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East County resident Paddi Juliano submitted this photo of herself holding her son during sunset at Siesta Key.
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 3, 2013
Weather Photo: EVENING EMBRACE

East County resident Paddi Juliano submitted this photo of herself holding her son during sunset at Siesta Key.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Lexi's family and friends wear lime-green shirts with "Lexi's Paw Pals" written in cursive on the back, to recognize a program at Nate's Honor Animal Rescue named in her honor.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • April 2, 2013
Broken Egg Restaurants hosts fundraiser for Lexi Brown

Brown, a 10-year-old fifth-grader at Gene Witt Elementary, was shot dead by her father in January.

  • East County
  • News
Skylar, Taylor and Katie Ramirez were in town visiting their grandparents, Lakewood Ranch residents Diane and Bill Nelson, not pictured.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 31, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Easter Egg Hunt

Hundreds of children and their families gathered March 30, at Lakewood Ranch Main Street for an Easter Egg Hunt event.

  • East County
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    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • March 29, 2013
Weekend Best Bet: Main Street Lakewood Ranch Easter Egg Hunt

The 11:30 a.m. March 30 egg hunt will feature more than 10,000 eggs and four golden eggs.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Griffin Trautweiler, Chase Tench, Steven Varone and Garrett Kelly
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 28, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Spring Fling Dance

Nolan Middle School students celebrated spring with plenty of music, dancing and snacks April 27, during the school's Parent-Teacher Organization Spring Fling Dance.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Artists cross 'cultural' divide

Lakewood Ranch artists will join their counterparts farther west, when the Artists' Guild of Anna Maria Island hosts a juried art exhibit titled "East Meets West," at the Art Center Manatee, 209 Ninth St. W., Bradenton.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Bunny photos available for pickup

If your child had his or her picture taken with the Spring Bunny at Lakewood Ranch Community Activities Corp.'s Eggstravaganza event March 23, it's not too late to get your East County Observer trading card photo.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
BRHS Rifle Team nabs top honors

The Braden River High School JROTC Pirate Rifle Team brought home its first first-place finish in the Area 5 Rifle Match March 2.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
East County family hits talent spotlight

East County dad Marc Rosenthal and his children Dillon, 8, and Tayla, 11, rapped their way to top honors at Temple Emanu-El's "Temple's Got Talent" event Feb. 18.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Willis teachers get 'silly'

Fourth-grade teachers at Willis Elementary School got "all tied up" March 8, as their students sprayed them head to toe with Silly String.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Ranch businesswoman earns grand prize

Shawna Hicks-Cranston, of PostNet Lakewood Ranch, recently became the grand-prize winner of the S.W.A.T (Successful Women Aligning Together) Networking membership drive.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Dwight and Jacqueline Bissonette love living in Esplanade, where they regularly play pickelball, a miniature-tennis-like game.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • March 27, 2013
Your Neighbor: Dwight Bissonette

In their quest to buy a home in Florida, Dwight and Jacqueline Bissonette, snowbirds from Williston, Vt., had one unique requirement: The community had to have a pickelball court.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Art Association of Palm-Aire members Donna Vasko and Nancie Shellenbaum are eager to highlight the work of Palm-Aire’s artists, especially as the  club celebrates its 30th anniversary year.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 27, 2013
Art association celebrates 30 years

What started as a small outdoor art display has become an annual exhibit that attracts hundreds of art lovers to the Palm-Aire Country Club.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
East County resident Robert Francisco submitted this photo of a sunset through the sea oats at Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Weather Photo: PEEKING THROUGH

East County resident Robert Francisco submitted this photo of a sunset through the sea oats at Siesta Key.

  • East County
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Victor Garguan, Sam Bretz, Tommy Scarpiato and Nathan Marshal row in the Boys Varsity 4.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • March 25, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : Sarasota Invitational Regatta

The 2013 edition of the fourth Sarasota Invitational Regatta was held Saturday, March 23 at Nathan Benderson Park. In the inaugural year the regatta had more than 300 boat entries and 600 competitors registered, this year the regatta had more than 600 entries and more than 1,400 competitors. This was the first time the regatta took place at the new Regatta Island that is still under construction. Nathan Benderson Park is slated to become a premier 2,000-meter sprint course and regatta center by 2014.

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