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Nicole Batistas
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 29, 2013
Girl Scouts give dogs a bone

Girls in Girl Scout Troop 764 made more than 500 homemade dog bones and 300 hand-sewn catnip toys for Lakewood Ranch-based Honor Animal Rescue last month.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 29, 2013
Palm-Aire women welcome officers

Ladies in the Palm-Aire Women's Club held their last meeting of the season May 10, and made sure to install the club's new officers before they left.

  • East County
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The panel: Kevin DiLallo, CEO of Manatee Memorial Hospital; Sharon Hillstrom, president and CEO of the Bradenton Area Economic Development Corporation; and Ed Hunzeker, Manatee County administrator
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • May 29, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance Hot Topics Luncheon

Manatee County leaders took questions about two referendums coming up for public vote June 18 at the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance Hot Topics Panel Luncheon. Ed Hunzeker, Manatee County administrator; Kevin DiLallo, CEO of Manatee Memorial Hospital; and Sharon Hillstrom, president and CEO of the Bradenton Area Economic Development Corporation, informed the audience at the Fete Ballroom at Polo Grill, May 29, about how the half-cent sales tax referendum and Economic Development Ad valorem Tax Exemption (EDATE) referendum will affect them.

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Town staff will continue to meet with Hilton officials and project engineers throughout the summer to help speed up the project.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • May 29, 2013
May 29: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Hilton eyes October as project start date; Family Trade: Kibler Ranch; Manatee Schools' parents petition teacher cuts; New P.F. Chang's construction wrapping up

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  • Josh Siegel
  • May 29, 2013
Willowbrook residents sued for defamation

DueAll Construction, a contractor that is repairing damaged homes in Willowbrook, an East County condominium community, alleges two homeowners published defamatory statements about the company.

  • East County
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  • Josh Siegel
  • May 29, 2013
Manatee Schools' parents petition teacher cuts

More than 1,300 parents of Manatee County Schools' children have signed a petition against the district's decision to eliminate 182 teaching positions for next year.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 29, 2013
Family Trade: Kibler Ranch

The 1,009-acre Kibler Ranch site will be sold June 6, for the first time in about 100 years.

  • East County
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Jim Wilson, who has served as the hospital’s CEO since 2008, resigned May 6
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 29, 2013
Hospital seeks new CEO

Jim Wilson no longer is serving as Lakewood Ranch Medical's CEO.

  • East County
  • News
Out-of-Door Art teacher Paula Kozak encourages her student, Claire Cornetet, to use more green. Maria-Francesca Massaro and Francisco Marcano watch.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • May 29, 2013
Creative Healing: Paula Kozak

Cancer patient Paula Kozak, an Out-of-Door Academy art teacher, led a project for her students to create art to benefit local cancer patients.

  • East County
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The new 2.8-mile North Cattlemen Road extension includes two bridges.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 29, 2013
Cattlemen Road Extension opens

Sarasota County officials opened the North Cattlemen Road extension May 24.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 29, 2013
Manatee fertilizer ordinance restarts

Manatee County's ban on nitrogen-based fertilizers begins June 1.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 29, 2013
Our View: Right ideas, faulty methods

Last week in this space, we presented the context for how and why the referendum question on the indigent-care, one-half-cent sales surtax came into being.

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    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • May 29, 2013
Long-planned 44th Avenue East extension comes into focus

Tired of waiting and to the dismay of neighboring residents, Manatee County will pay as it goes for the east-west transportation project.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 29, 2013
News Briefs

FCAT results released May 24 show fewer than half of Manatee County's third-grade students are reading or have math skills at or above grade level.

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SMART Executive Director Gail Clifton and Eileen, Gary and Darrin Simone, of 1st Choice Industries, stand alongside a newly installed wheelchair ramp by SMART’s pool.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 29, 2013
East County business saddles up to help

A local business invested more than $25,000 to upgrade bathroom facilities at Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy.

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