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  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 30, 2010
Mill Creek home burglarized

A home in the 200 block of Mill Run East was burglarized yesterday.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 30, 2010
Mustangs finish second in state

The Lakewood Ranch High boys tennis team finished second at the Class 3A state finals April 29.

  • East County
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 30, 2010
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: Bashaw Elementary

The East County Observer caught up with children in Steve Spisak's fourth-grade class to find out what materials they most like to use in art class.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 29, 2010
Commission continues Villages hearing

Sarasota County commissioners postponed a vote on the Villages of Lakewood Ranch South until May 12.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 29, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: Smile Smart Dental Center

Smile Smart Dental Center opened in Twelve Oaks Plaza in January.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 29, 2010
MTI students brighten smiles

This year's event served about 35 children.

  • East County
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 29, 2010
Freedom students take walk on 'wild side'

An annual walkathon recently raised more than $10,000.

  • East County
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  • Jen Blanco
  • April 29, 2010
MAN ON THE STREET: Red-Light Cameras

The East County Observer caught up with some residents of Tara Golf & Country Club to get their thoughts on red-light cameras.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 28, 2010
'Chef' Hayes sweetens blueberry fest

Manatee County District 4 Commissioner Donna Hayes put her cooking skills to good use Wednesday.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 28, 2010
Observer names look-alike winners

The East County's Tracey Punzone-Roman and her daughter, Emily, garnered more than one-fifth of all votes during The Observer Group's Mother-Daughter Look-alike Contest on YourObserver.com.

  • East County
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 28, 2010
Memo could derail Ranch's Villages

SMR's Villages of Lakewood Ranch South project is set to go before Sarasota County commissioners April 29. But a last-minute legal issue may wreck the project completely.

  • East County
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    By
  • Michael Eng
  • April 28, 2010
'OUR LITTLE MIRACLE'

The day after Christmas, Lakewood Ranch 10-year-old Rachael Jaworski collapsed in her bathroom with two brain aneurysms and a ruptured arterio-venous malformation. To date, her doctors have not been able to find a solution.

  • East County
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 28, 2010
Incorporation committee receives feasibility analysis

Lakewood Ranch's Civic Action Forum's Incorporation Study Committee received the final draft of Fishkind & Associates analysis April 20.

  • East County
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 28, 2010
Battles inspire Ranch Relay

The Lakewood Ranch Relay for Life will be from 7 p.m., April 30, to 1 p.m., May 1.

  • East County
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 28, 2010
East County couple swings for the fences

C & H Baseball owners Rob and Danielle Huff last week broke ground on their new 17,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, of which 10,000 square feet will be dedicated to a baseball training complex for youth.

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