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Dale White Staff Writer Residents surprised by announcement LAKEWOOD RANCH — A standing room-only crowd of Lakewood Ranch residents at a Monday transportation forum got their concerns about a local road addressed before they could even raise the issue. The board of the Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization, which is mostly comprised of elected officials such as mayors and county… → Read More
Other high-ranking local officials have shifted to elected positions. → Read More
Keenan Wooten and Eleuterio Salazar Jr. will compete in a non-partisan election → Read More
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accepting pro and con public comments about the concept → Read More
Commercial proposal calls for replacing police sub-station → Read More
Ordinance would outlaw transactions on travel lanes of public roads → Read More
Florida Department of Transportation to also consider additional crossing on the Manatee River → Read More
Florida Department of Transportation to also consider additional crossing on the Manatee River → Read More
Dale White Staff Writer @dalewhiteHT Chairman insists charge should be called 'a tax' MANATEE COUNTY — On Tuesday, the Manatee County Commission is expected to set a tentative dollar figure for a new stormwater fee that could be added either to annual property tax bills, which the Public Works Department recommends, or to monthly water, sewer and garbage bills, which the Utilities Department… → Read More
State, water management districts and local utilities promote conservation, reclaimed water and new sources → Read More
E-verify, 14th Amendment and other factors discussed → Read More
E-verify, 14th Amendment and other factors discussed → Read More
Dale White Staff Writer @dalewhiteHT The interchange at SR 70 is being reconstructed MANATEE COUNTY — The Florida Department of Transportation is considering how it can improve safety in a construction zone where a driver who ran a red light suffered critical injuries last week. Sacyr Construction USA is converting the “modified cloverleaf” interchange at Interstate 75 and State Road 70 into a… → Read More
Pitches include two affordable housing projects. → Read More
Dale White Staff Writer @dalewhiteHT Pitches include two affordable housing projects BRADENTON — Although some of them were ready to make a decision, most Bradenton City Council members decided Wednesday to take a week to mull over three redevelopment proposals for city-owned properties in the 1400 block of 14th Street West, two of which would be for affordable housing. “This is truly going to… → Read More
Dale White Staff Writer @dalewhiteHT Another dump will be needed in 20 to 24 years MANATEE COUNTY — Garbage gets thrown away but it does not go away. On Tuesday, the Manatee County Commission instructed its staff to start looking at potential sites for a new landfill to bury solid waste generated by its growing population. In 1983, the county closed a dump off Erie Road in the north county area… → Read More
Record keepers to offer assistance in genealogical research → Read More
'Places to eat, shop and play' increased 30% since 2010 → Read More
Dale White Staff Writer @dalewhiteHT Land use application would allow a car dealership MANATEE COUNTY — A redevelopment proposal for the site of the demolished Whitfield Presbyterian Church cleared another legal hurdle Thursday. The Manatee County Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of 66,625 square feet of commercial space, which could include a car dealership, for 4.37 acres… → Read More
Attorneys for Bradenton, Palmetto and Manatee County are crafting the ordinance → Read More