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Tara Elementary School’s A, B and C dance team, a group of 54 dancers ages K-5, performed “School’s Out.”
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • May 15, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Tara Elementary/Braden River Middle School Dance Recital

Tara Elementary School's Dance Team and Braden River Middle School's Panther Dancers performed a recital at Braden River High School May 14. The free event also featured appearances by Braden River High School dance teams.

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Angelo Ragone of NBI Sun Control, attorney Ann Johnson and Anthony Swart of SunTrust bank
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  • Josh Siegel
  • May 15, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance May Executive Briefing

Kristi Bracewell spoke about how to implement a wellness program into a company and the importance of a healthy workforce when she lectured at the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance May Executive Briefing, May 15.

  • East County
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Foodie feasts in Southside Village
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • May 15, 2013
May 15: Daily Headlines Video

Top Stories: Atwell, Chapman win runoff election; Mar Vista approval attracts opposition; Desoto Speedway welcomes new owners, name; Foodie feasts in Southside Village

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Kevin Williams, one of the new owners of Desoto Speedway, now Full Throttle Speedway, stands on the freshly renovated track, which has 18-degree banked turns primed for fast driving. The new racing season started May 4.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • May 15, 2013
Desoto Speedway welcomes new owners, name

New owners hope to revive the South's 'fastest short track.'

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2013
Ranch rallies against cancer

East County residents will rally to fight cancer Saturday, May 18, as the American Cancer Society hosts its annual Lakewood Ranch Relay for Life event at the Lakewood Ranch YMCA.

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Michelle, Cyndee and Melanie Vanderford. Courtesy photo.
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2013
Barista pours on fun for daughters

State Road 70 Starbucks barista and East County resident Cyndee Vanderford showed her daughters the world of lattes and mochas for Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day April 25.

  • East County
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Meghan McConnaghey, Hope Clark, Alexa Bland and Bella Dombroski. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2013
Troop plants Freedom's courtyard

Girls in Girl Scouts Junior Troop 181, at Freedom Elementary School, recently earned their Bronze Award by researching and planting the back of the school's courtyard.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2013
Main Street restaurant serves up patriotism

One local eatery is hoping to bring platefuls of community support to military troops overseas.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2013
Exchange programs seeks host families

Education First, a non-profit student-exchange company, will be bringing 50 teenage students from France and Spain to the East County and surrounding area this summer and needs host families for the program.

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    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • May 15, 2013
Sarasota County to amend 2050 plan

Sarasota commissioners voted May 8 to re-open Sarasota's 2050 growth plan, which developers have called 'too stringent.'

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The North Cattlemen Road extension is 2.8-miles long.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 15, 2013
Sarasota County readies roadway

Sarasota County officially will open the Cattlemen Road extension May 24.

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Despite keeping a rigorous schedule balancing a full-time job managing a car dealership, pasturing Grace Community Church, working on a doctoral degree and raising seven children, the Rev. Chip Bennett says he’s exactly where he needs to be.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 15, 2013
Grace Community opens in the Ranch

Grace Community Church has moved from its former Sarasota location to Lakewood Ranch.

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School Board Chairwoman Karen Carpenter addresses the audience before panelists speak.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 15, 2013
Local leaders address area education needs

Local leaders shared their visions for education in the area and state during a Lakewood Ranch Kiwanis luncheon.

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Andy Hooker lives for adrenaline. After 16 months as a door gunner and crew chief aboard a combat helicopter in the Vietnam War, Hooker spent his career producing rock concerts.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • May 15, 2013
Tribute to Heroes: Andy Hooker

Lakewood Ranch veteran Andy Hooker wears his Vietnam War colors proudly.

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Braden River High School graduates Tessa Ummel, center, and Brittney Lesperance, right, practice a line dance during a staff meeting at the Texas Roadhouse.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 15, 2013
New eatery lines up fun

Employees of Texas Roadhouse are honing their dancing skills each week, as they prepare for the opening of the new East County eatery, which is slated to open May 27, Memorial Day, at 5710 Ranch Lake Blvd., Bradenton.

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