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  • March 23, 2022
Summer Fun Guide 2022: Education

Your guide to summer camps in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

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  • March 23, 2022
Summer Fun Guide 2022: General

Your guide to summer camps in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

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Summer Fun Guide 2022: Sports

Your guide to summer camps in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

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Summer Fun Guide 2022: Arts

Your guide to summer camps in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

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Summer Fun Guide 2022: Science

Your guide to summer camps in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

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Aubrey Robbins.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 23, 2022
East County Athlete of the Week: Aubrey Robbins

The ODA sophomore midfielder leads the Thunder with 26 goals.

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Cars leaving Creekwood Crossing on 52nd Place East turn left to head to State Road 70. Traffic on Creekwood Bouelvard has made that left turn dangerous and has backed up traffic.
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  • Jay Heater
  • March 23, 2022
Manatee County goes forward with roundabout project on Creekwood Boulevard

Motorists will be forced to turn right out of Creekwood Crossings on 52nd Place East to use a traffic circle.

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  • March 23, 2022
Tight real estate market in Sarasota, Bradenton gets tighter

Closed sales lower than February 2021.

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A 47-year-old Sarasota man was killed Tuesday in a garbage truck crash on S.R. 64 in Bradenton.
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  • Jay Heater
  • March 23, 2022
Garbage truck accident leaves one dead in Bradenton

Passenger on garbage truck dies, driver injured in crash on S.R. 64 in Bradenton.

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Kinley McCaw, a sixth grader at Dr. Mona Jain Middle School, studies the phenotype of fruit flies to see the dominant and recessive genes. Photo by Liz Ramos.
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  • Liz Ramos
  • March 23, 2022
East Bradenton students qualify for state Science and Engineering Fair

Mona Jain, Nolan and Braden River middle school students create experiments that lead to the state fair.

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An inspector general's report on code violations being ignored by county officials concerning a property in Myakka City is now available at ManateeClerk.com.
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  • Jay Heater
  • March 22, 2022
Inspector general's report tells of favoritism in Manatee County's building department

Manatee County administrator says he will review reported misconduct before deciding upon a course of action.

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  • March 22, 2022
Waterlefe home sells for $1.9 million

Home in Waterlefe Golf and River Club tops Lakewood Ranch sales for the week of March 7-11.

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Jaden Blank won the Level 10 All-Around Championship (78.750) at the 2022 Florida Men's State Championships. Courtesy photo.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 22, 2022
Lakewood Ranch High student is a state champion gymnast

Lakewood Ranch High junior Jaden Blank hopes to land spot in the 2022 U.S. Championships.

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Legacy Golf Club's foursome of PGA members included Kevin Paschall, Wendi Patterson, K.C. Bartlett and Jeff Boudrie. Courtesy photo.
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  • March 22, 2022
Prose and Kohn: Local golf pros put money on their skills for a good cause

The 2022 Birdie-A-Thon raised approximately $70,000 for local charities

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I-75 and Cattlemen Road traffic run parallel, in an area that will soon offer greater connectivity with an overpass that will go over I-75 from the UTC area to Waterside at Lakewood Ranch.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • March 22, 2022
Waterside-UTC connector could break ground in 2023 if funding in place

The I-75 overpass bridging Lakewood Ranch and Cattleman Road could open as soon as late 2025.

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