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  • May 5, 2015
LWR women give moms hope

LWR women give moms hope

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 5, 2015
Surprise Celebration

Surprise Celebration

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 5, 2015
Go Green

Members of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic, in Lakewood Ranch, celebrated Care for God’s Creation Weekend (Earth Day) April 18

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Breast Health Center’s Yulonda Greene, the Meadows’ Barb Schaal and Trish Schenck, Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation CEO Alex Quarles, the Meadows’ Barbara Murray and the Breast Health Center’s Michele Young Stears celebrate the donation together.
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 5, 2015
Charitable Swing

The Meadows Country Club remembered a longtime committee member and made charitable contributions to Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation

  • East County
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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 5, 2015
Plymouth Harbor enjoys its "Feathers"

Lou Newman held his ninth annual wildlife photography exhibit on May 5.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 5, 2015
Bullock: Firefighter hiring won’t be problem

The town manager doesn’t believe pay/pension issues will ignite hiring concerns.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Dawson Young and Nick Petruccelli listen to a presentation by Robert Rehmer.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • May 5, 2015
Lakewood Ranch Imagine Schools students prepare for Washington D.C. trip

Retired Tomb of the Unknown Soldier sentinel presented to eighth-graders yesterday.

  • East County
  • Schools
Mayor Jack Duncan discusses ways to implement a new Planning and Zoning Board later this month.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 5, 2015
Luckiest P&Z Board members could be niners

The Longboat Key Town Commission seeks strength through fewer board members, plus up to nine years in a board seat.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Code Enforcement Officer John Lally, left, will be replaced by Susan Stahley, right.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • May 5, 2015
Sarasota County Code Enforcement Officer John Lally to retire from Siesta Key

Lally served on Siesta Key for 13 years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Siesta Key Village Association members spoke up about the negative impacts of Siesta Fiesta on local businesses at SKVA's monthly meeting.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • May 5, 2015
Siesta Key Village Association considers canceling Siesta Fiesta

After 37 years on the Siesta Key, the Siesta Fiesta arts and crafts festival could be canceled next year due to negative feedback from local businesses.

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This rendering shows the water park, parking and an amphitheater, which Manatee County requested be part of the proposal.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 5, 2015
Water park negotiations a 'go'

Manatee County Administrator Ed Hunzeker today authorized negotiations with Manatee Lost Lagoon Development for the creation of a water park at Tom Bennett Park.

  • East County
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The property is on the border of Laurel Park, which means the development would also have to go through the Laurel Park Overlay District review process.
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 5, 2015
Development raises questions about attainable housing standards

The city of Sarasota is allowing a developer to move ahead with plans for a residential project near Laurel Park, but more discussion about affordable housing requirements remains. Also, the city makes a decision on a land swap with Ringling College.

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 5, 2015
Flavio's owner to open Beulah downtown

Flavio's owner to open Beulah downtown

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Justin Matthews, of Matthews Wildlife Rescue, rescued a Bald Eagle that was hit by a car May 4. Unfortunately, the bird died shortly after.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • May 5, 2015
East County Bald Eagle dies after it's struck by car

After being hit by a vehicle Monday, May 4, a Bald Eagle died while Justin Matthews, of Matthews Wildlife Rescue, on the way to Bayshore Animal Hospital.

  • East County
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 5, 2015
Englewood man chokes Sarasota medical worker with stethoscope

Sarasota County deputies arrested 52-year-old John Connolly for allegedly attacking a physician’s assistant at Sarasota Family Medical Walk-In Clinic Monday, after a dispute over pain medication.

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