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February 16, 2016

• Dining Guide: Feb. 18-24
• Bars & Clubs: Feb. 18-24
• Galleries & Museums: Feb. 18-24
• Concerts: Feb. 18-24
• Outdoors: Feb. 18-24
• Community calendar: Feb. 17
• DaySpring Episcopal Center breaks ground on $3M facility
• Beer gives subtle flavor to scampi-style crab
• Lovina's Amish Kitchen | Winter tastes like homemade soup and jerky at the Eichers
• Cook's Exchange | Pusharatas, cabbage rolls and pound cakes - oh my!
• Lakewood Ranch girls basketball coach Tina Hadley going to second final four but with a different team
• Extraordinary fish dishes: For Lent, expand seafood menu beyond the usual fare
• Health Happenings: Feb. 16
• Faces in business:
• ADT to be acquired by Apollo investment firm
• Refinery, men's fine accessories retailer, headed for The Mall at University Town Center in Sarasota
• School briefs
• State College of Florida to consider multiyear faculty contracts
• Sarasota officials unveil $21.5 million in improvements to Siesta Key Beach
• Manatee millennials present to commission about housing on Tuesday
• Manatee Commissioner Charles Smith demands BP pay unpaid claims
• Scalawags, carpetbaggers and the election of 1876: Part II
• New Bradenton Police Chief Melanie Bevan takes command
• Commission hears public safety update at Tuesday worksession
• Florida Senate driver license bill removes suspension penalty for non-driving infractions
• Florida works to clear death sentence uncertainty
• Bradenton man knocked unconscious by witnesses when he tries to rob Walgreens of Oxycodone
• Manatee Elementary School in Bradenton put in lockdown Tuesday during search for two suspects
• Palmetto man sentenced to nine years prison for trafficking heroin, other convictions
• Knife-wielding man shot dead by Manatee deputy had history of depression, family says
• Getaway driver in 2009 murder in Bradenton of two rival gang members sentenced to jail
• Parrish woman in critical condition following crash with tractor trailer
• Hometown Heroes | Braden River alum Courtney Mirabella anchoring the N.C. State staff this season
• Boys basketball undergoing a rebirth in Manatee County
• FHSAA looking for venue to host state football title games
• State College of Florida hires new volleyball coach
• Local roundup | Ali Yawn fires 4-hitter to lead Braden River in softball win
• Amateur golf | Bradenton 2-Man Senior Championship defended by Chris Muscara, Jim Stone
• Pitchers and catchers to report to Pirate City in Bradenton
• Spring training opens with Pirates reporting to Bradenton
• Florida legislators have cash; now have a heart, fund services for the vulnerable
• Traffic circles a nightmare and should not be built in Manatee County
• Bradenton should retain city land bordering Evers Reservoir
• Clinic proposal for Manatee County government employees dubious
• After Scalia: A rare referendum on the future of the court
• Former Bradenton police deputy chief Warren Merriman files to run for mayor
• Manatee County voters flood supervisor of elections office ahead of primary voting registration deadline