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  • May 10, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Payton Wright Golf Tournament

The Payton Wright Foundation held its 5th Annual Golf Tournament to fight pediatric brain cancer May 10 at the Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club. The event, coinciding with Brain Cancer Awareness Month, featured golf, dinner, a silent auction and live music.

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Sabina Long with her sons, Uriah, 2, and Jerrod, 4
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  • May 10, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Kiddie Academy Muffins with Moms

Children at Kiddie Academy celebrated their mothers this morning during a Muffins with Moms event.

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Christina and Nadia Grubbs, 4, feasted on muffins.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 10, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Primrose Muffins with Moms

Primrose School at Lakewood Ranch hosted a Muffins with Moms event today for its mothers.

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  • May 10, 2013
Cattlemen Road opening announced

Local officials will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 24.

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  • Jen Blanco
  • May 9, 2013
Coastline volleyball team earns national bid

The Coastline 14 Rox Black volleyball team recently earned a national bid to the USA Volleyball Girls Junior Nationals.

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  • May 9, 2013
LAX players named All-Americans

Cardinal Mooney High lacrosse senior goalkeeper Victoria Krupa was named to the 2013 US Lacrosse Girls High School All-American first team May 8.

  • East County
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  • May 9, 2013
Sarasota county to amend 2050 plan

Sarasota Commissioners voted 4 to 1 yesterday to reopen Sarasota 2050, the beginning of a process to revise its regulations, which developers call too stringent.

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Save our Seabirds' founder Lee Fox accuses its board of "hijacking" the organization.
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  • May 9, 2013
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Top Stories: Save our Seabirds' Lee Fox: 'The board fired me.'; Chalk festival outlines possible move; Daughter keeps memories close to her heart

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After seeing a circus performance many years ago, he was inspired by the magic to get involved in a bigger way. But, it’s the programs that keep him donating every year.
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  • May 8, 2013
May 8: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Third suspect in violent Sarasota home invasion captured; Mills freezes all school spending; Properties have stake in new Mote turtle policy; Patron Saints: Mitchell McKnight

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  • May 8, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance Marketing Workshop

The Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance collaborated with the Central West Coast chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association and the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce to bring a public relations and marketing workshop to the Fete Ballroom at Polo Grill. The May 8 half-day workshop featured a keynote speech by Linda Larsen, an author, former actress and international speaker.

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  • May 8, 2013
East County photographer on display

University Park resident Polly Curran is highlighting the beauty of nature one photo at a time.

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  • May 8, 2013
McNeal playwrights recognized

Six students from McNeal Elementary School recently earned special recognition during the 2013 Young Playwright Festival sponsored by Florida Studio Theater.

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  • May 8, 2013
Autism school celebrates moms

Beyond the Spectrum, a day school and therapy center for children with autism and other disabilities, celebrated the school's mothers May 3, with a special Mother's Day Breakfast at the Tara Golf & Country Club.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 8, 2013
Imagine students hold food drive

Children in the K-Kids and Builders Club programs at Imagine School in Lakewood Ranch recently rallied with a spring food drive for the local Salvation Army. In total, students collected 127 items for the cause.

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  • May 8, 2013
Kiwanis hosts educational lunch

The Lakewood Ranch Kiwanis Club is hosting an educational leadership luncheon Saturday May 11 that features local government representatives and leaders in education.

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