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    By
  • Andrew Atkins
  • May 25, 2019
Going extra miles for vets

Sometimes, running a 5k isn't enough.

  • East County
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Ubreakifix owner Joel Scott tinkers with a broken computer.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • May 25, 2019
Fix it myself? Not when I have these guys available in Sarasota

Fix it myself? Not when I have these electronics guys available in Sarasota

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    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 24, 2019
Lakewood Ranch softball blanked in state championship game

The Mustangs could not solve Winter Springs' pitching and lost 3–0.

  • East County
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Erika Cain will be teaching yoga once a month in front of the lions and tigers at Big Cat Habitat and Gulf Coast Sanctuary in Sarasota.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • May 24, 2019
Wild workout at Big Cat Habitat in Sarasota

Wild yoga workout at Big Cat Habitat in Sarasota

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Lakewood Ranch High softball is title-game bound.Â
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 23, 2019
Lakewood Ranch softball advances to state title game

The Mustangs beat Cooper City High 12-2 in the semifinals.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 23, 2019
East County weather page photo: May 23

Gordon Silver captured this photo of a turtle crossing the road in Del Webb in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
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    A time to celebrate |
  • May 23, 2019
John Vorel’s 90th Birthday

Longboat Key resident John Vorel celebrated his 90th birthday on May 19th!

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The Day 1 crew on the building site. Includes Stock Signature Homes and Lake Club volunteers as well as Habitat volunteers and staff.
    By
  • Kat Wingert
  • May 22, 2019
Getting their hands dirty

Residents of Lakewood Ranch's Lake Club community come together to build for Habitat for Humanity.

  • LWR Life
Tamlyn Leatt pet Benny enthusiastically while her peers watched.
    By
  • Andrew Atkins
  • May 22, 2019
Thunder strikes for mounted patrol

Nolan Middle School students name the Manatee County Sheriff's Office Mounted Patrol Unit logo.

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Doug Wagner talked with Stokely Browne about her dreams and career goal of becoming a neurosurgeon or neuroscientist.
    By
  • Andrew Atkins
  • May 22, 2019
Manatee County students explore horizons through Project TEACH

"How do you spell neurosurgeon?"

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The Lakewood Ranch softball team is headed to the final four for the second year in a row.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 22, 2019
Lakewood Ranch softball heads to second-straight final four

Lakewood Ranch softball heads to its second-straight final four in Vero Beach.

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Former Lakewood Ranch High outfielder Logan Newton is hitting .427 on the season, 16th in the country, for James Madison. Photo courtesy JMU Athletics Communications.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 22, 2019
Local star now softball royalty with Dukes

Lakewood Ranch star Logan Newton now softball royalty with James Madison Dukes.

  • East County
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Calvin Hedgepeth.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 22, 2019
East County Athlete of the Week: Calvin Hedgepeth

The Braden River pitcher talks dog piles and his out pitch.

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Cheri Coryea is the new Manatee County administrator.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • May 21, 2019
Manatee County Commissioners approve Coryea as full-time administrator

Cheri Coryea given full title after three months as Manatee County's acting administrator.

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Dr. Stephanie Peabody conceived the brain health study.
    By
  • Andrew Atkins
  • May 21, 2019
LWR Talks features brain health study

Speaker Stephanie Peabody says community round-table discussions about the Lakewood Ranch Study of Brain Health will begin in September.

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