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  • Jen Blanco
  • October 9, 2013
Community Golf

Enjoy this week's community golf scores.

  • East County
  • Sports
This Lake Club home, which has three bedrooms, three baths, one half-bath, a pool and 3,347 square feet of living area, sold for $900,000.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • October 9, 2013
Home in Lake Club sells for $900,000

David and Marcia Scott, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 15815 Clearlake Ave. to Ronald Carabbia, of Bradenton, for $900,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Nigel Judd submitted this sunrise photo, taken in at County Club East in Lakewood Ranch.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 9, 2013
Weather: East County

Nigel Judd submitted this sunrise photo, taken in at County Club East in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Join Alex Mahadedvan in today's Daily Headlines broadcast.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 8, 2013
Daily Headlines: Oct. 8, 2013

Today's Stories: City Commission nixes Main Street gallery; Deputies seek suspect in shooting; Commission approves telecommunications changes; Commissioners to consider Ted Sperling Park fees; Industrial Park nabs $15M in financing loan; Conversations at the Crocker kicks off today; and MORE

  • Siesta Key
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County staff expects the merger to create greater efficiencies.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • October 8, 2013
Manatee County merges natural resources, parks departments

The new department will be called the Parks and Natural Resources Department and it will be headed by Charles Hunsicker, Manatee's Natural Resources Department director.

  • East County
  • News
Karen DeRitter at Brides Against Breast Cancer
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • October 8, 2013
The Good News: Karen DeRitter

Karen DeRitter is a bridal consultant at Brides Against Breast Cancer. Read more about her and watch a video in this week's Good News.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Reese and Kelly Garrett meet a Sarasota County Sheriff's Office horse during the Sarasota County Fire Department Station 5 open house Saturday, Oct. 5.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • October 7, 2013
MONDAY EVENT MASHUP: SCFD celebrates 25 years

Families tour Sarasota County Fire Department Station 5; St. Armands Key Lutheran Church hosts blessing of animals; Lakewood Ranch Main Street shuts down for first Friday

  • Siesta Key
  • News
No one was hurt during the incident, which occurred this morning around 12:40 a.m. at the 5900 block of 53rd Avenue E.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • October 7, 2013
Armed man robs East County 7-Eleven

A man armed with a semi-automatic handgun robbed an East County 7-Eleven early this morning.

  • East County
  • News
Sophomore Chase Balliette and senior Justin Rawlings tackle a Sarasota ball carrier before reaching the end zone. Photos courtesy Mary Stager.
  • By Mary Stager
  • October 6, 2013
Pirates hold on for first district win

The Braden River High football team earned its first district win of the season with a 30-27 victory over Sarasota Oct. 4.

  • East County
  • Sports
“You can’t swing a dead cat in this town without hitting a small business that focuses on defense something,” Legion Systems Chief Operating Officer Dan Vanderheyden, Business Observer, Oct. 2
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • October 5, 2013
Quotes Observed: Sept. 30 - Oct. 6

Each weekend, we bring you a collection of quotes from the biggest (or quirkiest) Observer and national news stories of the week.

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Maxime Provost and his teammates rush out for Friday night football.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • October 5, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : ODA v Bishop Verot

The Out-of-Door Academy lost Friday, Oct. 4, to Bishop Verot 56 - 0.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jimmy Kuebler and Natalie Buffett
  • October 4, 2013
ODA falls in district opener

The Out-of-Door Academy football team fell to Bishop Verot 56-0 Oct. 4.

  • East County
  • Sports
Sophomore Nick Bartoszek, 15, and freshman Brad Herring, 14, play the clarinet in the band together.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • October 4, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : Lakwood Ranch High School Homecoming continued

Freshmen Katie Stincer and Nate Strawderman, sophomores Julie Castanzo and Gabriel Overton juniors John Merritt and Katie Molinari and seniors Brianna Adams and Chris Pearcey were crowned princes and princesses.

  • East County
  • Sports
Lakewood Ranch wide receiver Cameron Pearcey hauls in a 39-yard pass to set up a Mustangs touchdown.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • October 4, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Lakewood Ranch Football vs. North Port

The Lakewood Ranch High football team defeated North Port 35-21 in its Homecoming game tonight. With the win, the Mustangs improve to 2-0 in Class 7A-District 10.

  • East County
  • Sports
Amy Bulfin, 16, plays Thrift Shop by Macklemore on the clarinet.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • October 4, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : Lakewood Ranch High School Homecoming

Lakewood Ranch High School students experienced a sweet homecoming Friday, Oct. 4, when they beat North Port High School 35 to 21. Seniors Wyatt Mcleod and Marina Masterson were crowned homecoming king and queen.

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