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This Country Club home at 13315 Palmers Creek Terrace sold for $2.8 million. It has five bedrooms, 5 1/2 baths, a pool and 6,171 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 21, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for March 6-10 in Lakewood Ranch

A Lake Club home on Pavia Way tops the week's sales at $3 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
OnPlace staff members celebrating the company's one-year anniversary are Erin Steele, community relations, Sandy Friedman, business development, Monaca Onstad, president and CEO, Amanda Arnold, vice president, and Mackenzie Straley, director of community experience.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • March 21, 2023
Community lifestyle specialist spreads wings with OnPlace

Former SMR community relations director Monaca Onstad uses her Lakewood Ranch experience to enhance communities around the nation.

  • East County
  • Business
Jeremy Schiller laughs at his team as the game clock winds down.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 20, 2023
Former Mustangs coach thrives at IMG Academy

University Park's Jeremy Schiller led the Ascenders' varsity team to an 18-9 record in 2022-2023.

  • East County
  • Sports
Julie McClure, president of Manatee County Orchid Society, discusses the selection of plants she has brought to the event.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • March 19, 2023
Friendships bloom at garden club orchid presentation in Lakewood Ranch

The Gardeners Out East event offered a chance for members and nonmembers to learn about orchid care.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
River Strand's Lisa Larson, Kathy Justinak, Mary Griffith, Nedra Clark, Valerie Thurston, Sandy Franks, Adrian Figliotti, and Marla Coniglio lit up the runway during Stylin' at the Strand.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • March 18, 2023
River Strand models raise funds for Food Bank of Manatee County

Women walked the runway March 18 at River Strand of Bradenton's annual Stylin' at the Strand fashion show.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Dick Hyman performs.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • March 18, 2023
Jazz legend highlights six-day festival in Sarasota

Pianist Dick Hyman, 96, thrilled the crowd inside the Big Top at Nathan Benderson Park.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch's Danielle Gassenhofer listens carefully as her children, 8-year-old Eleanor Gassenhofer and 6-year-old Edison Gassenhofer, get advice on how to cast from Robert LaVopa, a member of the Lakewood Ranch Angler's Club.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • March 18, 2023
Lakewood Ranch Angler's Club Youth Fishing Seminar reels in fun

Children learned the basics of fishing in preparation for the Angler's Club annual Youth Fishing Tournament.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Maribeth Phillips, the president and CEO of Meals on Wheels Plus of Manatee, welcomes everyone to Tropical Nights in 2022. This year's theme is Tropical Nights Goes Hollywood.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • March 17, 2023
Meals on Wheels brings Hollywood glitz and glamor to fundraiser

Tropical Nights Goes Hollywood, on March 25 at the Grove in Lakewood Ranch, is Meals on Wheels' biggest fundraiser.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The project would convert natural gas from the landfill into renewable natural gas.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • March 16, 2023
Manatee County studies methane production at landfill

County staff are exploring natural gas from its landfill as an energy source. Tax credits and deals with private utility companies could cover the cost of a project.

  • East County
  • News
The School District of Manatee County is renovating Tara Elementary School after the Florida Department of Education did not approve a replacement of the school.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • March 16, 2023
To renovate or replace? Manatee County School District handcuffed by state

Even though Tara Elementary School could be replaced cheaper, the state says that renovation is the only option.

  • East County
  • Schools
The Winn-Dixie grocery store at The Green in Lakewood Ranch lasted just over two years and is closing on April 10.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • March 16, 2023
Winn-Dixie in Lakewood Ranch to close April 10

Besides the regular grocery store, Winn-Dixie's liquor store also will close at The Green in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Business
  • By Jewish Family & Children’s Service of the Suncoast
  • March 16, 2023
Think Everything's Good?

For 36 years, JFCS has been empowering individuals and families of all faiths and backgrounds.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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A new bridge will be constructed alongside the current overpass at Fort Hamer Road.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • March 16, 2023
Commissioners prioritize infrastructure, trail system for federal funds

Building a new span across the Manatee River at Fort Hamer is the county's top priority.

  • East County
  • News
Rep. Vern Buchanan and Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance President and CEO Brittany Lamont speak at San Marco Plaza.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • March 16, 2023
Buchanan pushes permanent daylight saving time

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan said at a Lakewood Ranch event that people are waking up to the benefits of permanent daylight saving time.

  • East County
  • News
Lisa Sweeney loves painting horses, such as the Herrmann's Royal Lipizzan Stallions.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • March 15, 2023
Former cop forges new career as a painter

The Lake Club's Lisa Sweeney will be the featured artist during the Spring Show and Sale of the Creative Artists Association of Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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Santa (Steven Trudell of St. Petersburg) gets the runners fired up just before the start of the 2025 Jingle 5K Dec. 12 in Lakewood Ranch.
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SMR's new coffee table book, "Lakewood Ranch — A Legacy of Living with the Land" is available locally and on Amazon.
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Carrie Walden, the Project Edge classroom instructor, is teaching 10 students including Mia Pardella and Justin Torres in the Project Edge program at MTC East.
  • December 10, 2025
MTC program teaches students with disabilities skills to enter workforce

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