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Audrey Price and Jade Hayden with their 200-cap jellyfish design
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • April 24, 2013
Haile students collect caps for project

A sixth grade Earth Day project saw 260 students at Haile Middle School collect 30,000 plastic caps and assemble them into art projects.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Steve Kempton, president of the West Florida division of Taylor Morrison, discussed the expansion of the Esplanade Golf and Country Club with Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh and her husband, Don.
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  • Josh Siegel
  • April 24, 2013
Esplanade's phase two is officially unveiled

The major additions to Taylor Morrision's Esplanade Golf and Country Club are an 18-hole golf course, 800 homes and a 12,000-square-foot clubhouse.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 24, 2013
Balmoral access discussion continues

Supervisors on Lakewood Ranch CDD 6 are searching for direction on security options.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 24, 2013
Traffic warrants signal at Edgewater entrance

Manatee County is moving forward with plans to install a traffic signal at Edgewater's University Parkway entrance.

  • East County
  • News
Lee-En Chung listens to Rep. Vern Buchanan as he inquires about concerns with rising health-care costs.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • April 24, 2013
Women business owners share ideas with Buchanan

The panel members cited the ability to obtain financing and rising health-care costs as top concerns for their businesses.

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The Braden River Pirates celebrate their district win April 18.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 24, 2013
DISTRICT DOMINANCE: Braden River and Lakewood Ranch High softball teams

The Braden River and Lakewood Ranch High softball teams will compete in the regional quarterfinals April 24 and April 25, respectively, after capturing district titles this past week.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 24, 2013
Cougar athletes ink scholarships

Six Cardinal Mooney High seniors signed national letters of intent to play at the next level during a signing ceremony April 17.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • April 24, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
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Phase two of The Reserve at Crossing Creek will take two years to complete, but the construction of two model homes will begin now.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • April 24, 2013
Phase two of The Reserve at Crossing Creek begins

Centex Homes started construction of two model homes in a Bradenton community that's finally ready for phase two - the completion of 88 new single-family homes.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
News Briefs

School Board approves all-boys charter school; Man killed in I-75 crash

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
Letters to the Editor

School district still seems too top heavy; Changes needed to improve road safety

  • East County
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Andy Cohen, interim legal counsel for the Heritage Harbour South CDD. Photo by Pam Eubanks.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 24, 2013
Stoneybrook, CDD lawsuit continues

No settlement has been reached in a lawsuit concerning stormwater assessments on the Stoneybrook Golf Course.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
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Lakewood Ranch High senior Olivia Ortiz won the 3,200-meter run at the Class 3A-District 9 meet April 17 in Seffner. File photo.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 24, 2013
East County athletes qualify for regional and state meets

The Lakewood Ranch High boys and girls track team crowned eight individual champions at the Class 3A-District 9 meet April 17 in Seffner.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
SIDELINES

Bees bring Senior Night to a halt; Mustangs to hold golf scramble

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