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Early in July, Blake Medical Center welcomed its first class of 15 resident physicians. These young doctors, who have graduated medical school but not passed their board certification exams, will be training nearly every day in the Bradenton hospital for the next three years, working 80 hours per week and soaking in everything they need … MORE>>
New College of Florida graduates, congrats! Sorry, you had to compete with the Tampa Bay Lightning’s playoff game. I’m sure no one was listening to them kick the Penguins ass, 4-3, during the commencement ceremony Friday. Always the best #graduation gallery of the year: @NewCollegeofFL #classof2016 @DanWagner888 https://t.co/u0I64WXeGb pic.twitter.com/xIHHXwJ8hb — Vicki Dean (@vdeanfla) May 21, … MORE>>
There was music. There were hula hoops. There were hugs. The seventh annual Harvey Music Festival, honoring the life of Harvey Bernard Milk, an openly gay man elected to public office in California in 1977. He was called “the most famous and most significantly open LGBT official ever elected in the United States,” according to Raymond … MORE>>
How we treated other animals isn’t just a sign of our character, it’s a sign of our health. Scientists at Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital said a rehabbed green sea turtle named “Henry” was released at 10 a.m. Thursday, and is now swimming “happy and freely” in the Gulf of Mexico near Anna Maria City Pier. … MORE>>
The University of South Florida is launching a new pre-engineering program this fall at its Sarasota-Manatee campus. Called “USF Bridge to Engineering,” the program will offer local students the option to begin their first two years of engineering studies here and to complete their degree at the university’s flagship campus in Tampa. “I am looking … MORE>>
4 p.m. March 1, 2016 Dear Journal, The internet has been out in parts of Sarasota for almost 48 hours now. Food is scarce — I haven’t been shopping in two weeks because I was playing W.O.W. until I was rudely interrupted — and the faucets still work, so there is plenty of water. I am … MORE>>
Hundreds of local residents felt there way through the dark to arrive at Siesta Key beach well before the sun came up to celebrate the 60th annual Community Easter Sunrise Service. Families unfurled beach towels, lawn chairs or just sat in the cool sand of one of the best-rated beaches in the world to for … MORE>>
SARASOTA – As the University of Florida seeks to broaden its footprint across the state, school officials were in Sarasota Monday to celebrate the first of what will likely be several new extension campuses for its College of Engineering. UF President Kent Fuchs and UF College of Engineering Dean Cammy Abernathy spoke alongside local nonprofit, community … MORE>>
Waiting until the back-to-school sales tax holiday to buy a new computer? Don’t bother. The state Legislature has moved to shorten last year’s 10-day sales tax to three days and ousted some big ticket items from the list of tax breaks. Computers no longer qualify for the cost savings on the government’s dime, and neither … MORE>>