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At its October 2019 meeting, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) * approved the 2020 Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for Ages 18 Years or Younger. The 2020 [...]

At its October 2018 meeting, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)* voted to recommend approval of the Recommended Immunization Schedule for Children and Adolescents Aged 18 Years or Younger, [...]

Lisa Odaffer was home-schooling her three children, ages 4 to 17, when her husband called Tuesday to tell her about the attack at the World Trade Center in New York. [...]

Saturday is National Youth Service Day and the ManaTEENS Club of Volunteer Services of Manatee County Inc. invites all area youths to participate. National Youth Service Day marks the beginning [...]

The hairstyles I've sported since January are fairly ordinary to most of the people within my circle of family and friends. However, others may not think that way when I'm [...]

Article by Erika L. Robinson , Rosemary G. Reilly Knute J. Salhus , David A. Westenberg and Thomas W. White Important new legislation intended to spur job creation and economic [...]

Bradenton resident Danielle Hollobaugh traveled to Nashville, Tenn., with her parents Mike and Vickie to perform at the All Night Sing Nashville Starseek Show, July 15. She was a finalist [...]

In the mood for some great seafood and live entertainment? Visitors can find both this weekend at the annual Seafood Festival at Rossi Waterfront Park in downtown Bradenton, organizers say. [...]

The Manatee Seminole Club will award a $1,000 scholarship for the 1999-2000 school year to a student from Manatee County who attends Florida State University. To be eligible, students must [...]

Now is the time for high school seniors, who need scholarship money for college next fall, to send out applications. Many scholarships will be awarded over the next few months. [...]

Manatee County public schools will close for winter break after classes end Friday. The vacation will be two weeks, with classes resuming Jan. 4. The school administration building, 215 Manatee [...]

Manatee Community College's student newspaper staff recently broke previous records by winning 10 individual awards for work published last year in The Lance. The awards were presented at the Florida [...]

The Manatee County Schools Foundation is pleased to announce that it will benefit again this year from Shells Seafood Restaurant Inc. Shells will donate 10 percent of its holiday gift [...]

Several Manatee High School students will participate in a new volunteer program at Sugg Middle School. The program will help non-English-speaking students with reading. The volunteers are advanced-level French and [...]

The Jane Bancroft Cook Library of the University of South Florida at Sarasota New College will conduct a new and used book sale today through Thursday, from 8 a.m. to [...]

Sixteen Manatee High School seniors received the 'High Schools That Work Award of Educational Achievement,' recently. The award was presented by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) to career-bound 12th [...]

Linda Gallen has been elected chairwoman of the southern region of the National Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT). She has been a member of Manatee Community College board of [...]

Manatee Community College's Neel Auditorium will reopen after major renovations with a commemorative program at 8 p.m. today. The program will feature performances by MCC choirs, an award-winning barbershop quartet [...]

Dr. Carolyn Poole, a weekend librarian for Manatee Community College's South Campus, recently received an award for an Internet Web site she designed for the American Accounting Association. Poole won [...]

Recipients of the American Association of University Women, Bradenton Branch, local scholarships were honored recently at a luncheon at Tara Country Club. The following people received awards for full and [...]

Brianna Ewert and Jason Pullias have been named semi-finalists in the 44th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Both students are seniors at Saint Stephen's Episcopal School in Bradenton. These academically [...]

St. Joseph Catholic School will host a fall fashion show, titled 'A Few of Our Favorite Things,' at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, in the Parish Center, 3100 26th St. W., Bradenton. [...]

The University of South Florida will offer a Saturday-only MBA program for working professionals. Classes start in January. The Master of Business Administration program at USF's St. Petersburg campus consists [...]

Entries for the 14th annual Manatee County History Fair are now being accepted. The fair will take place Nov. 18 to 20 at the Manatee Convention Center, 1 Haben Blvd., [...]

Jessica Gayle Dimon, a Bradenton resident and 1998 graduate of Bayshore High School, is attending Manatee Community College this year on a full athletic scholarship to play softball. Jessica also [...]

Victoria A. Leonard has been selected as one of seven finalists in the SHARE Tampa Bay YES (Youth Efforts with SHARE) Award contest. The award is presented to individuals 18 [...]

The Family Heritage House, currently at 1707 15th St. E., Bradenton, is moving to a new home. Dr. John Rosen, vice president of academic affairs at Manatee Community College, announced [...]

Manatee Community College in Bradenton and Venice is currently registering students for fall classes. Classes begin Aug. 24 and continue through Dec. 17. Both day and evening classes are available, [...]

The Raymond E. Mason Foundation and Manatee Community College's own foundation donated $80,000 to help accomplish MCC's goal of upgrading its foreign language laboratory. Approximately $70,000 will be used to [...]

The national agency for accreditation of programs for radiographers and radiation therapists has awarded Manatee Community College Radiography Program accreditation for the next eight years. Professor Gary Randle, director of [...]

Dr. Ting-fang Zheng, a professor in the Manatee Community College Natural Science Department, has been accepted into the 'Transfer of Knowledge through Expatriate Trade,' program, a United Nations Development Program. [...]

Julie Fogarty, a Spanish teacher at St. Stephen's Episcopal School, recently received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to study 'The Development of Latin American Nationalism' at [...]

Margaret 'Meg' Hawkins was named Professional Educator of the Year by the local chapter of the Phi Delta Kappa professional and educational fraternity at a recent awards dinner where she [...]

Heather Bailey, a recent graduate of Palmetto High School, received a $1,000 college scholarship from Ford Trucks Scholarship fund and Bill Graham Ford. The daughter of Kim Bailey of Parrish, [...]

Manatee County School Board member Larry Simmons was recognized as a certified board member on June 11 at the annual Spring Conference sponsored by the Florida School Boards (FSBA) and [...]

Ward Temple AME Church Community Outreach will offer a five-week learning and enrichment program for children ages 5 to 15 years old at the church, 1005 Fifth St. W., Bradenton. [...]

The United States Achievement Academy announced recently that Tommy Myette of Bradenton has been named a U.S. national award winner in mathematics. Myette is a student at King Middle School [...]

Elizabeth Vargas Dowdy, assistant professor in the Manatee Community College (MCC) English, Reading and Foreign Languages Department, received a $5,000 scholarship from the American Association of University Women recently. Dowdy [...]

Volunteers have donated 92,018 hours to Manatee County public schools during the 1997-98 school year. School administrators reported 3,024 volunteers who have done the following; tutoring, worked one-on-one with students, [...]

Dale 'Dee' Velasquez was named Student of the Month at Manatee Community College for April. A homemaker and resident of Bayshore Gardens, Velasquez has a 10-year-old son who attends Bayshore [...]

The JASON Project is searching for the next set of adventurous, science-minded students interested in exploring one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems in the world. In March 1999, selected [...]

The students of Janet Kerley's sophomore English class will present a Holocaust Remembrance Evening, 'Peace by Piece,' from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the cafeteria at Southeast High School. [...]

Registration for Summer A and Summer B classes at Manatee Community College is under way on the Bradenton and Venice campuses. Summer A term classes are May 6-June 17. Summer [...]

Gwendolyn Y. Brown will be the keynote speaker for Manatee Community College's 40th annual commencement at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Manatee Civic Center, 1 Haben Blvd., Palmetto. Brown, a [...]

Christin Schneider has won the Senior Level District Seven Piano Concerto Competition recently at Mathis Music in Sarasota. Schneider, a junior at Riverview High School and a scholarship student in [...]

Bradenton Christian High School senior Eileen Turalba will be the featured violin soloist with the Manatee Community College Chamber Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Student Center at the [...]

Jonathan Rodkin, a seventh-grade student at Saint Stephen's Episcopal School, has qualified to participate in the National Geographic Geography Bee State Competition in Jacksonville. The winner of the state competition [...]

Gregory J. James received a Master of Public Health degree from NOVA-Southeastern University in August. James, a graduate of Manatee High School and Manatee Community College, is the medical director [...]

Dr. Andrew Niesiobedzki, associate professor in the Art and Humanities Department at Manatee Community College's (MCC) South Campus, recently won an award for 'Most Inspiring Teacher' from Western Illinois University. [...]