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Johnson Preserve at Braden River was purchased with general county revenues and converted into a passive park. File Photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 5, 2020
New tax would fund conservation effort in Manatee County

Referendum will ask for a raise in millage to provide funds for environmentally significant lands in Manatee County.

  • East County
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Brooke Martin receives the Dr. Elinor Crawford Girl Scout College Scholarship and the Lyndi Cyphers Memorial College Scholarship. File photo.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • August 5, 2020
Longtime East County Girl Scouts honored

Three Lakewood Ranch High School graduates receive Girl Scouts scholarships for their commitment.

  • East County
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Tomás Herrera-Mishler is the new CEO/president of SANCA.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • August 5, 2020
SANCA's new CEO/president arrives at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota

SANCA's new CEO/president arrives at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota

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Christine Johnson, president of the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast, hopes Manatee County voters understand what's involved when they vote on a referendum to create a fund to buy environmentally significant land.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • August 4, 2020
Manatee County has some explaining to do in terms of hefty reserves

Columnist Jay Heater writes about the probably Manatee County will get questions about tax reserves as elections approach.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Avery Goelz received a 2020 Gatorade Florida Softball Player of the Year plaque from Lakewood Ranch High on Tuesday.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 4, 2020
Lakewood Ranch High honors Gatorade Softball Player of the Year with plaque

Avery Goelz was named the award's recipient in May, but received her plaque and banner Tuesday.

  • East County
  • Sports
The Florida Department of Transportation is working to reconfigure the interchange of I-75 and State Road 70. File photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 3, 2020
I-75 offramp to S.R. 70 closes Tuesday night through Wednesday morning in Bradenton.

S.R. 70 offramp Southbound I-75 traffic will be routed away from S.R. 70 Tuesday

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The Manatee County Sheriff's Office is seeking a suspect in a shooting Saturday in Lakewood Ranch.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • August 3, 2020
UPDATE: Attempted murder suspect surrenders at Manatee County Jail

UPDATE: Attempted murder suspect surrenders at Manatee County Jail after shooting in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
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    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 1, 2020
Top junior golfers compete in match play event

The event will continue on Sunday.

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A 35-year-old man was found dead after a shooting Thursday night at a Bradenton apartment complex.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • July 31, 2020
Shooting in Bradenton leads to death of 35-year-old male

Shooting at Bradenton apartment complex leads to death of 35-year-old male.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 30, 2020
East County weather page photo: July 30

Richard Bottorff captured these limpkins fishing out of a pond in Rye Wilderness.

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    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • July 29, 2020
Ready to move on from Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch High School seniors celebrate a bittersweet graduation.

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Cyndi Doragh. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 29, 2020
Rotarian heads up international event from Lakewood Ranch

Ranch Rotarian heads up international event from Lakewood Ranch

  • East County
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Cheryl Hedger. Photo by Liz Ramos.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • July 29, 2020
Wheely in need of bikes in Bradenton

Lakewood Ranch resident is collecting bikes for Turning Points.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
East County's Andrea Sacchetti, Richard Garrett and Dawn Zielinski said the new design creates uncertainty for drivers and cyclists and is a safety problem.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 29, 2020
Cyclists call for change in Lakewood Ranch

Bicyclists seek speed reduction, lane changes on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.

  • East County
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Colton and Kinley McGill want to spread happiness throughout their community with their drawings. “It’s kind of like trick-or-treat, but we bring the treat to the people," Colton McGill says. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • July 29, 2020
Message of happiness in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch siblings initiate 'Project Happy' by drawing pictures and delivering them to neighbors to spread happiness.

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Staff at the 12th Judicial Circuit Guardian Ad Litem program sort through the delivery of presents for children up to 18 years of age.
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Cindy Ritchell, Ann Quackenbush, Brenda Korthauer, Beverly Sutton and Kit Torchia all lend a helping hand in packing seeds to send internationally to farmers who need them. Quackenbush is a driving force behind Hope Seeds, a charitable ministry through Christ Church of Longboat Key.
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