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By the end of the year, FDOT officials plan to start construction on a roundabout to be located in front of Carlos E. Haile Middle School.
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  • April 1, 2015
Roundabout plans circle East County

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Luxury estates will include 10,000-square-foot (and larger) homes with pools, plane accomodations and other features, as depicted here.
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  • April 1, 2015
Clear the air

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Music on Main parking hits sour note

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Cranky wins acting award

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Freshman Anthony Pistella played No. 1 singles for Lakewood Ranch.
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  • April 1, 2015
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After trailing the first day of the tournament, the Lakewood Ranch High girls tennis team came back in doubles to win the district title.

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Participants of the Palm-Aire Country Club dressed for the theme of “Once Upon a Time: Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes.”
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  • April 1, 2015
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The father of the injured baby sandhill crane guards the bird from passersby.
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  • March 31, 2015
Car crashes into baby bird

A driver hit a baby sandhill crane at the intersection of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard and Malachite Drive

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Natalie Merino shades her face from the sun, but not her empty basket; she’s ready to hunt eggs, she said.
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  • March 29, 2015
Children hunt for thousands of eggs

Bayside Community Church hosted its 12th annual egg hunt, Eggolution

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Four-year-old Zoey Kollet is pleased with the candy she collected.
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  • March 29, 2015
Easter egg hunt takes flight

A helicopter dropped thousands of eggs at The Tabernacle Church for candy hunters

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Brady Kerr makes a new friend.
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 29, 2015
Children gather for eggs and the Easter Bunny

At EGGstravaganza March 28, families flocked to gather eggs and to pose with the holiday's mascot

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  • March 29, 2015
Eggstravaganza Easter Bunny Portraits

Looking for your Easter Bunny portrait from the EGGstravaganza event? Download it here!

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  • March 27, 2015
Napiers receive sentencing in animal cruelty case

Thirteen months after their East County animal rescue was raided, Alan and Sheree Napier will both see the inside of a cell

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Waterlefe resident Ken Bumgarner reviews plans with Tom Pride, of URS/AECom.
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  • March 27, 2015
Public scopes out Fort Hamer project

Work to construct the Fort Hamer Bridge and related improvements on Fort Hamer and Upper Manatee River roads has begun.

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  • March 26, 2015
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The Fort Hamer Bridge, officials hope, will ease congestion on Interstate 75.
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 26, 2015
Officials set to explain East County projects

An information session will educate local residents on Fort Hamer and other nearby projects

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