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Sarasota Bradenton International Airport improvements should make guests more comfortable as they board aircraft. Courtesy image.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 22, 2017
Sarasota airport plans facility improvements

$7 million grant helps complete terminal upgrades

  • East County
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The Out-of-Door Academy students were able to view the solar eclipse at its zenith of 83%.
    By
  • Berkley Mason
  • August 21, 2017
Science eclipses fashion in Lakewood Ranch

The Out-of-Door Academy students well-equipped to learn about the solar eclipse.

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The Confederate statue sits in from of the Manatee County Courthouse in downtown Bradenton.
    By
  • Berkley Mason
  • August 20, 2017
Manatee County Clerk's office closes early in anticipation of Confederate statue protests

County Clerk, Historic Records Library will close at 1 p.m. before protests concerned Confederate statue.

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Lakewood Ranch quarterback Justin Curtis runs over a defender.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 18, 2017
East County football roundup: 08.18.17

Braden River was the only area team to win its preseason game.

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A proposed recycling plant outside the Celery Fields has united residents, bird-lovers and the environmentally minded against the planned facility.
    By
  • Cassidy Alexander
  • August 18, 2017
Opponents hopeful County Commission will deny recycling facility outside Celery Fields

Residents are pitted against business owners, and say they're all for recycling facilities — just not right outside the Celery Fields.

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Boneyard BBQ will be serving East County.
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • August 18, 2017
Donuts, BBQ restaurant come to Bradenton

Shipley Do-Nuts makes it Florida debut on State Road 70 in East County.

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Golden is a 4-year-old retriever-mastiff mix available at Nate's. (Courtesy image)
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 18, 2017
Animal rescue hosts 'clear the shelter' event

Local rescue groups are participating in a nationwide campaign to find homes for pets.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 17, 2017
Bus tour shows off Lakewood Ranch's economic power

Business professionals learned about more than 30 local businesses during a daylong road trip.

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Jason Russ, program consultant for Wells Fargo, with Samantha Valentin, community engagement manager for Goodwill Manasota.
    By
  • Berkley Mason
  • August 17, 2017
Wells Fargo, Goodwill offer college prep workshops

Wells Fargo representatives to begin offering free public workshops at local Goodwill locations.

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Texas-based Black Walnut Cafe, known for its breakfast foods and array of hamburgers, announced it was no longer expanding to Lakewood Ranch. Courtesy image.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 17, 2017
Cafe bows out of Lakewood Ranch location

Black Walnut Cafe will not develop its first Florida eatery in Lakewood Ranch.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 17, 2017
East County weather page photo: August 17

Jeanette Foster photographed these deer in the early morning mist in Greenbrook in Lakewood Ranch.

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    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • August 16, 2017
Three things

A cool half million

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Acqua Vita provides a blueprint for what luxury buyers are looking at the moment.
    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • August 16, 2017
Luxury redefined

A new home on Longboat offers every amenity.

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East County's Sarah Nicklis, Joshua Nicklis, Matthew Brannen and Elizabeth Nicklis sort folders during the backpack stuffing party.
    By
  • Berkley Mason
  • August 16, 2017
Grace Community Church in Lakewood Ranch fuels back-to-school benefit

Grace Community Church raises $15,000 for school children.

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Lakewood Ranch's Richard Reskow said he "came to life" when he started to volunteer at Tidewell Hospice.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • August 16, 2017
Lakewood Ranch volunteer enriches his life working at Tidewell Hospice

New hospice coming to Lakewood Ranch seeks similar volunteers

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