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February 19, 2016

• No Bonefish closures in Tampa Bay area, including Manatee County
• Theater review | Great nostalgic music propels Manatee Players' 'Yank!'
• The hit musical 'Matilda' opens in Tampa
• Theater review | Shanley play sparkles at FST in Sarasota
• Slots no longer seen as elixir to what ails dog and horse racing
• Community calendar: Feb. 19
• Club meetings: Feb. 19
• International aerospace firm Safran to expand in Manatee, add 84 jobs
• Bradenton concert pianist Charles Harnish to play Feb. 28 at Hope Lutheran Church
• Outward-looking Alive Church opens in Bradenton's Bayshore community
• Billy Graham column for Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016: Which side of good and evil are you on?
• Humanist Jennifer Hancock column for Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016
• Saint Stephen's Episcopal School in Bradenton opens marine science center
• Zika threat to U.S. blood supply a growing concern
• Don't worry, your tax refund isn't likely to shrink
• The Week Ahead: Slew of 2015 retail earnings due
• Port Manatee hosts training session; CareerSource sets hiring events
• Wawa at a glance
• Cut-rate airline Norwegian Air to launch flights from Fort Lauderdale to Paris
• Status Update: Wawa to open fifth Manatee County store
• Status Update: Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market
• Manatee County public records
• Good manners make a difference in your business
• $11.4 million Lorraine Road bid at Lakewood Ranch awarded to Woodruff & Sons for Waterside project
• Florida Fun Shoot at Lakewood Ranch raises about $35,000 for veterans
• Army National Guard specialist surprises daughter at Sea Breeze Elementary School in Bradenton after deployment to Afghanistan
• 15 suspects charged in major Manatee County heroin investigation
• Sheriff, possible successor to appear Tuesday at Manatee Forum
• Grandparents as Parents group offers support, services in Manatee County
• Pope Francis adviser calls on Florida pols to address climate change
• Red tide persists in Manatee, 5 other Florida counties
• Manatee County bocce players ask county for new shade tents
• 29th cross-state Cracker Trail ride leaves from East Manatee
• West Manatee Fire District to hold two open houses in March
• Palmetto man sentenced to 40 years for 2015 slaying
• Bradenton man charged with throwing rocks at Women's Resource Center
• Miami police union boss 'bomb-throwing' at Beyonce backfires in black community
• 2 charged with using fake credit cards at Bradenton Wal-Mart
• Man has seizure possibly caused by drugs while under arrest in front of Bradenton Police Department
• 4 arrested in Sarasota prostitution sting
• 3 die, one seriously hurt in Interstate 75 crash in Manatee
• Local roundup | Kimsey fires complete game to lead Pirates
• Falcons topple Indian Rocks Christian in prep baseball
• Pirates begin 2016 grind with first spring workout
• Counties rightfully win ruling on excessive juvenile detention costs
• Don't repeal red-light camera law, for safety's sake
• Florida Legislature, adhere to Amendment 1's land purchase-conservation goal
• Free health care under Bernie Sanders will be expensive
• County commissioners are stooges for the developers, builders
• Don't allow the smoking of medical marijuana in Florida amendment proposal
• Thanks to gentleman who paid for Manatee County deputies' dinner
• Big Cortez Fishing Festival an asset to area
• Cost of 30-day addiction recovery therapy prohibitive
• Original 1796 Barbary State treaty did not cite Christianity in the U.S.
• Democrats, Republicans mainly serve rich donors
• Tenured professors can enrich learning without fear
• Florida Sen. Gaetz: Diaz de la Portilla 'stifled will of Senate' on open carry, 'promised and then reneged' on compromise
• Nicholas Kristof: America's stacked deck
• Apple's iPhone battle with the government will likely be a privacy setback