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Be sure to check out Gridiron Glory: Booker High School in this week's Football Preview
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 13, 2013
Friday Night Football Preview

Area teams return to non-district action this week after inclement weather forced the cancellation of four games last week.

  • East County
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The proceeds from the event will benefit Autism Speaks.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • September 13, 2013
WEEKEND BEST BET: HCW Family Field Day

Hornback Chiropractic and Wellness, P.A. (HCW) hosts its third annual Family Field Day benefiting Autism Speaks at Summerfield Park in Lakewood Ranch Saturday.

  • East County
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Sarasota County staff looked to Northwest Crossing in Bend, Ore. as an example of a New Urban development during Sarasota 2050 discussions.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 13, 2013
Sarasota 2050 tweaks come into focus

Sarasota County staff have posted initial recommended changes to the county's long-run planning document.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 13, 2013
Cultural celebration

Bashaw Elementary School kicked off its school-wide theme of "Celebrating Diversity: Customs and Cultures of the Far East" with an assembly Aug. 30.

  • East County
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Booker senior running back Marlon Mack scored a pair of touchdowns in the second quarter of the Tornadoes 55-0 victory over ODA Sept. 12.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 12, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Booker Football vs. ODA

The Booker High football team defeated The Out-of-Door Academy 55-0 tonight in a non-district game.

  • Sarasota
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Writer Marty Fugate has an infinite, sometimes terrifying, and hilarious knowledge of an imagined future, which he occasionally turns into science fiction anthologies.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2013
Sept. 12: Daily Headlines

Today's Stories: School Board to dish out 3% raises; Siesta Key seawall project put on hold; Deputies find two men with loaded weapons; Town attorney announces maternity leave; Out of this World

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Brian Kennelly, president of Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty, a Schroeder-Manatee Ranch subsidiary, spent seven years with the company.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • September 12, 2013
LWR Commercial Realty president leaving company

Brian Kennelly, president of Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty, will be leaving Schroeder-Manatee Ranch (SMR) at the end of September to take a job with The Starling Group.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2013
Cutting edge

The Selby School at Community Haven, 4405 DeSoto Road, will host a ribbon cutting Monday, Sept. 16.

  • East County
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Bob the Bobcat joined in on the school assembly.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2013
Success story

Bailey's Buddies, a nonprofit devoted to fighting canine cancer, announced the distribution of funds to a canine family in need.

  • East County
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Octavio Ortiz was most recently the general manager of The Shops at Willow Bend, in Plano, Texas, also a Taubman project.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • September 11, 2013
Mega mall names general manager

Taubman Centers has named Octavio Ortiz the general manager of The Mall at University Town Center, which is slated to open Oct. 16, 2014.

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  • Jen Blanco
  • September 11, 2013
ODA swings past Southeast

The Out-of-Door Academy boys golf team defeated Southeast 160-234 Sept. 9, at Tara Preserve Golf Course.

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Commissioners also approved a tentative millage rate of 6.2933 mills for property owners in incorporated areas and 6.9102 mills for unincorporated property owners.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • September 11, 2013
Manatee commission approves tentative budget, millage

The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners approved a tentative $530 million budget at a public hearing Tuesday night.

  • East County
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Ian and Melissa Davis, Yen Reed and Chris Davis
    By
  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • September 11, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: LWRBA 9/11 Anniversary Tribute to Veterans

The Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance held a luncheon today honoring local veterans and those lost on 9/11 at the Polo Grill and Bar. Guest speaker Representative Greg Steube shared his story of his time fighting in Iraq as well as his success in the Flo

  • East County
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MTI's campus is lined with flags in remembrance of 9/11.
    By
  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • September 11, 2013
Lakewood Ranch Remembers 9/11

Members of the community, public officials and students of MTI came together this morning to remember those lost in the 9/11 attacks. Guest speaker and former New York firefighter, Garrett Lindgren, shared his first-hand experience of what happened at Ground Zero.

  • East County
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The Out-of-Door Academy junior Desmond Lindsay participated in the 2014 Power Showcase Home Run Derby.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 11, 2013
Baseball: Giving Back

The Out-of-Door Academy junior Desmond Lindsay was one of 20 players from across the country selected to participate in the 2014 Power Showcase Home Run Derby.

  • East County
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