http://www.bradenton.com/681/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Bradenton.com en-us Copyright 2008 Bradenton.com Celebrate Bradenton 60 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:52:56 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's Workbench webmaster@bradenton.com http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603187.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603187.html Tue, 13 May 2008 12:06 EDT Spend an afternoon navigating through the heavens at the South Florida Museum's Bishop Planetarium. Take a stroll through the colorful galleries of ArtCenter Manatee. Trek down to the Village of the Arts for an adventurous artwalk. Enjoy a delightful musical produced by the award-winning Manatee Players. These snippets of Bradenton help define the city's unique arts and cultural scene. The cultural sights and activities in the area keep getting better each year, attracting new faces that are interested in exploring all that our city has to offer, said Diane Shelly, executive director of ArtCenter Manatee. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/606815.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/606815.html Fri, 16 May 2008 11:53 EDT http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49025.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49025.html Thu, 17 May 2007 10:42 EDT When people hear that I came from Southern California, I've been asked the question, "What brings you to Bradenton?" http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49034.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49034.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT I have always believed that the future is created rather than just happens. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49031.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49031.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT 1930S http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49050.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49050.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT Ever wonder how Palma Sola got its name? Or Fogartyville? Or Wares Creek? http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49049.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49049.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT The seeds of what grew to become the Hernando de Soto Memorial Society were planted more than 60 years ago by the U.S. Congress. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49052.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49052.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT As Bealls Inc. moves into Tropicana Products former headquarters on 13th Avenue East, one can trace a bit of Bradenton history by a brief look at two of the city's most prominent businesses. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49045.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49045.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT Newcomers and longtime residents might be surprised to know about the following landmarks and milestones in Manatee County history, supplied by Cathy Slusser, supervisor of historical resources for the Manatee County Clerk of Circuit Court. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49044.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49044.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT For man in this county it has been a matter of lifelong pride that we've always had our very own manatee to visit and observe. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49043.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49043.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT The Manatee Players was once just a glimmer in the eyes of the Bradenton Junior Women's Club. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49042.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49042.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT Bradenton is a city of churches where many families attend services in the same sanctuaries in which their parents and grandparents were baptized and married. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49026.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49026.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT 1. Manatee County Historical Records Library, 1405 Fourth Ave. W. (1918): The Carnegie Corporation granted $10,000 for the construction of a library. It was opened to the public in October of 1918. In 1956, an addition was made to the east of the building. It served as the community's library until 1978, when a new county library was built on the waterfront. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49028.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49028.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT Starting with steamboats, mortorized public transportation has been important to the people of Manatee County. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49029.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49029.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT Flip back through Bradenton Herald archives, and you'll find that the newspaper is not the only business that has packed 85 years of service under its belt in Manatee County. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49033.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49033.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT HERALD ACHIVE STORY http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49024.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49024.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT If McKechnie Field could talk, what stories it would tell. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49046.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49046.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT 1900: The 20th century began in Bradenton with the opening of the town's first bank - the Bank of Manatee in Braidentown - on Jan. 1, 1900. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49048.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49048.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT Braidentown. Bradentown. Bradenton. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49038.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49038.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT There are the state championships. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49037.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49037.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT There is the Shake Pit and Sweetberries. Beef 'O' Brady's, the Boiler Room and Smitty's, too. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49036.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49036.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT There was the life insurance company her grandfather co-founded. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49035.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49035.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT Bradenton's two major hospitals - Manatee Memorial Hospital and Blake Medical Center - have recently expanded and upgraded their facilities for better patient care. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49032.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49032.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT R.P. Sponenbarger and his partner had started The Evening Herald, the first daily newspaper in Manatee County. The Evening Herald was the parent of the Bradenton Herald, which will mark it's 85th year in publishing in September. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49030.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49030.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT 1000: Indians live in Florida, although human habitation in the state has been discovered dating as far back as the Early Archaic Period, more than 7,500 years ago. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49039.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49039.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT A museum that appealed to everyone was the vision of Dr. William Daniel Sugg when he founded the South Florida Museum in 1946, said Suzanne White, the museum's curator for the past eight years. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49040.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49040.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT Bradenton's visual arts community whose creations in bronze, clay, watercolors, oil, acrylics and that all-inclusive category, "mixed media," boost the city's cultural scene, can claim two important dates more than six decades apart. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49051.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49051.html Wed, 16 May 2007 06:33 EDT Once upon a time downtown Bradenton had two theaters. And an opera house. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49041.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/49041.html Thu, 17 May 2007 10:42 EDT The man came looking for a place to settle with his family and move his business. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603099.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603099.html Tue, 13 May 2008 11:35 EDT http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603114.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603114.html Tue, 13 May 2008 11:40 EDT http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/602148.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/602148.html Tue, 13 May 2008 09:28 EDT The residential development is needed in order to make downtown more vibrant. The restaurants, shops and entertainment won't come until there is a critical mass of people to support it. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/602941.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/602941.html Tue, 13 May 2008 11:05 EDT Community defined by quirks and oddities http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/602491.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/602491.html Tue, 13 May 2008 10:05 EDT Tennis great Andre Agassi has called it home. So has Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova. Paula Creamer and Landon Donovan went to school there. Kobe Bryant and Derek Jeter have been in for tune-ups. Future NFL and NBA hopefuls flock there for training sessions designed to help them move up the draft boards. Olympic teams, like U.S. Soccer, use it as a base for pretournament training. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/602384.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/602384.html Tue, 13 May 2008 09:53 EDT The oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, tangelos, lemons, juice and fruit and fudge gift baskets sent all over the world that have made Mixon Fruit Farms famous are just part of the story now. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/602159.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/602159.html Tue, 13 May 2008 09:36 EDT Giant retailer Bealls is one cool customer. The family-owned company, founded in Manatee County and dating to 1915, operates 555 retail stores across the Sun Belt, from Florida to California. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/602292.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/602292.html Tue, 13 May 2008 09:45 EDT >> Manatee Memorial Hospital's new patient tower. BRIAN BLANCO/bblanco@bradenton.com http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603144.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603144.html Tue, 13 May 2008 11:51 EDT You don't have to chip like Phil Mickelson or drive like Tiger Woods to find a golf course in Bradenton and the surrounding area that fits your game. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603171.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603171.html Tue, 13 May 2008 11:59 EDT Anglers can't throw a lure without hitting water The self-proclaimed title, "Fishing Capital of the World," says enough. Florida boasts 1,200 miles of coastline and another 10,000 miles of rivers and streams. But Manatee County, in particular, has it all. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603171.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603171.html Tue, 13 May 2008 11:59 EDT Anglers can't throw a lure without hitting water The self-proclaimed title, "Fishing Capital of the World," says enough. Florida boasts 1,200 miles of coastline and another 10,000 miles of rivers and streams. But Manatee County, in particular, has it all. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603174.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603174.html Tue, 13 May 2008 12:03 EDT High school football in Bradenton, where to start? How about the recent NFL Draft, where history was made when two Manatee County standouts were taken in the first round: Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie of Lakewood Ranch High (No. 16) and Mike Jenkins of Southeast High (No. 25). http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/602996.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/602996.html Tue, 13 May 2008 11:15 EDT When it comes to fine dining, our tastes are really simple. A beer and a burger works every time. Pizza, too. Or pasta. And good company makes them taste even better. We know where to find all of that in our community: http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603269.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603269.html Fri, 16 May 2008 16:20 EDT The longer you spend here, the more you learn about Bradenton. And the more you find to love and appreciate about our remarkable community. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603243.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603243.html Tue, 13 May 2008 12:19 EDT My assignment: What's your community newspaper and Web site doing to remain essential to Bradenton residents in the 21st century? http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603231.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603231.html Tue, 13 May 2008 12:15 EDT Most people who move to Bradenton soon learn the city was named after an early settler in the area, Dr. Joseph Braden. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603187.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603187.html Tue, 13 May 2008 12:06 EDT Spend an afternoon navigating through the heavens at the South Florida Museum's Bishop Planetarium. Take a stroll through the colorful galleries of ArtCenter Manatee. Trek down to the Village of the Arts for an adventurous artwalk. Enjoy a delightful musical produced by the award-winning Manatee Players. These snippets of Bradenton help define the city's unique arts and cultural scene. The cultural sights and activities in the area keep getting better each year, attracting new faces that are interested in exploring all that our city has to offer, said Diane Shelly, executive director of ArtCenter Manatee. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603215.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/603215.html Tue, 13 May 2008 12:10 EDT Landmarks are often used when giving people directions how to find some place. The most prominent, yet low-key, landmark of Bradenton is the riverfront that forms the northern boundary of this community of about 53,600. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/602112.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/602112.html Tue, 13 May 2008 09:29 EDT The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The Columbia Gorge in Portland, Ore. The Statue of Liberty in New York City. Big cities, big iconic gateways. http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/602234.html http://www.bradenton.com/681/story/602234.html Tue, 13 May 2008 09:40 EDT That sweet, acidic smell of orange juice wafting from the Tropicana plant off U.S. 301 is an olfactory memory of Bradenton and Manatee County that lingers with natives and visitors alike.