Lakewood Ranch, FL

Discussions between Manatee County and Icemann Development LLC about building a 190,000-square-foot ice rink at Premier Sports Campus North are no longer suspended. They’re finished. “It’s completely over,” Commissioner Bob McCann said following the Sept. 1 meeting. “The project is gone.” Over 50 red-clad Lakewood Ranch residents attended the meeting with plans to speak out against the project, named Project Grace, but in the end, most declined to s

Manatee County Commissioner George Kruse reiterated his position on Amendment 3 during the Lakewood Ranch Republican Club's luncheon Aug. 19 at the Lakewood Ranch Country Club.Kruse stressed that the constitutional amendment will cause more than just financial ramifications for the state. While much of the focus surrounding Amendment 3 has been on how much money homeowners will save and how much revenue counties stand to lose if homestead exemptions are increased, Kruse offered a look

Multiple market reports predict the U.S. freestanding emergency department market will exceed $20 billion by 2031, and the Lakewood Ranch area will be part of that growth.The first freestanding ER in the area, HCA Florida Braden River Emergency at 8500 State Road 70 E., opened in 2018. The ER stood alone serving the Lakewood Ranch market until Lakewood Ranch Medical Center opened the ER at Fruitville in December 2020. Sarasota Memorial Hospital followed with the Sarasota Memorial ER a

Tommy John, the namesake of a ligament-replacement surgery that paved a path to recovery for injured baseball players, has died. He was 83. TMZ.com cited a statement released by John's agent, Mike Maguire, saying the pitcher passed away at his home in Lakewood Ranch, Fla., [...]

Florida Rep. Bill Conerly said he’s not an “alarmist,” but there are chemicals that sometimes keep him up at night — perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, more commonly known as PFAS or forever chemicals.Conerly, who represents Lakewood Ranch as part of House District 72, said PFAS’s carbon fluorine bond is the strongest bond in nature, except it rarely occurs in nature. It was accidentally discovered by a chemist working for DuPont in 1938. It was la