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  • May 22, 2013
Our View: Tax plan needs more vetting

On June 18, Manatee County voters will vote on two questions that are loaded with big tax consequences.

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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • May 8, 2013
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  • April 24, 2013
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School district still seems too top heavy; Changes needed to improve road safety

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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • April 17, 2013
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JLynn Ingemansson caught up on East County news when her family was visiting. She lived in the East County from 2001 to 2005 and now visits the area each summer and Christmas season.
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  • April 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Editor's note: Responses to our April Fools' edition this year drew plenty of laughs, as well as some criticisms. Here are some of the comments we received.

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  • April 3, 2013
Observed: FGCU students finally have an identity

It was another Saturday on an empty Florida Gulf Coast University - this one in February 2011, when Dennis Jones, an older man with full head of white hair, slowly walked back down the steps to find his usual front-and-center seat at Alico Arena.

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  • March 20, 2013
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  • March 13, 2013
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  • March 13, 2013
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44th Avenue extension waste of taxpayers' dollars

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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • February 28, 2013
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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • February 20, 2013
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  • February 13, 2013
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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • February 6, 2013
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