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East County | Neighbors

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  • May 6, 2015
Goal-getters

Harvest United Church on Wednesday donated more than $45,000 to Imagine No Malaria.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo Troop 764 co-leader Elly Barr and Girl Scout Megan Workman have fun at the event.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 6, 2015
Scouting out fun

Two hundred Girl Scouts from Lakewood Ranch recently hosted the 2015 International Day Festival in the Lakewood Ranch High School cafeteria.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Anne McCunney submitted this photo of a sandhill crane family, taken in Bradenton.
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 6, 2015
East County photo contest winner: May 7

Anne McCunney submitted this photo of a sandhill crane family, taken in Bradenton.

  • East County
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Longboat Key residents Robert and Bonny Israeloff with Karen and Tom Bernstein went on safari in Tanzania and Kenya and visited Serengeti National Park in Tarangire, Tanzania.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 6, 2015
Attention, globe trotters: Five months left to submit photos for the ‘It’s Read Everywhere’ contest

Attention, globe trotters: You have five months left to submit photos for the ‘It’s Read Everywhere’ contest.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 5, 2015
LWR women give moms hope

LWR women give moms hope

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 5, 2015
Surprise Celebration

Surprise Celebration

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 5, 2015
Go Green

Members of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic, in Lakewood Ranch, celebrated Care for God’s Creation Weekend (Earth Day) April 18

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Breast Health Center’s Yulonda Greene, the Meadows’ Barb Schaal and Trish Schenck, Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation CEO Alex Quarles, the Meadows’ Barbara Murray and the Breast Health Center’s Michele Young Stears celebrate the donation together.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 5, 2015
Charitable Swing

The Meadows Country Club remembered a longtime committee member and made charitable contributions to Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Tia Biribauer and her father, Richard, who was the DJ for the event, were one of the first dancers on the floor.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • May 2, 2015
GreyHawk Landing fathers lead daughters on dance floor

GreyHawk Landing fathers led their daughters on the dance floor May 2 at the community's clubhouse in Lakewood Ranch for the 2nd annual Father-Daughter Dance

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch Women’s Club members Wilma Nourie and Trish Newman show off their pink pride.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • May 2, 2015
Kentucky Derby gets SMART

The Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy offered horse riding demonstrations, dinner and a live auction May 2 at the 2nd annual Mint Juleps and Roses Party

  • East County
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Carol Ritter shows off her Derby day hat.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • May 2, 2015
Center for Building Hope celebrates Derby day

Center for Building Hope celebrates the Kentucky Derby, May 2, at its East County facility in Lakewood Ranch

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Claudiu Retean, 36, focuses on smacking the ball during match No. 1 of the Pros versus Prodigies event.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • May 2, 2015
Take Stock in Children Tennis Festival draws crowds

Manatee County celebrates Take Stock in Children May 2, at the Lakewood Ranch Tennis Center, tennis, tennis festival, Tennis Festival, Lakewood Ranch Tennis Center, Lakewood Ranch

  • East County
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Zoey Kollet, 4, dances with her sister, Cora, who is a year and a half old.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • May 1, 2015
Lakewood Ranch residents mingle on Main Street

People brought chairs to watch live music.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Ken and Kathy Richmond took their Sarasota Observer along to Uluru (Ayers Rock) in Australia.
  • By Nancy Schwartz
  • April 29, 2015
"It's Read Everywhere" contest marks start of incredible journey

Attention, globe trotters: You have five months left to submit your photos for the 2015 ‘It’s Read Everywhere’ contest.

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Post Cmdr. Dave Daily with Alexis Yawn and Ben Martin and Post Trustee Gill Ruderman. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 29, 2015
VFW post recognizes youth

Braden River Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 12055 has been busy doling out awards to East County students.

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