Sarasota, Florida - It's fun, exciting and looks pretty darn cool. We're talking about Dragon Boat racing. Ever want to give it a try? Well, now's your chance.

Dragon Boat races are going to be part of the 2013 Sarasota Bay Water Festival on November 2nd and a company organizing the races is now looking to sign up teams.

Sarasota, Florida -- The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested two Sarasota teenagers for beating a third teen at Siesta Key Beach just after midnight on May 6.

Witnesses told deputies 18-year-old Devin Roman and a 15-year-old boy attacked 17-year-old Chance Prater after he tried to intervene when the two threatened to beat up his friend. 

According to reports, Roman and the 15-year-old punched Prater several times until he blacked out. Witnesses also said the 15-year-old ordered them not to help Prater.

Sarasota, Florida  - A group of 49 adult and student Bay Guardian volunteers with the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program (SBEP) planted 3,500 Florida native plants at a shoreline area on Perico Preserve Saturday, May 4. The plants were donated by Manatee County Natural Resources and FWC Redfish Hatchery at Port Manatee. Other project partners included Around the Bend Nature Tours and Martha B. King Middle School in Bradenton. King Middle School was honored with an SBEP Blue Dolphin Award in 2012 to acknowledge the school's commitment to supporting local environmental projects.