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Two arrested for East County vehicle burglaries
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Two arrested for East County vehicle burglaries; America's Blood Center honors Riverview High School; Sarasota Condominium Owners reincorporates; Adams makes push for more Colony units

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • March 27, 2013
Mustangs improve to 2-0 in Red Bracket

The Lakewood Ranch High baseball team improved to 2-0 in Pool B of the Red Bracket with a 15-8 victory over Dade Christian in the quarterfinal round of the Sarasota Baseball Classic March 26.

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"We don't think they've done them all, but we think they've done more than they did last night," Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Dave Bristow said. "They will be charged accordingly. We're working on all that."
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  • March 27, 2013
Two arrested for East County vehicle burglaries

Fabian Dorene and Willebaldo Arias were arrested early this mornng.

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The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners may push back a tax referendum meant to fund indigent health care in Manatee County to an August vote.
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  • March 27, 2013
Manatee commissioners may postpone tax referendum

Manatee County commissioners Tuesday took action to postpone a tax referendum intended to fund indigent health care.

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Doug Staley, executive director of the Child Protection Center, accepted a $7,500 grant to be used for its Sexual Abuse Treatment program.
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  • March 27, 2013
Ranch Rotary Club gives out $110,000 in grants

Money raised from the club's annual Suncoast Food & Wine Fest benefited 26 charities this year. Grants were awarded March 21.

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  • March 27, 2013
Heritage Harbour settles lawsuit

The CDD will pay $10,000 to the plaintiffs, ending a controversy about stormwater assessments that began in 2011.

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The homeowner of this home on Daysailor Trail in the Lake Club signed a contract with Paradise Homes in 2011. It was set to be finished in December of last year. Photo by Josh Siegel.
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  • March 27, 2013
Homebuyers sue Ranch's developer

Left with unfinished homes and stalled dreams, victims of a collapsed LWR builder have filed a lawsuit against Schroeder-Manatee Ranch.

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Davis Moeckel reads the book he co-wrote, "David's Magical Bicycle Adventure," to first-grade children at Bashaw Elementary.
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  • March 27, 2013
School partnership puts spotlight on reading

Lakewood Ranch High School seniors shared self-written children's books with students at Bashaw Elementary School March 22.

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Dwight and Jacqueline Bissonette love living in Esplanade, where they regularly play pickelball, a miniature-tennis-like game.
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  • 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.

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