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Pam Eubanks. This Greenbrook Village home, which has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,177 square feet of living area, sold for $570,000.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • December 31, 2013
Greenbrook Village home sells for $570,000

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., trustee, sold the home at 15122 Sundial Place to Aaron Apostolico, of Bradenton, for $570,000.

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  • December 31, 2013
Occasions: Anniversaries

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Olivia Ione Carlson
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  • December 31, 2013
Occasions: Births

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Savanah Doyle, right
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  • December 31, 2013
Occasions: Sweet 16: Savanah Doyle

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David LaRusso, the general manager of the Linger Lodge restaurant, says all of the cabins are currently booked.
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  • Josh Siegel
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Review: October 2013, Linger Lodge for sale again

The owners of East County staple Linger Lodge & Campground have put the little piece of Old Florida up for sale. They cite a rebounding economy.

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Competitors race toward the finish line in August as USRowing hosted its 2013 Masters National Championships at Nathan Benderson Park.
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  • Josh Siegel
  • December 30, 2013
Year in Review: September 2013, Benderson Park to host rowers

Rowing's governing body chose Nathan Benderson Park to host the 2017 World Rowing Championships, which would be the largest international event in East County's history.

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Jim Purdy has been the director of operations for Manatee County YMCA's four branches, including Lakewood Ranch, for only eight months, but you wouldn’t know it by his lively interactions with customers.
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  • Josh Siegel
  • December 29, 2013
Year in Review: August 2013, YMCA celebrates 10 years

With expansions and ever-growing product offerings, the Lakewood Ranch YMCA has shown an intense focus on customers who have made it a community staple.

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Preliminary certification of taxable values, released July 1 by the Manatee County Property Appraiser's Office, showed values have increased an average of 4% compared to last year.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • December 28, 2013
Year in Review: July 2013, Manatee property values on the rise

East County communities, such as Lakewood Ranch, are exceeding county averages.

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  • December 27, 2013
Year in Review: June 2013, Bridge plan moves closer to approval

Manatee County will hold a meeting on the Fort Hamer Bridge project Aug. 7.

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Heritage Harbour South Community Development District Chairwoman Joyce Sandy signs a settlement agreement with Stoneybrook Investors May 16.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • December 26, 2013
Year in Review: May 2013, Stoneybrook, CDD settle lawsuit

Stoneybrook Investors and the Heritage Harbour South Community Development District ended a longstanding legal battle last week.

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Manatee Schools Superintendent Rick Mills posted a detailed, data-driven and aggressive action plan to fix the broken budget process to the district's website in April.
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  • Josh Siegel
  • December 25, 2013
Year in Review: April 2013, Mills creates plan to fix budget

The plan Manatee Schools Superintendent Rick Mills created establishes clear timelines and deadlines and holds specific administrators accountable to lead each task to completion.

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  • December 24, 2013
Captured moments

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  • December 24, 2013
Puppy love

Like many residents in Lakewood Ranch, residents in the Legends Walk neighborhood of the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club love dogs.

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Courtesy photo. Pre-kindergarten student Asylyn Collins and her teacher, Sonya Matson, have a great time creating T-shirts.
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  • December 24, 2013
T-shirt time

Students in Sonya Matson's and Sharon Pantuso's pre-kindergarten classes at Braden River Elementary became creative, busy little elves Dec. 12, as they decorated T-shirts for the holidays.

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  • December 24, 2013
Present party

Legendary ESPN Commentator Dick Vitale and his wife, Lorraine, and their family hosted their annual Boys & Girls Club Holiday Party Dec. 16, at the Vitale home, in Lakewood Ranch.

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