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  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 21, 2015
University Park showcases artists' work

University Park Country Club hosted the 15th annual Art in the Park art show and sale.

  • East County
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Trevor and Traci MacLaine are country music enthusiasts.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 21, 2015
Ranch Jam

East County jams farm-style

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2015
Cops Corner: East County 3.19.2015

Cops Corner: East County 3.19.2015

  • East County
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Josephina Espinosa makes glass sculptures.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 20, 2015
WEEKEND BEST BET: Art at the Ranch Fine Art Festival

Arts festival returns with art demonstrations, vendors and more for its 15th year

  • East County
  • News
Supervisor Alan Silverglat claps as retired Supervisor Tom Bishop accepts a plaque from board Chairman Marty Cohen and Supervisor Tom Leavey.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 19, 2015
Ranch CDD selects supervisor

Glenda Robertson will replace Tom Bishop on CDD 5.

  • East County
  • News
Goodwill employee Marion Motley greets the store's first customers with a smile.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 19, 2015
Goodwill Grand Opening

Community gathers to shop at new Goodwill

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  • News
This home at 15404 Linn Park Terrace has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,310 square feet of living area. It sold for $867,000.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 19, 2015
Albemarle and Sloane Garden homes both sell for $1 million

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Courtesy photo The Concession, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Course designed in partnership with Tony Jacklin, was founded and opened in 2006 on 520 acres at 770 Lindrick Lane, bordering Manatee and Sarasota counties. The course’s name commemorates the gestur
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 18, 2015
Back-to-Back championships

The Concession Golf Club hits two holes-in-one with the NCAA Division 1 golf championships.

  • East County
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 18, 2015
Cops Corner

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GRITS founder Elizabeth Lanier helps Dyana Goss with her shooting form.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 18, 2015
GRITS targets Ancient Oak for new chapter

The women’s-only shooting group aims to make rounds in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
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The overpass, as Schroeder-Manatee Ranch officials suggest, would dead end into Cattlemen Road, somewhere north of the southern boundary of the lake at Nathan Benderson Park.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 18, 2015
Traffic solution

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch unveils its preferred route for an I-75 overpass between University and Fruitville.

  • East County
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Andria Cucci, front, is recovering well from a optional double mastectomy after learning she was at high risk for developing breast cancer. Her friends and relatives, including Kathleen Cucci, Alexa Najmy and Maria Smith, are organizing an April 12 fundra
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 18, 2015
Pink and proactive

Sisters Andria and Lauren Cucci are defying their odds of developing breast cancer thanks to BRACAnalysis testing.

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Manatee County Commissioners approved a request for proposals for vendors seeking to operate a canoe/kayak rental business out of Jiggs Landing.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 18, 2015
County seeks vendors for Jiggs Landing

A vendor would provide canoe/kayak and other rentals, as well as boat tours of the river.

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Dorothy Quint has visited a range of countries, such as Turkey and Thailand.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 18, 2015
Q&A: with Dorothy Quint

Travel enthusiast Dorothy Quint talks religion, community and the power of an open mind

  • East County
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Heather Junqueira is working on a new method of early cancer detection — using a dog’s sense of smell to sniff out cancer.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 18, 2015
Group sniffs out new method for early cancer detection

Heather Junqueira is putting her money where her dogs’ noses are in hopes of creating a new technique to detect cancer.

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