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YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 41, NO. 34
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THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2019
THE SCIENCE OF RED TIDE As effects from the recent bloom fade, we ask: What do we really know about red tide? PAGE 17-20A
YOUR TOWN
Swinging success
Eric Garwood
Joel Price’s federal lawsuit was filed March 8.
The Longboat Key Club 3.4 Tricities Continental Team is officially a division champion. The team won all four lines to guarantee the title at the final match on March 14 at Payne Park. This was the first time the team won this division. More than 20 players make up the team that is captained by PattiAnn Curtain and Lucy Harris. They are coached by P. Miraj and Sammy Aviles.
Suit seeks website fix Daytona man has filed ADA cases against scores of towns, counties. SEE PAGE 3A Katie Johns
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Esther Williams is 100% Hungarian, so a friend made this T-shirt for Brent Williams after his kidney replacement surgery.
Sarasota Film Festival features several films shot locally. INSIDE
Surgery, with an accent on family Chef Brent Williams needed a kidney transplant, and his Hungarian wife was a perfect match in more ways than one. SEE PAGE 5A
Can you stop summer hunger? Here are the week’s donation totals for All Faiths Food Bank’s Campaign Against Summer Hunger, which runs through May 15. To donate, visit allfaithsfoodbank.org. Goal: $1.4 million matching challenge Amount raised to date: $762,755