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A flyover of Interstate 75 is planned near the water tower to relieve traffic congestion at UTC, but the project continues to drag along.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • July 30, 2025
Is a traffic apocalypse nearing at UTC?

Officials need to speed up steps to increase access to the popular area.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Sara Geary, the head of schools at Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy, and Patty Scerbo, a mother to two students who attend the school, look forward to potential improvements that may be funded by their share of the half penny tax.
    By
  • Madison Bierl
  • July 30, 2025
Charter schools eager to make use of sales tax dollars

Starting in the 2025-26 school year, Manatee County charters will receive 50% of their proportionate share of anticipated revenue from the half-penny sales tax.

  • East County
  • Schools
A bulldozer moves trash at the Lena Road Landfill.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • July 30, 2025
Lena Road landfill's lifespan changed by slope strategies

Manatee County says reconfiguring the way waste is packed into cells will add two decades to the landfill.

  • East County
  • News
Curtis Marxen drives a disc down Hole 3 at Bob Gardner Community Park July 21.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • July 30, 2025
Lakewood Ranch nonprofit promotes disc golf

The East Manatee Disc Golf Club plays Monday nights at Bob Gardner Community Park.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Samuel Jackson played in the United Football League with the Houston Roughnecks this spring.
    By
  • Vinnie Portell
  • July 30, 2025
Jets sign former Lakewood Ranch High offensive lineman Samuel Jackson

There's more to the former Mustangs star than a familiar name.

  • East County
  • Sports
Julie Busa (Janet Mixon's daughter), Janet Mixon, Commissioner Amanda Ballard and Dean Mixon are all smiles on July 29. Manatee County commissioners voted unanimously to purchase Mixon Fruit Farms.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • July 29, 2025
Manatee County purchases Mixon Fruit Farms for $13.5 million

Commissioners voted unanimously to purchase the citrus farm that operated in Manatee County for 84 years.

  • East County
  • News
Allegiant is one of the top airlines at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 29, 2025
Allegiant to begin service from SRQ to Toledo

Allegiant's new service between Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport and Toledo, Ohio is one of several new routes available from Southwest Florida airports.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A Country Club Village home at 7011 Belmont Court tops this week's sales at $3,499,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,652 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 29, 2025
Top residential real estate sales for July 14-18 in Lakewood Ranch

A home in the Country Club topped the week’s sales at $3,499,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Dari Oglesby, the executive director of Nate's Honor Animal Rescue, and Sharon Pindar, the medical director, are thrilled with a $125,000 grant from The Bishop-Parker Foundation.
    By
  • Madison Bierl
  • July 29, 2025
Nate's Honor Animal Rescue receives $125,000 grant from Bishop-Parker

The grant will help Nate's get its new care clinic staffed and running.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The Braden River football team is excited to make people forget about last year's two-win campaign.
    By
  • Vinnie Portell
  • July 29, 2025
10 high school football players to watch in east Manatee County

ODA senior running back Allen Clark tops the "players to watch" list.

  • East County
  • Sports
Lakewood Ranch is regularly ranked the top-selling, multigenerational, master-planned community in the United States.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • July 28, 2025
Lakewood Ranch maintains No. 1 standing among master-planned communities

Multigenerational buyers scooped up 1,185 news homes in the first half of 2025 in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Gov. Ron DeSantis announces July 25 that Manatee County will be audited by the DOGE Task Force.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • July 28, 2025
Manatee County welcomes audit by Florida DOGE Task Force

Auditors will visit Manatee County in August to review its spending.

  • East County
  • News
Braden River High School students Cameron Brand, Jacob Zinkhan, Kylie Mohamed, Sophi Jo Branscomb and Jacqueline Lopez traveled around Ireland learning about agriculture and Irish culture along the way.
    By
  • Madison Bierl
  • July 27, 2025
Braden River FFA students study agriculture in Ireland

Their visits include a dairy farm and an "Irish racehorse experience."

  • East County
  • Schools
Campers and staff members get soaked by the giant bucket of water.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • July 26, 2025
Summer Skills Camp in Lakewood Ranch gives kids with special needs a lift

Lift ABA hosts the camp, that includes field trips to places like the Waterside Park splash pad.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Rex Jensen, CEO of Schroeder-Manatee Ranch, speaks to residents July 24 about a possible roundabout at the intersection of University Parkway and Legacy Boulevard and Deer Drive.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • July 25, 2025
SMR executive and residents discuss roundabout for University Parkway

More than 400 residents signed a petition because they do not want a roundabout where Legacy Boulevard and Deer Drive intersect with University Parkway.

  • East County
  • News
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