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  • September 30, 2015
Business briefs

Neal Communities opens in-house mortgage company.

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Lela Hartsane answers the three questions the school district asked attendees.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • September 30, 2015
Schools: Forecasting the future

Manatee County schools brace for technology-savvy buildings, improved learning experience for students.

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This home home at 7528 Rigby Court has three bedrooms and three bathrooms and 3,262 square feet of living space. It sold for $770,000.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • September 30, 2015
Heathfield home sells for $785,000

A home in Heathfield tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

  • East County
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Lakewood Ranch Boulevard is one roadway the county has under consideration. File photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 30, 2015
Manatee County Commission to consider speed changes

Speed limits on six East County roadways are up for review. Changes to a golf-cart usage ordinance also will be considered.

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Lynn Schramek with her Parkinson's Cafe Cultural Art Series at the Sarasota Ballet. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • September 30, 2015
Residents' Parkinson's group focuses on the positive

Lynn Schramek started the support group in New York and is extending it to local residents and their partners.

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This 19,000 outparcel along Honore Avenue will house five tenants, including three signed restaurants.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 30, 2015
Benderson Development adds to University Parkway shopping plazas

With vacancy rates at about 1%, Benderson Development is building to accommodate market demands

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River Club resident Ron Hamilton loves visiting Barcelona, Spain, where his sister-in-law lives.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 30, 2015
Conversation with Ron Hamilton

River Club's Ron Hamilton has lent his expertise to Lakewood Ranch Town Hall as it searches for a new executive director.

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The new owners plan to do some renovations to the Rosedale Golf and Country Club.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 30, 2015
Hospitality group to buy Rosedale

CH6 Rosedale expects to close on the Rosedale Golf & Country Club Oct. 1.

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Emily Ralston has been passionate about agriculture and animals for three years. She played sports at Braden River High, but was looking for her niche when she joined the Future Famers of America (FFA) group.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • September 30, 2015
BRHS ag program makes strides

The largest agriculture program in the state, Braden River High School will have a new, $101,720 barn on campus later this year.

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If the amendment to the golf cart ordinance should pass at the Oct. 6 Manatee County Commission meeting, golf carts will be banned from driving on Tara Boulevard.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • September 30, 2015
Are golf carts a hazard?

The Manatee County Commission will determine whether approved golf cart use makes the cut on Tara Boulevard and Whitfield Avenue.

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Kevin and Heather Harvey, along with their 8-year-old boxer Max on the left, opened the Woofdorf in August.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • September 30, 2015
What’s all the woof about?

Lakewood Ranch is the stomping ground for a new luxury hotel — for canines.

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  • Jessica Salmond
  • September 30, 2015
Cops Corner: East County 10.1.15

Crime reports from around the area.

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CDD Vicechairman John Brocki suggested the board also consider other plants around the community's ponds, instead of allowing sod to grow to the water's edge, because the grass clippings from mowing gets into the water and encourages algae.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • September 29, 2015
Waterlefe considers carp for lakes

The Golf and River Club's water bodies are suffering from invasive species and algae infestation.

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Lakewood Ranch Town Hall tonight is hosting an event for landscape enthusiasts.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • September 29, 2015
Lakewood Ranch Town Hall hosts science cafe

The Protect our Ponds Science Cafe will offer Ranch residents an outlet for voicing landscape concerns.

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Cardinal Mooney's Brooke Picchi and Keri McMahon go up for a block in the first set.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 29, 2015
Lady Cougars fall in four

After splitting the first two sets, the Cardinal Mooney volleyball team fell to Venice 3-1 Sept. 23.

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