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Hundreds of families turned out for the event.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 23, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Back to School Splash Bash

Hundreds of families donned their swimsuits Aug. 23 and headed to the Lakewood Ranch YMCA for Lakewood Ranch Community Activities' annual Back to School Splash Bash event.

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Everglades University Sarasota campus President Kristi Mollis and Bob Knapik.
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • August 22, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Grand opening of Everglades University solar energy teaching lab

Everglades University showcased its new outdoor solar energy teaching lab to the public Aug. 21 at the lab's grand opening.

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B.J. Burnside and Carol Banach show off their pink attire.
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • August 22, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Awareness Kickoff

To inform attendees of the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Awareness Walk, slated for October, event Chairwoman Vanessa Baugh and members of the American Cancer Society hosted an awareness kickoff event Aug. 21, at Gold Coast Eagle Distributing. Attendees decked in pink boas, T-shirts, pants and shoes snacked on pink icing-topped cupcakes while listening to Baugh give a presentation on the disease.

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Individuals traveling on State Road 64 near Bayside Community Church, located at 15800 E. State Road 64, will see lane closures through Aug. 29.
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • August 21, 2014
FDOT announces lane closures on State Road 64, at Bayside Church

Drivers on State Road 64, near Bayside Community Church, located at 15800 E. State Road 64, should expect delays east and westbound from 8 a.m. to 5 pm. through Aug. 29.

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Haile Middle Principal Sharon Scarbrough had previously only had her feet soaked in ice.
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • August 21, 2014
Haile Middle administrators accept the challenge

Haile Middle School principal Sharon Scarbrough and Assistant Principals Bob Sloman and Kate Collis participated in the ALS Association's Ice Bucket Challenge Aug. 20.

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  • Jen Blanco
  • August 20, 2014
ODA wins preseason opener

The Out-of-Door Academy defeated Southeast 25-20, 25-8, 28-26 in its preseason opener Aug. 19.

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  • August 20, 2014
Students make splash for school

Lakewood Ranch Community Activities Corp. this weekend will celebrate the start of school with its annual Back to School Splash Bash event Aug. 23, at the Lakewood Ranch YMCA, 5100 Lakewood Ranch Blvd.

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  • August 20, 2014
Klauber, Mancini honored by AJC

The West Coast Florida Region of AJC (American Jewish Committee) will honor Michael Klauber and Phil Mancini, of Michael's On East, in November.

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  • August 20, 2014
Temples share the Torah

Twenty-three years ago, Temple Sinai received a Torah on loan when it organized a new congregation in Sarasota.

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Nigel, Michelle and Ava Clinton, of Lakewood Ranch, reel in a walleye for their relative.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2014
Sidewalk art offers encouragement

Summerfield resident Michelle Clinton, a local art teacher, came up with a special idea to encourage her nephew, Luke Schmillen, who has been battling leukemia at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. He will be there at least 100 days and is away from his wife and two daughters, who live in Iowa.

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  • August 20, 2014
Starfire dancers step into the spotlight

Starfire Tap Dance Co. competitors finished their 2013-2014 season on a high note at the Access Broadway finals, in Orlando.

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  • August 20, 2014
Letters to the Editor

School Board budget increase unreasonable

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Jennifer McCafferty hopes her advertising and horticulture background will help make her farmers market at Lakewood Ranch Main Street a success. Photo by Pam Eubanks
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • August 20, 2014
Farmers market returns to Ranch

The last Lakewood Ranch Main Street farmers market was held in November 2011.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 20, 2014
Meritage plans 475-home community

Meritage officials say they hope to break ground on the Lakewood Ranch project in the first quarter.

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Kevin Beach, operations manager for the county's library system, and Braden River Branch Library Supervisor Cathy Laird say the Braden River Branch Library is the busiest library in Manatee County. Photo by Pam Eubanks
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 20, 2014
Business booms at local library

The Braden River Branch Library needs two full-time employees to keep up with a 30% increase in traffic.

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