Parrish News

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Manatee County's population growth slowed down last year but it still remained concentrated in the county's unincorporated areas, according to estimates released today.

Authorities say sometime during the night Monday and this morning, several cars were broken into in a Parrish neighborhood, according to a Manatee County Sheriff's Office report.

Published: Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 11:30 p.m. MANATEE COUNTY - The Florida Department of Transportation asks that drivers use caution in areas where roadwork is under way this week: U.S. 41 at Bayshore Gardens Boulevard, Bradenton.

When the state of Florida released school grades Thursday, fully half of Manatee schools had earned A's. Notable were Samoset and Tara elementary schools, which last year were C schools and this year are A schools.

Story times: Story times at Books A Million are 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays and 11 a.m. Saturdays.

Andrea Barnette of Parrish, left, shops with her sister, Kellie Carmody, of Leona, Wis., in the PGA Tour Shop.

Sharon Grubis, an early visitor to the new Ellenton Farmer's Market, was thrilled to purchase a cantaloupe for $1 and a package of cherry tomatoes for $1. She typically pays $2.50 a piece at a local grocery store for produce that is not as fresh, she said.

Joshua Daniel Brown, the son of James Seldon Arnett Brown and Frances A. Medina Brown, was born in Agana, Guam on April 6, 1991 and he departed this life on Saturday, May 23, 2009 having attained the age of 18 years.

Published: Monday, June 8, 2009 at 12:08 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 8, 2009 at 12:08 p.m. I made it out twice over the weekend the first a Saturday morning round at The River Club southeast of State Road 70 and I-75 in East Manatee.

For an hour, Clay Moore lay in woods with duct tape over his eyes, a sock shoved in his mouth, and bound with duct tape and shoelaces to two trees, wondering whether his kidnapper was coming back, the boy told jurors Wednesday morning.

A developer's proposal to turn an abandoned golf course into a townhouse complex won county approval Thursday despite neighbors' objections and misgivings.

The 15-year-old teen abducted and tied to a tree two years ago testified against his accused abductor, Vincente Ignacio Beltran-Moreno, Wednesday morning.

Clay Moore, who two years ago was abducted at age 13 as he awaited a school bus near Parrish, last week won a "Courage Award" for exceptional bravery, according to officials at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

Norma Martin thinks of her membership in the Gulf Coast Latin Chamber as a touchstone that keeps her focused and aware of the growing Latin community in Manatee County.

While the rest of us non-horse types were quietly going about our business this past Saturday night, 21-year-old Melissa Silpe, of Parrish, was busy deftly maneuvering her American Paint horse around a series of barrels at the Manatee County Sheriff's Mounted Posse Open Show.

A large area of orange groves and pastureland in northern Manatee County could resemble a small town in two decades if a landowner's conceptual plans come to fruition.

Phil Pagano has his sights set on Ellenton for a farmers market. The former manager of the Downtown Sarasota Farmers Market, who left after he was fired during a political shakeup by the Sarasota Downtown Partnership in March, is starting his own gathering where vendors can sell their goods.

Maria Balaz has joined Wagner Realty's international staff in downtown Sarasota.

Ray Wolski is fighting a rapidly progressing form of Lou Gehrig's disease with bravery and grace.