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  • Observer Staff
  • April 9, 2014
Women's Club members tour ballet

Forty members of the Lakewood Ranch Women's Club took a special backstage tour of the Sarasota Ballet March 31.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Photo by Pam Eubanks. Braden River Elementary School teacher Dehlia Garrity brought this photo of her son, Douglas, to Tallahassee to lobby for the early release of the man whose drunken driving killed her son.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • April 9, 2014
A Plea for Forgiveness

John and Dehlia Garrity seek clemency for Josh Hunter, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence for driving drunk in the car crash that killed their son, Doug.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • April 9, 2014
Retirement community in the plans

SMR wanted Lakewood Ranch to have a unique identity before it began targeting retirees.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 9, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Observer readers weigh in on last week's April Fools' edition.

  • East County
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    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • April 9, 2014
Developer turns over land to Stoneybrook association

Members of the Stoneybrook Homeowners Association prepare to 'create their own destiny,' as they take over land ownership rights after more than a decade.

  • East County
  • News
Peter Runge races to the finish line during last year's Bradenton Runners Club Invitational. He went on to finish 35th at the Class 1A Cross-Country State Finals. (File photo)
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 9, 2014
Marathon Miles

The Out-of-Door Academy senior Peter Runge qualified for the Boston Marathon, with a time of 3 hours, 1 minute, at the Miami Marathon earlier this year.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 9, 2014
High five moments of the week

The top five sports moments of the week.

  • East County
  • Sports
Town Manager Dave Bullock
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 9, 2014
Bullock prepares for tight budget

A 2014-15 fiscal year budget will be crafted this summer with a flat operating budget and no new employee hires to combat another year of slim finances.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 9, 2014
News Briefs

Town attorney starts office hours for commission; Police department offers medication disposal

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 9, 2014
ULI Committee issues circulate at Town Hall

Town Manager Dave Bullock seeks a new facilitator to handle a nine-person Urban Land Institute group that is questioning its size, purpose and its very existence.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • April 9, 2014
Initial dam repairs to cost $14 million

Manatee County has hired Hayward Baker to complete the first of two phases of repairs.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 9, 2014
News Briefs

Legacy gatehouse repairs begin next week; ManaSota Films expands; Goodwill Manasota and AAA South join forces

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 9, 2014
Braden River teacher earns top tech honor

Gil Burlew, head of tech education, credits his fellow teachers and students with his winning the Teacher Excellence Award.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 9, 2014
Committee analyzes pension benefit costs

Longboat Key's Finance Department recently issued bar charts and line graphs to outline the town's pension assets; the benefits paid out; the $27 million in unfunded pension liabilities that need to be paid by taxpayers over time; and the town's pension funding ratio.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 9, 2014
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
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