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East County

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 17, 2013
ECO Rotary heats up

Members of the ECO Rotary Club of East Manatee donned aprons and cooking utensils and brought out their best recipes for chili, during the Parrish Heritage Days Parade and Festival March 2.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 17, 2013
UPCC lady golfers swing for HOPE

The University Park Country Club Nine Hole Ladies Golf Association recently presented HOPE Family Services with a check for $12,000 raised from its Building a Better Life golf event.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • April 17, 2013
Two finalists for Manatee superintendent job apply to work for Mills

Former Marion County Superintendent Diana Greene and former Duval County Chief Academic Officer Kathryn LeRoy applied for the district's deputy superintendent for instructional services position.

  • East County
  • News
As of 12:47 a.m. this morning, when the incident occurred, the man could not be found.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • April 17, 2013
Man robs Waffle House at gunpoint

An unknown black male stole an undisclosed amount of money from an East County Waffle House early this morning.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota and Manatee counties move toward shared transit
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 17, 2013
April 17: Morning Headlines

Morning news: Sarasota and Manatee counties move toward shared transit; International rowing body reviews park

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • April 17, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Officials expect The Mall at University Town Center to bring more than 2,000 permanent jobs to the area, as well as about 1,000 construction jobs.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • April 17, 2013
Permit sets off vertical construction of mall

Sarasota County gave Taubman Centers the go-ahead to build the shell of The Mall at University Town Center.

  • East County
  • News
In an April 2 memo to principals, Superintendent Rick Mills asked school leaders to provide excess funds from their individual school accounts, called internal funds, to trim up to $1 million of the deficit.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • April 17, 2013
District asks schools for money

Manatee County schools are being asked to find money from their internal funds to help the school district recover.

  • East County
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Shelby King, co-owner of King Family Farm, may have put her dream of offering a variety of fresh produce to the public on hold, but she’s moving ahead with other ideas to keep the farm going. The farm now offers u-pick blueberries and peaches.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 17, 2013
Cultivating change: Ben and Shelby King

Ben and Shelby King are redefining their agricultural dream.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
FISA Executive Director Matt Smith, right, flips through Sarasota/Manatee’s bid, which SunCoast Aquatic Nature Center Association, including Paul Blackketter, left, of Benderson Development, submitted.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • April 17, 2013
International rowing body reviews park

Representatives of FISA visited Nathan Benderson Park this week to see if the site should host the 2017 World Rowing Championships.

  • East County
  • News
The Lakewood Ranch High softball team gets pumped up before the start of its game with rival Braden River April 9.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 17, 2013
Final Farewell: Braden River and Lakewood Ranch High seniors

Thirteen Braden River and Lakewood Ranch High seniors played the final East County rivalry game of their high school careers April 9.

  • East County
  • Sports
Barry Gradert, right, spends weekends at the Tara home of his stepmother, Polly Gradert, whom he has known since 1979. Barry Gradert has lived at Community Haven for Adults and Children with Disabilities’ Friendship House for the last 26 years.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • April 17, 2013
Special-needs prom brings smiles and dancing

Barry Gradert isn't one to shy away from the dance floor, nor is he afraid to ask a girl to dance.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Students and staff came up with the idea of having Assistant Principal Tia Henderson and Principal Kathy Hayes dress as clowns if they beat a $10,000 fundraising goal at Gullett’s annual Walk-a-Thon.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • April 17, 2013
Administrators show off their funny sides

Gullett Elementary Principal Kathy Hayes and Assistant Principal Tia Henderson dressed like clowns April 12 to fulfill a fundraising promise delivered to students.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
"I liked the idea of flying through the air. It sort of came naturally to me."
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 17, 2013
Record-Setter: Tre Gregory

The Out-of-Door Academy sophomore pole vaulter Tre Gregory will compete in the Class 1A-Region 3 meet April 18.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 17, 2013
SIDELINES

Imagine School wins soccer championship; River Dawgs win local tournament; ODA comes up big

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  • Sports
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