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Officials with the Parker Manatee Aquarium at the South Florida Museum marked the 61st birthday Tuesday of Snooty the manatee. Jeff Rodgers, director of education at the Bradenton, Fla., aquarium, said a crowd sang Happy Birthday to Snooty at noon Tuesday and cards wishing the manatee well were hung from the wall outside of his tank, the Bradenton Herald reported Tuesday. He's set another benchmark for us, Rodgers said. As far as we know, Snooty's the oldest living manatee in captivity and...

Authorities in Florida said a woman accused of felony grand theft allegedly stole more than $1,000 worth of razor blades from a Wal-Mart store. The Manatee County Sheriff's Office said in a report that security cameras recorded Nicole Chlebina, 29, of Bradenton, and another woman, who has not been identified, taking the razor blades from the Sarasota store, the Bradenton Herald reported Tuesday. The report said Chlebina was charged with the crime after she was arrested Sunday by Bradenton...

BRADENTON, Fla., April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Starwood Land Ventures, LLC announces that it has formed a joint venture with an affiliate of Taylor-Duncan Interests, Inc., a Dallas, Texas-based firm specializing in residential land development. The new partnership, TD Star Land, will pursue strategic land development opportunities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. "The Dallas-Fort Worth market has always been a strategic target for us and Taylor Duncan has been active in this market for decades,"...

Workshops, Funded Through a $25,000 Grant From the Verizon Foundation, to be Held in Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch and Sarasota SARASOTA, Fla., March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee will host a series of free Internet safety workshops designed specifically for computer users aged 50 and older. The sessions will be held at various locations in Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch and Sarasota in April and May. The workshops, funded through a $25,000 grant from the...

Sarasota and Bradenton Communities including Sarasota Regional Airport PHOENIX, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- SuperShuttle announced today it will expand its current operating agreement and service area to include Sarasota and Bradenton as well as the Sarasota Regional Airport to and from Tampa International Airport. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071030/LATU031LOGO) According to the Tampa International Airport, 20 percent of all airline passenger traffic for Tampa International...

Florida police say an apparent argument over a boyfriend ended with a teenage girl tumbling out of a moving car after having her hands taped together. The 17-year-old Bradenton, Fla., girl was recovering from a fractured skull Tuesday and her parents were free on bond and facing child abuse and false imprisonment charges. The police report said the incident last Friday began when the girl met up with an unidentified male while staying with her grandparents while her parents were in Tampa....

By Stacey Eidson, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Aug. 5--With gasoline prices hovering around $4 a gallon, a roundtable discussion about the country's energy policies at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee did not shy away from the ongoing national debate over the possibility of future offshore drilling. After Republican presidential candidate John McCain called for an end to the 26-year-old federal ban on energy exploration off the nation's shores, elected officials across...

By Nick Walter, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Jul. 30--MANY CHOICES FOR ANGLERS: Manatee County offers freshwater anglers without boats almost unlimited haunts and honey holes, but the problem, of course, can be finding those spots. At all of the below spots, fishing the first hour of daylight is best, unless you're fishing docks. If you're fishing docks during the daytime, target shady sections where tasty panfish tend to congregate. Anglers can use light line, such as 4-pound test,...

By Nicholas Azzara, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Jul. 30--Citing concern over sensitive wetlands, the Peace River watershed and Charlotte Harbor, the area's most prominent environmentalist groups Tuesday declared war against controversial plans to mine the Altman Tract. On the footsteps of Manatee County Administration Building, the regional Sierra Club, ManaSota-88 and other groups announced they have sought an injunction against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in U.S. District Court...

By Jennifer Rich, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Jul. 28--How will the complexion of businesses change in the future if older workers stay at their desks? Will there be more cases of age discrimination or will employers and societal views of aging people experience a metamorphosis? "The challenge of employers today as this huge generation reaches retirement is how to keep older workers and in what capacity," said Scott Parkin, with the National Council on Aging. "Understanding the trend,...