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Collection competition The food storage room in the warehouse across the parking lot from the Conway Elementary School. Courtesy of Rachel Sharples Published: 4/13/2021 5:12:56 PM A little friendly rivalry is taking place for a great cause this week. Local elementary schools are competing to see who can collect the most food to help stock the End 68 Hours of Hunger pantry. Winners get local bragging rights, though the real winners are the more than 170 K-6 students whom the organization supports each week. “It’s going to be a lot of fun, we’re all pumped,” said Mandy McDonald, in her ...

The School District of Manatee County's Food and Nutrition Services Department is providing free meals to children 18 years old or younger throughout spring break. Spring break is from March 15 to March 19.  Children will receive lunch and a snack. Meals can be picked up between 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. each day from the mobile feeding bus that will be parked at Freedom Elementary School and Carlos E. Haile Middle School. The bus will have indoor and outdoor seating to allow children to eat while in air conditioning or under the shade of an awning.

FREEDOM — While the COVID-19 pandemic made town voting day a bit different for towns that kept to their traditional schedule, residents who went to the polls in Freedom, Eaton, Ossipee and Wolfeboro cast some interesting ballots. In Freedom, incumbent selectman Alan Fall trailed the front-runner by five votes after tallies were announced on Tuesday night. “We did an instant recount immediately, while the counting crew was assembled,” said Town Clerk Libby Priebe. “Melissa Florio was declared the winner. Three candidates vied for the three-year selectman’s seat. Florio...

After the COVID-19 pandemic began, Lindsey McKinnon, an art teacher at R. Dan Nolan Middle School, was used to seeing her students’ faces from the eyes up because of the School District of Manatee County’s mask policy. When McKinnon’s students started their self portrait projects in February, she finally saw her students’ smiles when she took photos of each student.  Timeline Schools’ pandemic response: March 13, 2020 Schools go on spring break; Gov. Ron DeSantis declares schools will close for two weeks. March 17 DeSantis declares all schools will close through April 15. March 2...

United ISD adapts with unique virtual Special Olympics March 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Shown is the lighting of the torch from a previous Special Olympics field day opening ceremony.Courtesy /UISD For the 2020-21 Virtual Spring Field Day on Monday, UISD posted a video on its YouTube channel discussing the event and delivering messages to the Special Olympics athletes. All students are encouraged to participate in the field day and the activities set by the staff and coaches. The Cherish Center event was held Monday, and the remaining schedule for activities is as follows:   High Schools -...