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Manatee County Commissioner Misty Servia suggested the school district should consider allowing bus pickup to students closer than 2 miles from their assigned school to help reduce traffic congestion.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 5, 2019
Could public transit help Manatee County School District?

Manatee County, School District talk about ways to alleviate traffic congestion.

  • East County
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Marcel Prive, who has owned in Tara Golf and Country Club since 1995 and lived there full time since 2004, said he was glad for the change even if he prefers no development there.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 5, 2019
Lake Lincoln has new option in Tara

Manatee County commissioners say no to commercial development but OK residential building.

  • East County
  • News
Tara Golf and Country Club resident Marcel Prive says he wishes the property could remain undeveloped, but is thankful for the proposed change.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 4, 2019
Manatee County changes settlement terms

Tara property may be OK'd for residential development.

  • East County
  • News
Steve Lubrino is the head coach of the Lakewood Ranch Swim Association Lightning.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • April 4, 2019
Lightning swim coach treats his team like family

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • East County
  • Sports
Gracie and Hailey Marston are identical twins and freshmen runners at Braden River High.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • April 4, 2019
Braden River twins are pure gold on the track

The freshmen runners are in their first year of track and field

  • East County
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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • April 4, 2019
State amendments need transparency

Two bills would bring an end to Florida's confusing constitutional amendments.

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Zac Graham.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • April 4, 2019
East County Athlete of the Week: Zac Graham

The Braden River senior talks developing power and his baseball motivation.

  • East County
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Payton Kinney.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • April 4, 2019
East County High 5 Moments: 04.04.19

East County High 5 Moments: 04.04.19

  • East County
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Riverview's Tyrus Jackson drives the lane.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • April 3, 2019
Sarasota and Manatee counties split basketball all-star games

The Sarasota girls and Manatee boys walked away winners.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 3, 2019
East Bradenton community swings big for helping Homes for Our Troops

Rosedale nets $140,000 for veteran's home.

  • East County
  • News
Blue Oyster Cult's Eric Bloom sings at Premier Sports Campus in January, 2017. Lakewood Ranch still has no amphitheater or events center.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • April 3, 2019
Embrace Temptations ... build an amphitheater in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch could use an amphitheater to draw rockers, other music acts.

  • East County
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Liam Wilford and Brandon Schwartz hold their trophies.
    By
  • Andrew Atkins
  • April 3, 2019
This Braden River class is a 'drag'

"It’s always a nice feeling when you see you have one of the fastest cars."

  • East County
  • Schools
Bill Lloyd teaches the Electrical and Instrumentation course.
    By
  • Andrew Atkins
  • April 3, 2019
New MTC course teaches students how to wire and make machines run

While the singular  focus is to prepare students for the workforce, it’s hard to pin down a course description for Bill Lloyd’s new Electrical and Instrumentation class at Manatee Technical College.

  • East County
  • Schools
Kaylen Rivers and Reece Whatmore, sophomores at Out-of-Door Academy, created a storybook about cells using adaptive technology.
    By
  • Andrew Atkins
  • April 3, 2019
Out-of-Door Academy students' novel idea honored

When you think about a children’s storybook, you might not think of adaptive features that make the learning accessible to everyone.

  • East County
  • Schools
Guests of the job fair had a wide variety of businesses and industries to select.
    By
  • Andrew Atkins
  • April 3, 2019
Higher goals at job fair in Lakewood Ranch

In a modern age full of LinkedIn requests and Indeed job applications, some companies — and job seekers — believe there’s no way to substitute genuine human interaction between employers and job candidates.

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