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Five-year-old Kaitlin McKay-Cohen loved the face painting she received at Ovation, A Day for the Arts in Lakewood Ranch. Published Feb. 11.
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Brianne Roberts was one of dozens of students who performed at Braden River High School's talent show. Published April 15.
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ODA seniors Steven Freund, Kevin Frey, Jonathan Grathwohl and Zachary Balit celebrated in style at the school's Commencement. Published June 10.
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Patricia Wilson, Tara Raven, Ngan Gilkison and Jaden Hair are eager to educate the public about organic, sustainable farming.
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Four women are working to build a sustainable, organic community farm and educational facility in Lakewood Ranch.

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Gov. Charlie Crist signed the Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act at the Manatee Chamber of Commerce's Lakewood Ranch branch. The bill is named after an East County man who was killed in 2003 by a red-light runner.

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Rachael Jaworski, 10, loved pet therapy the best while she was in Tampa General Hospital.
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The day after Christmas 2009, Lakewood Ranch 10-year-old Rachael Jaworski collapsed in her bathroom with two brain aneurysms and a ruptured arterio-venous malformation.

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Karen and Malcolm Ronney were fined $2,250 for placing this sign on their home for 47 days in 2006-07.
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When MacAllisters Grill & Tavern owners Malcolm and Karen Ronney moved to Lakewood Ranch from Scotland, they placed a small plaque on the front of their Greenbrook home. In March, they paid more than $2,200 in HOA fines because the sign violated regulations.

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