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  • June 6, 2013
DeLisi family holds 26th reunion at Casa del Mar

The nine granddaughters of Vince and Marie DeLisi have gone in different directions.

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  • June 6, 2013
Cycling group honors fallen

Cyclists in the Village Idiots Cycling Club set their wheels spinning May 15 along the streets of Lakewood Ranch, as they remembered cyclists who have been injured or killed while riding.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 6, 2013
Local youth makes thoughtful donation

Grayson Almeter is making a "cluck" for the homeless.

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  • June 6, 2013
Women's Club visits Asolo Rep

Members and guests of the Lakewood Ranch Women's Club got a first-hand look at the life of a play May 15, when they spent the day at the Asolo Repertory Theatre.

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  • June 6, 2013
Haile students give history lesson

Two seventh-graders at Haile Middle School will represent Manatee County this weekend.

  • East County
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Winds from Tropical Storm Andrea shake palm trees in city of Sarasota’s Bayfront Park.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 6, 2013
Sarasota County under tropical storm warning

Forecasters expect Tropical Storm Andrea to make landfall near Florida's Big Bend this afternoon.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 6, 2013
Top Truitt

The Board of Directors of Leadership Florida, the president of the Florida Chamber of Commerce and four Florida Leadership graduates nominated Sarasota's Pam Truitt, of Truitt Consulting, for a position on the board of directors.

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  • June 6, 2013
First catch

Landon Forde, 8, of Sarasota, caught his first tarpon Saturday, June 1, during the 83rd annual Sarasota Sportfishing Anglers Club Tarpon Tournament.

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Peter van Roekens picks up trash in the Village.
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 6, 2013
It takes a Village

The Siesta Key Association and the Siesta Key Village Association invited residents to clean up the Key Saturday, June 1, for the Adopt-a-Road Pickup.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Tropical Storm Andrea's maximum sustained winds have increased to near 60 mph as it heads for land north of the Tampa Bay area.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 6, 2013
Longboat Key braces for tropical storm conditions

Longboat Key officials urge town residents to stay home and off the streets today if they can during the storm.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 6, 2013
Tornado reported in Myakka

Minor property damage and downed power lines are being reported.

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 6, 2013
Sarasota Police investigate Rosemary stabbing

The Sarasota Police Department arrested a homeless woman who stabbed another woman during a fight in the Rosemary District Wednesday, June 5.

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Sammy Miller, 7, found a seat during a game of musical chairs.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 6, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: BRE end-of-year game day

Braden River Elementary School students celebrated the end of the year with special activities June 6. Children enjoyed activities such as kick-the-can and potato sack races.

  • East County
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Tiffany Briggs, of Manatee Sarasota Eye Clinic, with Beverly Jordan, of Amerovent, and Jennifer Posey-Toller, of Ad-VANCE
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 6, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance Networking Social

Members of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance ushered welcomed the summer season June 5, during a "Summer Beach Blast" themed networking social.

  • East County
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  • Roger Drouin
  • June 6, 2013
City considers mixed use for garage

Three possible concepts each add more than 30,000 square feet of space for additional uses, ranging from 45 condo units to a luxury rehab spa on top of the State Street parking garage.

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