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Humphrey
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  • Jen Blanco
  • August 27, 2014
Football preview: Out-of-Door Academy

Todd Humphrey has been playing offensive and defensive line for The Out-of-Door Academy since he was in the seventh grade.

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Members of Gardeners Out East executive board — Brenda Morris, Trevor Cramer, Carol Edwards, Mary Auger, Eileen Amesbury and Carolyn Lowry-Nation. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
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  • August 27, 2014
New garden club group sprouts in East County

More green thumbs are joining the garden club scene in Lakewood Ranch.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 27, 2014
District leads bond refinancing efforts

Lakewood Ranch CDD 6 refinanced bonds Monday, a move that will produce $1.2 million in savings over the life of the bond.

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  • August 27, 2014
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Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch constructed the Summerfield Information Center in 1995. It currently houses the Lakewood Ranch Community Activities Corp. office, in addition to information center employees. Photo by Pam Eubanks
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  • August 27, 2014
Supervisors to explore info center purchase

Residents eye Summerfield information center as location for a community center to host events and club meetings.

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Garrow
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  • August 27, 2014
Doing Business: Malibu Fox Express

The time she took off during her first pregnancy with her son, Dalton, in 2011, changed Danielle Garrow's life.

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Doreen Steinhauser submitted this sunset photo, taken in Bradenton.
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  • August 27, 2014
Weather: East County

Doreen Steinhauser submitted this sunset photo, taken in Bradenton.

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    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • August 27, 2014
School boards collaborate on tech best practices

Local school boards collaborated to discover best practices in technology and teaching Common Core during a special meeting Aug. 13.

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  • August 27, 2014
News Briefs

LWR seeks volunteers for taskforce; Everglades opens solar energy lab; Animal Services welcomes new leader; Superintendent Mills announces surplus plans

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  • August 27, 2014
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This home at 6634 Windjammer Place has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,855 square feet of living area. It sold for $750,000. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
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  • Adam Hughes
  • August 27, 2014
Edgewater Village home tops sales at $750,000

A home in Edgewater Village tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

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School Board District 5 candidate Julie Aranibar will face Mary Cantrell in the Nov. 4 election.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 26, 2014
Aranibar, Cantrell head to runoff

The East County residents were separated by only 1.9%.

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Dan Lobeck, Vern Johnson, Colin Snowball and Cindy Readnower at Lourdes Ramirez's watch party.
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  • August 26, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Primary Election Night

Observer staff captured local candidates at various watch parties around town.

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  • August 26, 2014
2014 Primary Election results

The Observer reports on the 2014 Primary Election results for state and local races.

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Collectively, 46,807 students attend area schools — a 2% increase from the 2013-2014 school year.
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • August 26, 2014
Five-day count of Manatee County students up 2% from 2013-2014 school year

The Manatee County School District gauged an increase of 1,007 students for the 2014-2015 school year after a five-day count.

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