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Brooklyn Zabikow, who is 11, gives kisses to Asher. "I like that he likes to nuzzle me," Zabikow says. (Photos by Liz Ramos)
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  • July 22, 2022
Youth campers have big fun with mini horses at Hundred Oaks Farm

The mini horse and donkey camp in Myakka teaches kids about caring for livestock.

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The Survivors in Sync breast cancer survivor dragon boat team won a gold medal in the 200 meter standard division at the 2022 Club Crew Championships on Thursday.
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  • July 22, 2022
NBP paddlers earn more medals at Club Crew World Championships

Nathan Benderson Park's dragon boat crews won three gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze medal on Thursday

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One of Lorraine Robertson's passions is playing the piano. (Photo by Jay Heater)
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  • July 21, 2022
Far more to come in this Lakewood Ranch story

Staying busy, 87-year-old Lorraine Robertson wrote and released a book, "The Saga of a Holistic Physician," between bridge group, painting sessions and piano recitals.

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The 11.76-acre Mote SEA site set against the backdrop of Nathan Benderson Park. The $130 million aquarium will begin vertical construction in August with completion expected in 2024. (Andrew Warfield)
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  • July 21, 2022
Mote Science Education Aquarium will be built from the inside out

Manatees on the third floor and sharks in the hallway: The unique nature of the new $130 million Mote aquarium will require an extraordinary construction process, beginning in August.

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Kevin Young and MaryAnne Young with the New College Foundation are thrilled to receive a $159,000 grant from Adell Erozer, Robert Blalock and Burdette Parent with the Bishop Parker Foundation. (Courtesy photo)
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  • Liz Ramos
  • July 21, 2022
Scholarship program sends more Manatee students to New College

Bishop Parker Foundations provides $159,000 for scholarships for Manatee County students headed for New College of Florida.

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  • July 21, 2022
East County weather page photo: July 21

Gordon Silver captured these two sandhill colts getting to know each other just hours after emerging from their shells off S.R. 70 near Lorraine Road in Lakewood Ranch.

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The NBP Dragons Senior B (50 and older) mixed small-boat team took a silver medal in its 2,000 meter race (10:20.34) at the 2022 IDBF Club Crew Championships at Benderson Park.
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  • July 21, 2022
NBP paddlers take three medals in first two days of Club Crew Championships

The event continues at Nathan Benderson Park through Sunday afternoon.

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Firefighter Ryan Berggren holds the automated defibrillator used by EMTS such as himself; paramedics are allowed to perform defibrillation manually. (File photo)
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  • Ian Swaby
  • July 20, 2022
East Manatee Fire Rescue board to vote on paramedic plan

The Board of Fire Commissioners will discuss a scaled-down request to add paramedics over a four-year period.

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Reagan Gross, here taping up the hand of Mustangs linebacker Brooks Moyer, was a part of the Lakewood Ranch athletic training program for two years. (Courtesy photo)
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  • July 20, 2022
Lakewood Ranch High student earns athletic trainer's award

Reagan Gross, who graduated in May, hopes to one day be an athletic trainer for rodeo athletes.

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ODA rising senior Felipe Baffico Balharry (right) poses with Jamaican swimmer Keanan Dols and U.S. swimmer Emma Weyant. Dols and Weyant went to Sarasota's Riverview High. All three swam with the Sarasota Sharks. (Courtesy photo)
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  • July 19, 2022
Lakewood Ranch swimmer represents Chile at FINA World Championships

The Out-of-Door Academy swimmer competes against elite swimmers in the 100-, 200-meter butterfly events.

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This Country Club East home at 15906 Kendleshire Terrace sold for $2,215,000. It has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,959 square feet of living area. (Courtesy photo)
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  • Adam Hughes
  • July 19, 2022
Country Club East home tops sales at $2.22 million

A Country Club East house on Kendleshire Terrace topped this week's sales at $2.22 million.

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At 110,000 square feet, the new Mote Science Education Aquarium will double the size of its current facility. (Rendering courtesy of Mote Science Education Aquarium)
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  • July 19, 2022
County finalizes $100 sale of land near UTC for Mote aquarium

Tucked away near Longboat Key for four decades, Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium wins unanimous County Commission approval for conveyance of land for new site at UTC.

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Seth Shamrock. Courtesy photo.
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  • July 19, 2022
East County Athlete of the Week: Seth Shamrock

The Lakewood Ranch High rising senior is rated by Kohl's Snapping as a four-star long snapper.

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The judge in a DUI case involving Manatee County Commissioner George Kruse (pictured) has recused herself from the case, delaying the proceedings. (File photo)
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  • Ian Swaby
  • July 19, 2022
Judge recuses herself from DUI case involving Manatee Commissioner George Kruse

The new judge will be assigned the case, which is set for a pre-trial conference Aug. 2.

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Employee Tyler Simons hands out a Jeremiah's Gelati featuring mango Italian ice and vanilla soft ice cream. (Photo by Ian Swaby)
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  • Ian Swaby
  • July 19, 2022
Jeremiah's Italian Ice expands to Lakewood Ranch

The owners of the Bradenton franchise are bringing the frozen treat eatery to the Ranch.

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