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Manatee Players not the only thespians in the news this week 29 Mar 2013 | 03:04 am
Manatee and Lakewood Ranch students. (provided photo) Lakewood Ranch and Manatee high school students. (provided photo) A performance of Miss Saigon will inaugurate the opening of the Manatee Perfor...
U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan plans Lakewood Ranch listening stop on jobs, spending and the economy 21 Mar 2013 | 11:50 pm
Have something on your mind about the federal government, and want to bend somebody's ear? Buchanan Here's your chance: Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, will hold a listening session on jobs, spendin...
Packing all that Manatee County farm information into the brain no easy operation 12 Mar 2013 | 11:17 pm
Mac Carraway, president of SMR Farms, discusses operations at Lakewood Ranch. (provided photo) Jason McKendree, cattle and land manager, for SMR Farms, discussed the cattle operation (provided photo...
Florida wine country right here in Manatee County 11 Mar 2013 | 02:19 am
Larry and Lenora Wood of Bunker Hill Vineyard and Winery. (Herald file photo) East Manatee is home to two family wineries, Rosa Fiorelli Winery & Vineyard, 4250 County Road 675 E., and Bunker Hill Vi...
Spring Fling at Lakewood Ranch to attract business community 7 Mar 2013 | 03:36 am
Business folks, here's a reminder: the Manatee Chamber of Commerce fourth-annual Spring Fling Business Expo is set for 4-7 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at the Chamber’s Lakewood Ranch Office in the McClure...
Bond deepens between Lakewood Ranch's Harvest United Methodist Church and Samoset Elementary 6 Mar 2013 | 07:48 pm
Andrew Rivera, Liliana Hernandez and Emilia Bravo of Samoset Elementary School. (Herald photo by Jim Jones) Pastor Steven Price of Lakewood Ranch's Harvest United Methodist Church says Tuesday is the...
USF head football coach Willie Taggart comes home to Palmetto 5 Mar 2013 | 09:21 pm
Willie Taggart with the key to the City of Palmetto. (Herald photo by Jim Jones) Work hard, don't forget where you came from, never get complacent. This prescription for success sounds as corny as ...
Easter colors arrive early at Heritage Harbour 27 Feb 2013 | 07:37 pm
Well, Easter is just around the corner (March 31), and this photo from Heritage Harbour reminds us of that, even though it shows golfers. Maybe it's the color of the shirts. The 18-hole ladies golf l...
Youth judges show their understanding of the land 27 Feb 2013 | 07:15 pm
FFA high school team from Southeast High School- Hunter Horne, Brie-Ann Jaworowski, Buddy Keen (presenter), Wyatt Fulghum, and Luis Solorzano won the Callon Keen Sr. Award for the team with the highes...
Art creativity alive and well at Palm-Aire 27 Feb 2013 | 03:47 am
Painting on silk. (provided photo) Heather Smith and Nan Miller doing watercolor. (provided photo) The Palm-Aire Art Association, now in its 30th anniversary year, is making plans for its annual art...
