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The Winterfest concert will be held at Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 21, 2013
SMR announces additions to Winterfest lineup

Winterfest organizers have added seven acts to the list of performers.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 21, 2013
The Bridge: Story archive

View our previous stories on the Ringling Bridge throughout the years.

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Second-graders Jackson F., and Blaine B., and fifth-graders Kaki F., and Dabney B., head back to school for their first day. They say hello to classmates after a summer away.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • August 21, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: ODA First Day of School

The Out-Of-Door Academy welcomed back lower-school students Wednesday, Aug. 21, to begin the school year. Students bustled in with new backpacks and pressed uniforms while parents caught up with teachers and each other.

  • Siesta Key
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  • August 21, 2013
The Bridge: Video special

Watch a documentary video featuring the Ringling Bridge, including interviews with community members who share their thoughts about the Sarasota icon.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 21, 2013
Summer fun ends for 'Little Ranchers'

Lakewood Ranch Baptist Church's Little Ranchers Learning Center recently ended its summer camp series for its preschool program.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The Manatee County School District released a schedule to refund internal school accounts.
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  • Josh Siegel
  • August 21, 2013
District releases schedule to pay back schools

The repayment plan released by the Manatee County School District Tuesday promises to return 100% of the funds borrowed from individual school internal accounts by 2015.

  • East County
  • Schools
Katie Ciemniecki
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 21, 2013
Lakewood senior honored at 4-H event

Katie Ciemniecki, a senior at Lakewood Ranch High School, recently attended the Florida 4-H State Congress, at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

  • East County
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 21, 2013
Help keep our eyes on health

The East County Observer is busy preparing for its September special section of Health Matters.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 21, 2013
The Bridge: A Visual Span Through Time

Photos tell the tale of how the John Ringling Causeway Bridge has become a community connector.

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The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office suspects this woman of robbing the 7-11 on the 5700 block of Clark Road.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 21, 2013
Deputies seek female robbery suspect

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has released photos of a woman suspected of robbing a 7-Eleven early Sunday.

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Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch plans to expand the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club Athletic Center by about 6,900 square feet.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 21, 2013
SMR announces improvements

Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch is planning three major facility improvements for the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 21, 2013
Heritage Harbour adopts budget

Heritage Harbour South CDD residents will not see changes in operating-budget assessments for fiscal year 2013-14.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 21, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Bridge comparisons are 'apples to oranges'; Hurricane season is in full force

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PCL Civil Constructors placed a palm tree on the last segment of the bridge as it was hoisted into place, symbolizing the firm had completed the project.
    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • August 21, 2013
The Bridge: Ten years later, controversy is 'water under the bridge'

An engineer and an architect involved in the design and construction of the the John Ringling Causeway Bridge reflect on the troubled water they faced and had to cross.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 21, 2013
The Bridge: The long road home

Read a time line of the Ringling Bridge Project.

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