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  • Pam Eubanks
  • December 12, 2012
Holiday fun returns to Main Street

Holidays Around the Ranch will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 14, at Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

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Barbara Blumfield
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  • Nick Friedman
  • December 12, 2012
Season of Sharing: Barbara Blumfield

Barbara Blumfield, a Sarasota Bay Club resident, has donated to Season of Sharing for the past 10 years.

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  • December 12, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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  • Jen Blanco
  • December 12, 2012
Mustangs commit to colleges

Lakewood swimmers Danielle Valley and Will Kazokas and softball players Taylor Newton, Jenn Trotter and McKaleigh Goodale made their college decisions known.

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Marie Babayan won her second Class 3A District 12 title last spring. Courtesy photo
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  • Jen Blanco
  • December 12, 2012
Lady Pirate tennis player signs with Coastal Carolina

Braden River High senior Marie Babayan signed a national letter of intent Nov. 16 to play tennis for Coastal Carolina University.

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  • December 12, 2012
SIDELINES

Pirates boys basketball remains unbeaten; Thunder boys basketball nabs first win during game; Lady Thunder basketball shoots past Lady Falcons

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East County resident Robyn LeBuffe, right, pictured with her business partner, Justin Ortiz, opened Ultimate Tiger Martial Arts two years ago when she was 16 years old.
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  • Jen Blanco
  • December 12, 2012
School of champions: Ultimate Tiger Martial Arts

East County resident Robyn LeBuffe opened a martial-arts school when she was 16 years old.

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  • December 12, 2012
COMMUNITY GOLF SCOREBOARD

Here are this week's community golf scores.

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  • Jen Blanco
  • December 12, 2012
Athlete of the week: Ryan Sollazzo

Lakewood Ranch High junior forward Ryan Sollazzo recorded his first hat trick of the season to help lead the Mustangs to a 4-0 victory over district rival Braden River Nov. 28.

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  • December 12, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Certified Collectibles Group adds coins to portfolio; Lee Wetherington Homes re-launches custom-lot division; Nutter Custom Construction breaks ground in the Lake Club

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This home in Lake Club, which has five bedrooms, four baths, two half-baths, a pool and 6,068 square feet of living area, sold for $1.25 million. Photo by Josh Siegel.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • December 12, 2012
Five-bedroom Lake Club home sells for $1.25 million

A home in Lake Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Brookfield Relocation Inc. sold the home at 16318 Foremast Place to Reuben and Sarah Ben-Arie, of Lakewood Ranch, for $1.25 million.

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Maggie Bechtold submitted this sunrise photo, taken over Lake Uihlein in Lakewood Ranch.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 12, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Maggie Bechtold submitted this sunrise photo, taken over Lake Uihlein in Lakewood Ranch.

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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • December 11, 2012
Dec. 11: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Sarasota names downtown economic steward; Proposed entertainment district discussed; Whitney Beach Plaza renovations begin and more!

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Lily Schlosberg, 5, learned how to make a menorah out of sand.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • December 11, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Hanukkah Celebration

Members of Chabad of Bradenton and the area's Jewish community gathered Dec. 10, on Lakewood Ranch Main Street, for to celebrate Hanukkah with a special menorah-lighting ceremony, kosher food, face painting, raffles and other festivities.

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  • December 10, 2012
Dec. 10: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Town, firefighters find common ground; Manatee County Sheriff deputies turn down union attempt; and Weekend Best Bets!

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