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  • Liz Ramos
  • November 10, 2020
An election with Grace in Lakewood Ranch

Students at the Lakewood Ranch elementary school vote in their own election.

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  • November 9, 2020
Four Rooms for Grateful Gatherings

Four Rooms for Grateful Gatherings

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  • November 6, 2020
Thunder football advances in SSAC playoffs

The victory was the first under Coach KB Belton.

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  • November 5, 2020
Happy Veterans Day

Happy Veterans Day

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  • November 5, 2020
East County weather page photo: November 5

Jo Ross captured this rainbow over Lake Uihlein and Main Street at Lakewood Ranch.

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Night With the Stars Prom is a yearly event held for people with special needs in Manatee and Sarasota County who are 16 years of age or older. (photo courtesy of Mary Anne McDevitt)
    By
  • Brendan Lavell
  • November 5, 2020
Outdoor craft festival Saturday in Bradenton to raise money for special-needs prom

Outdoor craft festival will be held at Christ Presbyterian Church in east Bradenton and is a fundraiser for the Night With the Stars Prom.

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The Manatee County Sheriff's Office has arrested a Lakewood Ranch woman on charges of second-degree murder.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • November 5, 2020
Lakewood Ranch woman charged with second degree murder

Lakewood Ranch's Ashley Benefield is charged with shooting her husband, Doug Benefield, during a domestic dispute in the Central Park neighborhood.

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The Fort Hamer Run returns Saturday for its fourth annual running.
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  • Jay Heater
  • November 4, 2020
Fourth annual Fort Hamer Bridge Run kicks off Saturday.

The Fort Hamer Bridge will be closed from 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday for the annual Fort Hamer Bridge Run so motorists need to find other routes.

  • East County
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Del Webb's Dr. Richard Hurd stands alongside the Circle of Honor Memorial at Del Webb dedicated to the armed forces.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • November 4, 2020
Lakewood Ranch retired colonel asks, 'Who better than I' to serve the United States

Del Webb at Lakewood Ranch resident recounts his military experience in advance of Veterans Day.

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Psyciatrist W. Nate Upshaw has brought NeuroSpa TMS to Lakewood Ranch.
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  • Jay Heater
  • November 4, 2020
NeuroSpa gives those with clinical depression new hope in Lakewood Ranch

NeuroSpa brings Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Lakewood Ranch.

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Sheila Halpin and Kevin Clayton. Photo by Brendan Lavell
    By
  • Brendan Lavell
  • November 4, 2020
Rotary supplies the love in Lakewood Ranch

Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch helps collect supplies for Manatee County schools.

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  • Guest Author
  • November 4, 2020
Character matters, as does common good writes Lakewood Ranch resident

Lakewood Ranch resident writes letter to the editor as rebutattal.

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Petrosino’s Italian Deli & Market owners Kirk Anthony Henry (left) and Brenda Edens said the ability to increase their capacity has been financially beneficial.
    By
  • Brendan Lavell
  • November 4, 2020
Phase 3 still not business as usual for Lakewood Ranch-area businesses

Full capacity? Masks? Lakewood Ranch area businesses differ how to move forward.

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Aubrey Bakar, an eighth grader at Carlos E. Haile Middle School, is excited to show at the Manatee County Fair for a second year. This year she's showing her pig, Gunner.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • November 4, 2020
This little piggy heads to the Manatee County Fair

East Bradenton FFA members thankful they can still show their livestock at the Manatee County Fair.

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    By
  • Brendan Lavell
  • November 4, 2020
Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance goes outdoors

Lakewood Ranch, other local businesses connect at trade show

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