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The Haile Middle VEX Robotic Team: Lincoln Benedicto, Brantley Deines, Michael Kisada and Patrick Downing.
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  • Josh Siegel
  • February 14, 2014
Haile robotics team earns admission to state competition

Haile Middle School's VEX Robotic Team won the 'Tampa Prep Throwdown' this month, qualifying the squad for the Florida VEX Robotics State Championship.

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The site plan calls for 77 single-family homes south of Whitfield Avenue.
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  • Josh Siegel
  • February 14, 2014
Planning commission supports Woodbrook II community

The Manatee County Planning Commission recommended approval of a site plan for a East County subdivision proposed by Pat Neal.

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  • Jen Blanco
  • February 13, 2014
ODA tennis teams top Tampa Catholic

The Out-of-Door Academy boys and girls tennis teams both beat Tampa Catholic Feb. 12.

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Seventeen-year-old Sam Woolf, a senior at Braden River High, made it to the live showings of "American Idol."
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • February 13, 2014
UPDATE: Sam Woolf moves to top 30 on 'American Idol'

Braden River High senior Sam Woolf, 17, will progress to the top 30 on "American Idol."

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 12, 2014
UPDATE: Tornado spotted in Myakka

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for eastern Manatee County.

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Cafe Baci serves classic Italian dishes with specialties in Roman and Tuscan cuisine.
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  • Observer Staff
  • February 12, 2014
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Cafe Baci

Join us in the kitchen at Cafe Baci with owner Roberto Mei and chef Eldis Rodriguez as they prepare tomato risotto with seared diver scallops.

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Trevor Gooby and Steve Blass of the Pittsburgh Pirates say excitement for the team in the Bradenton area — where the team holds its spring training — has never been greater.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • February 12, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: LWR Business Alliance Breakfast of Champions

Steve Blass, a former Major League Baseball player and current broadcaster for the Pittsburgh Pirates, regaled local businessmen and women with life stories at the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance's Breakfast of Champions event Wednesday, Feb. 12.

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  • Josh Siegel
  • February 12, 2014
School board approves Braden River HS land sale

The Manatee County School Board agreed on a contract to sell undeveloped property at Braden River High School.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • February 12, 2014
ODA swings past Braden River

The Out-of-Door Academy boys and girls tennis teams both earned victories over Braden River Feb. 11.

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  • Jen Blanco
  • February 12, 2014
Sarasota ousts Lakewood Ranch in OT

The Sarasota High girls basketball team held on to defeat Lakewood Ranch 50-44 in overtime of the Class 7A-Region 3 semifinals Feb. 11.

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Courtesy photos Rachel Stenger and Artists' Guild President Wendell Graham
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  • Observer Staff
  • February 12, 2014
BRHS student 'artist of the month'

Braden River High School's Art Department has selected student Rachel Stenger as the February 'student of the month' for the Artists' Guild of Anna Maria Island.

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Camden Jenkins
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  • Observer Staff
  • February 12, 2014
Youth earns orchestra honors

Cardinal Mooney High School's Camden Jenkins, a resident of River Club, recently received the highest ranking possible at the Florida Orchestra Association's Solo and Ensemble Festival.

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  • Observer Staff
  • February 12, 2014
Tips benefit SOS

After all the glasses had been filled Jan. 24, 'celebrity' bartenders walked away with $5,308.14 for Sea of Strengths Academy's Parent Teacher Organization.

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  • Observer Staff
  • February 12, 2014
CFBH accepts nominations

The Center for Building Hope, a nonprofit that provides programs and resources to cancer patients and their families, now is accepting nominations for the 2014 Stephen H. Goldman M.D. Keystone Award.

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  • Observer Staff
  • February 12, 2014
Harvest donates to Take Stock

Representatives of Harvest United Methodist Church in Lakewood Ranch recently donated more than $17,000 to Manatee County's Take Stock in Children program.

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