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Catcher Maddie Biggs and pitcher Kailey Christian helped Lakewood Ranch capture the Academic Team Championship for softball.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 20, 2016
Hit or Miss: Jen Blanco

Lakewood Ranch wins sixth-consecutive FHSAA Academic Team Championship.

  • East County
  • Sports
Jaylynn Garber, Allie Garber and Kelly Sportsman build a castle.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • May 19, 2016
Bashaw Elementary goes full STEAM ahead

Students explored science, art and engineering themed activites.

  • East County
  • Schools
Contractors are building new outside lanes for University Parkway between Market Street and Cooper Creek Boulevard. Some time over the summer, traffic will shift to those lanes as construction crews build new inside lanes on University Parkway.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 19, 2016
Project completion still set in concrete

I-75-University Parkway project running on time and budget.

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Each fallen law enforcement representative has a plaque at the Manatee County Law Enforcement Memorial in front of the courthouse.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • May 19, 2016
Community honors fallen law enforcement officers

Manatee County Courthouse hosts annual service.

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Lakewood Ranch girls basketball coach Tina Hadley guided the Mustangs to the Class 7A state championship this season.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 19, 2016
LRHS receives FHSAA sanctions

Sanctions handed down as a result of self-reported violations related to girls basketball.

  • East County
  • Sports
Braden River High School Assistant Principal Don French. File photo.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • May 19, 2016
Braden River High School students protest administrator move

Assistant Principal Don French has been at Braden River since it opened in 2005.

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Contractors start setting auger-cast piles to form the sound wall barrier on the west side of Interstate 75, just north of Fruitville.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 19, 2016
Sound wall goes up

The project is part of the diverging diamond project at University Parkway and I-75.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 18, 2016
Competitive soccer registration underway

The Chargers Soccer Club at Lakewood Ranch competitive program is open to players, ages 7-18.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 18, 2016
SR 70's time to adapt

Manatee County, FDOT install new signal lights for better traffic flow.

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Manatee Technical student Dylan Strand receives a lesson from instructor Vic Accurso
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • May 18, 2016
Growth in Manatee County sparks need for firefighters

MTC Fire Science Academy steps up to the challenge.

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Declan Hudson, second, Eva Bouchard, first, and Jarom Su'a, third, were the top three in the Tropicana Speech Contest at Gene Witt Elementary.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • May 18, 2016
Gene Witt students show off their public speaking skills

Side of Ranch: Jay Heater

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The chorus's routines all include some kind of actions to go with the song. "We love entertaining," said Ellen Linsley, president.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • May 18, 2016
These Manatee County women live in harmony

Magic of Manatee singers are vocal about their love of performing.

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Holly Wright and Ruth Brown spoke together at a luncheon in Venice. Photo courtesy of Candice McElyea.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • May 18, 2016
Lakewood Ranch business lights the way

Local marketing firm raises money for Payton Wright Foundation.

  • East County
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Christina Hacker and Debbie Graves, neighbors in Braden Woods, say they love the low prices they saw at Aldi and plan to make the store part of their regular shopping excursions.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 18, 2016
Aldi opens East County location

Lockwood Ridge/SR 70 intersection now features three grocery stores.

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Assistant Branch Supervisor Judy Mullen, Friends of the Braden River Library President Martha Crabb, library Branch Supervisor Cathy Laird and Friends' Vice President Judy Harris show off the symbolic check.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 18, 2016
Library expansion may be overdue

Library volunteers hope a $20,000 donation to country will be a catalyst for improvements.

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