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  • March 27, 2013
BRHS Rifle Team nabs top honors

The Braden River High School JROTC Pirate Rifle Team brought home its first first-place finish in the Area 5 Rifle Match March 2.

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
East County family hits talent spotlight

East County dad Marc Rosenthal and his children Dillon, 8, and Tayla, 11, rapped their way to top honors at Temple Emanu-El's "Temple's Got Talent" event Feb. 18.

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  • March 27, 2013
Willis teachers get 'silly'

Fourth-grade teachers at Willis Elementary School got "all tied up" March 8, as their students sprayed them head to toe with Silly String.

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  • March 27, 2013
Ranch businesswoman earns grand prize

Shawna Hicks-Cranston, of PostNet Lakewood Ranch, recently became the grand-prize winner of the S.W.A.T (Successful Women Aligning Together) Networking membership drive.

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 27, 2013
Sarasota County summer camp registration starts April 1

Summer camp programs are available for children entering grades 1 through 10. The programs begin June 3, and run through August 16.

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  • Jen Blanco
  • March 27, 2013
Mustangs improve to 2-0 in Red Bracket

The Lakewood Ranch High baseball team improved to 2-0 in Pool B of the Red Bracket with a 15-8 victory over Dade Christian in the quarterfinal round of the Sarasota Baseball Classic March 26.

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"We don't think they've done them all, but we think they've done more than they did last night," Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Dave Bristow said. "They will be charged accordingly. We're working on all that."
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 27, 2013
Two arrested for East County vehicle burglaries

Fabian Dorene and Willebaldo Arias were arrested early this mornng.

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The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners may push back a tax referendum meant to fund indigent health care in Manatee County to an August vote.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 27, 2013
Manatee commissioners may postpone tax referendum

Manatee County commissioners Tuesday took action to postpone a tax referendum intended to fund indigent health care.

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In the past five years, Riverview students, staff, participating alumni and parents have given 7,011 blood donations.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • March 27, 2013
America's Blood Center honors Riverview High School

Riverview High School students will receive the School Blood Drive Award Thursday, April 4 at a recognition ceremony at Riverview High School.

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The group will hold its first meeting beginning at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, at Lido Beach Resort. Candidates in the Sarasota City Commission runoff election will speak to the group.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 27, 2013
Sarasota Condominium Owners reincorporates

The organization will have its first meeting in at least 20 years Wednesday, March 27, at Lido Beach Resort.

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Early this week, the birds built a nest atop a telephone pole 371 feet south of Tangerine Bay, 360 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 27, 2013
Osprey family nests near Tangerine Bay

While the Eagles of Florida Gulf Coast University savor the national limelight as the Cinderella story of the 2013 NCAA tournament, a family of osprey have captured the attention of locals.

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  • Nick Friedman
  • March 27, 2013
Vern Buchanan to discuss tax reform at New College

Friday, March 29, the U.S. Representative will host a tax reform panel.

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Doug Staley, executive director of the Child Protection Center, accepted a $7,500 grant to be used for its Sexual Abuse Treatment program.
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  • Josh Siegel
  • March 27, 2013
Ranch Rotary Club gives out $110,000 in grants

Money raised from the club's annual Suncoast Food & Wine Fest benefited 26 charities this year. Grants were awarded March 21.

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Heritage Harbour settles lawsuit

The CDD will pay $10,000 to the plaintiffs, ending a controversy about stormwater assessments that began in 2011.

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The homeowner of this home on Daysailor Trail in the Lake Club signed a contract with Paradise Homes in 2011. It was set to be finished in December of last year. Photo by Josh Siegel.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • March 27, 2013
Homebuyers sue Ranch's developer

Left with unfinished homes and stalled dreams, victims of a collapsed LWR builder have filed a lawsuit against Schroeder-Manatee Ranch.

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