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April 11: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

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Nathan Benderson, founder of Benderson Development, an East County-based developer, died April 7. He was 94. File photos.
  • By Pam Eubanks and Mark Gordon
  • April 11, 2012
Nathan Benderson: 'One of a Kind'

Nathan Benderson, who grew up in the Great Depression, turned a hardscrabble childhood into a lifetime of business success and unbridled philanthropy. He died April 7.

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Faith Christian church was one of the first churches to open in the East County.
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  • Michael Eng
  • April 11, 2012
Foreclosure forces Faith Christian to close

The Lakewood Ranch church closed just days before Easter.

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Cancer Support Community Florida Suncoast CEO Carl Ritter spoke on behalf of his organization.
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  • Michael Eng
  • April 11, 2012
Rotary giving tops $1 million

The Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch presented 33 grants totaling more than $100,000 during a special luncheon April 5, at The Polo Grill and Bar. That number brings the club's total charitable giving to more than $1 million in its 11-year history.

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The Coffee Loft General Manager Daniel Campana said the new shop offers fair-trade coffee and locally prepared pastries.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 11, 2012
Woodland church opens coffee shop for college students

Woodland, The Community Church hopes its new coffee shop on U.S. 41 in Sarasota will be a resource for college-age students and others.

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  • April 11, 2012
News Briefs

Physician group helps prevent blindness locally; Manatee utilities customers can go paperless; Buchanan awarded for 'spirit of enterprise'

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Town Hall officials last month received a preliminary site plan for the facility. Now, the IDA can move forward to buy the property. Courtesy rendering.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 11, 2012
Ranch to build new facility

The new maintenance facility, which will be located on 59th Avenue East, should translate to cost savings for residents.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 11, 2012
Consultant: Ranch watering requires significant changes

The recommendations include a potential for about $1.7 million in a first phase of improvements, which would loop pipes to improve pressure.

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  • Michael Eng
  • April 11, 2012
East County to host two Relay for Life fundraisers

Hundreds of residents will pull all-nighters to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • April 11, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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With the help of the Lakewood Ranch resident Cindy Williams, Jules Touch Hair Salon co-owner Sophorn Touch, stylist Annette Violante and co-owner Julie Kramer will host a cut-a-thon April 15 to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
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  • Jen Blanco
  • April 11, 2012
Stylists unite for common cause

Jules Touch Hair Salon in San Marco Plaza will hold a cut-a-thon and raffle from noon to 4 p.m. April 15, to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

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Tyler Marshall, center, became the first Pirate to sign a scholarship to play soccer in college.
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  • Jen Blanco
  • April 11, 2012
Senior inks Braden River's first soccer scholarship

Braden River's Tyler Marshall signed a national letter-of-intent to play soccer for West Virginia Wesleyan College April 3.

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  • April 11, 2012
Observer Team Spotlight

Meet this week's Observer Team Spotlight's from Miss Manatee Softball and Lakewood Ranch Little League.

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Nate Benderson last month with Deb Millman, former executive director of the Honor Animal Rescue Ranch in East Manatee.
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 11, 2012
Our View: An American classic

If you wanted to create the national poster symbolizing what America used to be and is supposed to be, the late Nate Benderson should be its model.

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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • April 11, 2012
Castaway

Read this week's Castaway cartoon.

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