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Model homes under construction in Tidewater Preserve are located within the new Riverside community, which replaces inventory in the Lagoon neighborhood.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 23, 2014
WCI eyes expansion from east

WCI Communities will use its Tidewater Preserve community as a home base as it looks to acquire land throughout the state.

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Mary Lee Richey
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • July 23, 2014
JHCF hires development VP

Mary Lee Richey brings her big-city attitude and passion for fundraising to the newly created position.

  • East County
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Photo by Jen Blanco Cardinal Mooney High senior Jake LaMore will begin his final season with the Cougars next month with the goal of making it back to the regional tournament.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 23, 2014
King of Swing

Cardinal Mooney's Jake LaMore has placed in the top three of every GSJGA event he's entered this summer.

  • East County
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Eden Pointe ApartmentsÂÂ
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • July 23, 2014
New owners 'turn up' expectations for complex

TGM Associates to renovate, rename Turnbury Park apartments.

  • East County
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Courtesy photo
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • July 23, 2014
Eagle nest proves costly

Being a neighbor to a pair of bald eagles isn't cheap.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 23, 2014
Cops Corner: East County

The following information was gathered from incident and arrest reports obtained from the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.

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File photo The Out-of-Door Academy's Desmond Lindsay began playing travel ball when he was about 9 years old. Since then, he’s played with a variety of teams. He uses each experience as a way to test his talent and advance his baseball career.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 23, 2014
Infielder tapped MVP

The Out-of-Door Academy senior Desmond Lindsay was named the MVP of the WWBA 17U National Championship.

  • East County
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Photos by Mike McLaughlin and Pam Eubanks A type of quail, the bobwhite lives in brushy pastures and open woodlands.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 23, 2014
Hidden Gems

The 500-acre Lake Manatee State Park, located at 20007 State Road 64, Bradenton, not only is home to Manatee County's drinking water supply but also a variety of plants and animals, including bobcats, horned owls, eagles, gopher tortoises and the Florida golden aster, a plant currently only found in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Hardee and Manatee counties in Florida.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 23, 2014
News Briefs

Dates set for 2017 World Rowing Championships; Grand Challenge food drive extended through summer; Second case of mosquito-borne illness detected

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CRUISIN’. John, Jason, Derek and Jackie Breiner enjoyed catching up on their East County news while on the beach at Magen's Bay in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. The family enjoyed a Norwegian cruise to the Caribbean.
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 23, 2014
It's Read Everywhere

Headed on a great vacation? Make sure to take your Observer along! Visit YourObserver.com/itsreadeverywhere to submit your entries. One winner will receive two travel certificates, good for travel from SRQ Airport.

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Photo by Pam Eubanks This Country Club East at Lakewood Ranch home, which has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,749 square feet of living area, sold for $635,000.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 23, 2014
Panther Ridge home sells for $710,000

A home in Preserve at Panther Ridge tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Beth Dunlop submitted this sunset photo, taken in Bradenton.
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 23, 2014
Weather: East County

Beth Dunlop submitted this sunset photo, taken in Bradenton.

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SYV sings on the staircase at the Opera Garnier. Courtesy photos.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • July 23, 2014
Where Are They? Sarasota Young Voices take Paris

For nine days, beginning June 22, Sarasota Young Voices Chamber choir, a 14-woman ensemble, went to Paris -- the first time the group, founded in 2007, has traveled overseas.

  • East County
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Photo by Pam Eubanks Although Rob Satori is known locally as the "Sinatra guy," he also impersonates musical icons such as Van Morrison, Jimmy Buffet and Sammy Davis.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 23, 2014
Piano Man

East County resident Rob Satori's passion for music began when he started piano lessons as a child. Now, he composes music. 'I never know where the ideas are going to come from,' he says.

  • East County
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At its meeting from 5:45 to 8 p.m., July 22, the School Board will vote whether to accept Craig Little as Lakewood Ranch High School's new principal.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • July 22, 2014
Manatee County School District to vote on Lakewood Ranch High leaders

At its meeting from 5:45 to 8 p.m., July 22, the Manatee County School District will vote on a new principal and assistant principal for Lakewood Ranch High School - Craig Little and Melinda Lundy.

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