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  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 9, 2016
Longboat Key: Your Calendar

Check out upcoming events on Longboat Key and surrounding areas.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Deputy Maxie Bragg has been the School Resource Officer at Lakewood Ranch High School for 10 years.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 9, 2016
Lakewood Ranch High practices common sense of security

In February, the school received two threats. How does law enforcement handle those situations?

  • East County
  • News
Sydney Hetterich is trading her junior year at Lakewood Ranch High for a year in Germany, where she will attend school through Bradenton Rotary Club's youth exchange program.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 9, 2016
Lakewood Ranch student says hallo new world

Fifteen-year-old earns year-long trip to Germany through exchange program.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Melanie Saltz, Simone Timol, Hailey Schlotthauer, Nora Altajar and Mary Fulton are members of ODA's Lit Mag club. Their writing won them each awards at the 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 9, 2016
ODA students give storybook performance

Five East County students earn recognition at 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

  • East County
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Twelve-year-old Buttercup and her owner, Ronna Williams, are frequent participants in the Lucky Dog Parade.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 9, 2016
Irish Celtic Festival serves Irish Relay on tap

The Lakewood Ranch event launches new attraction to rival Lucky Dog Parade.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • March 9, 2016
Cops Corner 3.10.2016

Crime reports from around the area.

  • East County
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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • March 9, 2016
If you don’t want Trump

Oh my, the 2016 campaign so far has been truly bizarre. Clearly, 60% of Republicans don’t want Trump. Come Tuesday, there’s one way to make it more difficult for him.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • March 9, 2016
Underground lines

Pay now or pay later

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
A preliminary rendering of the kind of hotel Floridays would build at the north end of the key.
    By
  • Jack Short
  • March 9, 2016
Floridays: How 15 units could equal 120

Technically, a ‘yes’ vote would mean 15 units for the north end. But in reality, that translates to a 120-unit hotel.

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    By
  • Jack Short
  • March 9, 2016
Coast Guard to boaters: Avoid New Pass, for now

A town renourishment project could add depth to New Pass, but many boaters say that’s not a long-term solution.

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    By
  • Jack Short
  • March 9, 2016
Hang up on phony IRS

Callers impersonating federal employees, demanding immediate payment and threatening arrest, reach Longboat Residents each year, and many are becoming savvy to the scam.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key Police Sgt. Lee Smith shows off a Project Lifesaver bracelet outfitted with a transmitter.
    By
  • Jack Short
  • March 9, 2016
Police to introduce Project Lifesaver

Information about the program to help track loved ones with cognitive disorders who wander away will be available at the public safety complex open house on March 10.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 9, 2016
Another expansion planned for Indigo

The addition on a 49-acre parcel will allow for 590 units in total.

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East County resident Lori Dengler, a one-year appointee to Manatee County's Healthcare Advisory Committee, reviews documents in her home.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 9, 2016
Piecing together the healthcare puzzle

With $20 million dedicated to indigent care, Manatee County seeks funding alternatives.

  • East County
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The Summerfield Information Center currently serves as an information center for Lakewood Ranch and the office for Lakewood Ranch Community Activities Corp.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 9, 2016
Information Center's future uncertain

Within a month, SMR set to move out of the 20-year-old building at Summerfield Community Park.

  • East County
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