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Lakewood Ranch's Seath Lauer practices for the LECOM Suncoast Classic after taking two years away from professional golf.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 23, 2019
Area golfer gets another shot at dreams

Seath Lauer is getting another shot at the Web.com's LECOM Suncoast Classic in February at Lakewood National in Lakewood Ranch.

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  • Sports
Lakewood Ranch High girls soccer senior defender Rheana White dribbles upfield against Sebring High.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 23, 2019
Lakewood Ranch soccer captain doubles as accomplished painter

Lakewood Ranch High girls soccer captain Rheana White has commissioned paintings for restaurants and helps design handbags

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Lakewood Ranch High as 19 portables on the southwest corner of its campus and another four used for students on the northwest corner.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 23, 2019
Lakewood Ranch High School expansion delayed

Rezone might have left too many students on campus to move portables.

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Ringling College's Morgan Woolverton talks about how virtual reality is going to change the future of healthcare, education and other industries.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 23, 2019
Creativity, virtual reality talk of the town in Lakewood Ranch

Lecture series sparks intellectual interest in Lakewood Ranch.

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Lakewood Ranch Garden Club members Phyllis Weber, Cheryl Scheid, Virginia Craig and Sheryl Perkins are excited to offer the National Garden Clubs Inc.'s Garden School in Lakewood Ranch.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 23, 2019
Need a stem class? There's one in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch Garden Club offers special gardening school.

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Picerne Development's Bill Shallcross explains to planning commissioners why he believes the apartments will not need as much parking as the county's code requires.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 23, 2019
New plan includes apartments in Lakewood Ranch

Picerne Development wants to build more than 200 apartments at Lorraine Corners.

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Brandi Ezell with Drayton Saunders. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 23, 2019
Real estate foundation gives out grants to 51 nonprofits

Among the recipients are Meals on Wheels Plus of Manatee and the Wobbly Feet Foundation.

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Hajar Benjoud.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 23, 2019
East County Athlete of the Week: Hajar Benjoud

The Lakewood Ranch senior talks Eckerd College and committing to fitness

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Christopher Culton.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 22, 2019
Lakewood Ranch High football coach leaving after one season

Christopher Culton is leaving Lakewood Ranch High football after one season for North River High

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Cheri Coryea has served in management at Manatee County for 26 years, most recently being appointed to the deputy administrator position.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 22, 2019
Manatee County commissioners seek skill, continuity as administration changes

Commissioner plan to appoint Cheri Coryea as acting administrator.

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The pigs at the Manatee County Fair had plenty of room, the motorists trying to get there ... not so much.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • January 21, 2019
Not so fair traffic on way to Manatee County Fair

East County Observer columnist Jay Heater talks about a bad traffic day on the way to the Manatee County Fair.

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Bradenton 7-year-old Wyatt Brown entertains double-decker goats at the Manatee County Fair
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • January 20, 2019
Manatee County Fair continues run in Palmetto

Manatee County Fair continues its run in Palmetto

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The Florida Department of Transportation is reconfiguring the intersection of State Road 70 and Interstate 75 to make it safer for motorists. File photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 18, 2019
FDOT shifts traffic at S.R. 70

Motorists should expect delays at S.R. 70-I-75 interchange.

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Schroeder-Manatee Ranch President and CEO Rex Jensen helps Sheriff Rick Wells cut the ribbon while Lennar's Craig Doehr and Linda Boos watch.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • January 18, 2019
New Manatee County Sheriff's Office substation ready for Lakewood Ranch community

New Manatee County Sheriff's Office substation ready for Lakewood Ranch community

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