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Del Webb's Shellie Robin gets a laugh when a monarch butterfly lands on her face.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • March 1, 2022
Del Webb of Lakewood Ranch residents hail the monarch

Del Webb community of Lakewood Ranch comes together to build a butterfly garden.

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Darya Fedotova and Sergiy Mykhaylov are changing their dance studio's name in support of their Ukraine homeland. (Photo: Spencer Fordin)
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  • Spencer Fordin
  • March 1, 2022
School of Russian Ballet changes name amidst conflict

Ukraine natives Darya Fedotova and Sergiy Mykhaylov want nothing more than to teach ballet and to see their homeland live in peace.

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Lakewood Ranch's Peggy Hufford says her husband, Jerry Hufford, was always helping people "behind the scenes." Jerry Hufford died Feb. 8 at 69.
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  • Jay Heater
  • February 28, 2022
Del Webb of Lakewood Ranch grieves kind, selfless neighbor

Lakewood Ranch's Jerry Hufford, the head of a veterans organization in Del Webb, dies at 69.

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Manatee County Paramedics Nicholas Barion and Chris Roshka chat with Owen Lockaby.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • February 28, 2022
Teen survives golf cart accident thanks to quick action of paramedics

Family holds ceremony at Lakewood Ranch EMS to show their appreciation for paramedics saving their son's life.

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Sarasota's Samaya Leger, who is 7 years old, feeds a miniature Sicilian donkey.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • February 26, 2022
Hunsader Farms hosts Strawberry Fields Shabbat in east Bradenton

Sarasota's Temple Emanu-El members hold Strawberry Fields Shabbat at Hunsader Farms in east Manatee County.

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  • Liz Ramos
  • February 26, 2022
Lakewood Ranch Anglers Club hosts annual youth fishing tournament

Annual youth fishing tournament a first for many Lakewood Ranch residents.

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    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 25, 2022
Lakewood National home tops sales at $1.15 million

A home in Lakewood National topped sales this week at $1.15 million.

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Cynthia Saunders, the superintendent of the School District of Manatee County, thanks Ted Lindenberg, the director of the Books for Kids program, for all he's done to support Manatee County students.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • February 25, 2022
Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch's Books for Kids program hopes to expand

Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch's Books for Kids program nears 100,000 books distributed.

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Megan Dowdell.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • February 24, 2022
East County Athlete of the Week: Megan Dowdell

The ODA senior has 10 goals and seven assists through three games.

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The Johnson Preserve — Carl Bergstresser's "little slice of heaven" — offers Old Florida scenery
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • February 24, 2022
Upgrades at Johnson Preserve along the Manatee River should be finished by summer

Manatee County should finish constructing shell paths, parking lot at Johnson Preserve by summer.

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Lakewood Ranch High senior Johnathan Kline (14) gets dragged down by Plant junior Will Anderson (24).
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • February 24, 2022
Prose and Kohn: Mustangs soccer eliminated thanks to missed opportunities

Lakewood Ranch High had early chances to pile on Plant High but could not execute, eventually losing 3-1 in overtime.

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An unidentified woman was killed early Thursday morning after she walked into the path of a patrol car, according to a Manatee County Sheriff's Office report.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • February 24, 2022
Pedestrian dies after walking into path of Manatee Sheriff's Office patrol car

Age unknown of woman who was killed after being hit by a Manatee County Sheriff's patrol car in Bradenton.

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Bob Smith, Stillpoint treasurer James Keiner, and Stillpoint president Gene Tischer​ celebrate another successful fundraiser by Bob Smith in 2021. (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • February 24, 2022
Lakewood Ranch man continues to be a driving force behind fundraiser

Lakewood Ranch's Bob Smith aims to raise more than $40,000 for Bradenton's Stillpoint Mission this year.

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  • Liz Ramos
  • February 23, 2022
Lakewood Ranch's B. D. Gullett Elementary hosts annual walkathon

B.D. Gullett Elementary School students have fun running in the walkathon and sliming the principal.

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Heritage Harbor's Rhegan Duncombe, who is a junior at Out-of-Door Academy, started Gymnast to Gymnast to donate gymnastics clothing and new equipment to gymnasts in the Bahamas.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • February 23, 2022
East Bradenton student creates nonprofit to support gymnasts in the Bahamas

ODA junior Rhegan Duncombe founds Gymnast to Gymnast to benefit athletes in the Bahamas.

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