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Lakewood Ranch Town Hall Executive Director Eva Rey is ready to get back to work after receiving a contract extension and bonus. Photo by Kurt Schultheis
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 18, 2014
Rey earns bonus, extended contract

Lakewood Ranch Town Hall Executive Director Eva Rey received unanimous support, a three-year contract extension and a $5,000 bonus June 12.

  • East County
  • News
This FDOT rendering shows the eight-lane divided future Interstate 75, which will feature 10-foot-wide shoulders and 12-foot-wide lanes.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 18, 2014
Public meeting on I-75 planned

The Florida Department of Transportation seeks public input as it moves forward with plans to widen Interstate 75 and reconfigure the interstate's intersection with University Parkway.

  • East County
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    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • June 18, 2014
Rosedale promotes summer music series

It's no secret - Chuck Nehls loves opera music.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 18, 2014
All Faiths, Big Cat roar for support

The Big Cat Habitat and Gulf Coast Sanctuary and Bonfire Jam Band have partnered for a fundraiser benefiting All Faiths Food Bank's Campaign Against Summer Hunger, an effort to feed more than 2,000 children in Sarasota this summer.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 18, 2014
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
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Jonathon "J.E." Allen and Bailey Brawner are interning at Harvest United Methodist Church until August. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • June 18, 2014
Interns spend summer at East County church

Rather than spending their summer break in their hometowns with their friends, two 21-year-old college students chose to spend it studying in Florida.

  • East County
  • News
Braden River High graduate Payton Diss spent three years cheering for the Pirates. Now she'll take her talents to Western Kentucky University. Photo by Jen Blanco
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 18, 2014
Competitive Edge

Braden River High alumna Payton Diss will cheer for Western Kentucky University this fall.

  • East County
  • Sports
Courtesy photo Bradenton native and former Southeast High quarterback Adrian McPherson founded The McPherson Athletic Compound to help area athletes achieve their goals.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 18, 2014
Training Day

Former Southeast High quarterback Adrian McPherson will host a seven-week summer training program.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 18, 2014
Sidelines

Manatee Cal Ripken 9U All-Stars; ODA wins sportsmanship award

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 18, 2014
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
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This home at 662 Mourning Dove Drive has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,452 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.25 million. Photo by Kelsey Grau
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 18, 2014
Bird Key home sells for $1.25 million

A home on Bird Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Ivonne Padilla and her daughters, Karina and Brithney, explored Selby Gardens for the first time Saturday, after receiving a free yearlong membership. Padilla looks forward to introducing her daughters to the beauty of nature.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • June 18, 2014
The Good News: Ivonne Padilla

Through a partnership with Girls Inc., Selby Gardens has awarded 20 families yearlong memberships to help instill a lifelong love of the outdoors in children.

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  • Neighbors
"I've always said, 'Someday, I'd like to create something that beautiful,'" Parker Converse says of the first time he encountered a sculptural rocking chair.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • June 18, 2014
Parker Converse: Playing First Chair

Some people are content with a $135 birch rocking chair from IKEA, while others prefer a $35,000 sculpted amboyna burl rocking chair. Woodworker Parker Converse pleases the latter.

  • Arts + Culture
"As ringmistress, looking at everyone is more exhilarating than being on a flying trapeze or high wire. Everyone's attention is on you," Bailey Sloan says.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • June 18, 2014
Bailey Sloan Steps Right Up

This year, 16-year-old Sailor Circus performer Bailey Sloan will be ringmistress of the Summer Circus Spectacular.

  • Arts + Culture
636 Beach Road, Siesta Key
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • June 18, 2014
Staycation Living on Siesta Key

Within walking distance of both the Siesta Key Public Beach and Siesta Key Village, the beachfront home located at 636 Beach Road on almost two acres of land overlooking the Gulf of Mexico is a great place to live to feel as though you're on vacation.

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