to suggest blocking Muslims from U.S.
• Our differences should unite us, not create divisions
• Gun restrictions not answer to human violence
• Many thanks to wonderful kindness for a free lunch
• Communism, socialism, democratic socialism differ
• Democrat policies to blame for spread of gun violence
• Many thanks to entire Manatee Players troupe past and present
• No, you don't have an absolute right to own guns
• David Brooks: How the Islamic State makes radicals
• Stakes in Syria much higher for Putin than Obama
• Frank Bruni: What to tell Donald Trump
• 5 characteristics of a political populist
• Nicholas Kristof: Hysteria about refugees, but blindness on guns
• Carl Hiaasen: Cubans have spirit; what they need is money
• Universities can learn from war-torn states on how to create peace
• Sens. Nelson, Rubio respond differently to Disney worker fiasco
• Florida Sen. Bill Nelson calling for tighter airport security