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  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • April 24, 2013
New College Police collect prescription drugs

Law enforcement will be collecting unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs as part of National Prescription Take-Back Day.

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 24, 2013
Sarasota County Commission continues Walmart talks

Commissioners will listen to public comments regarding a proposal for a Walmart Neighborhood Market at the Corner of Beneva Road and Bee Ridge Road this afternoon.

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  • April 24, 2013
Patron Saints: Anne Folsom Smith

Each week, The Observer releases an episode in its video series, Patron Saints. This series spotlights performing-arts venues around town and the patrons who donate to them.

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  • Jen Blanco
  • April 24, 2013
Area teams pound way to district wins

The Braden River and Lakewood Ranch both earned district quarterfinal wins April 23 while Riverview, ODA, Cardinal Mooney and Sarasota Christian all won their district semifinal games

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Ancient Oak Gun Club’s Ed Fallon demonstrates how to shoot on one of two courses. The courses contain shooting stations separated by 80 yards.
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  • Josh Siegel
  • April 24, 2013
SPORTING CHANCE: Ed Fallon

Ancient Oak Gun Club, the 24-station sporting clay course, hosts the Roger Hill Memorial Shoot April 28, after a tumultuous approval process. The club will open to the public during the first few weeks of May.

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  • Josh Siegel
  • April 24, 2013
Mills creates plan to fix budget

The plan Manatee Schools Superintendent Rick Mills created establishes clear timelines and deadlines and holds specific administrators accountable to lead each task to completion.

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Audrey Price and Jade Hayden with their 200-cap jellyfish design
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  • Josh Siegel
  • April 24, 2013
Haile students collect caps for project

A sixth grade Earth Day project saw 260 students at Haile Middle School collect 30,000 plastic caps and assemble them into art projects.

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Steve Kempton, president of the West Florida division of Taylor Morrison, discussed the expansion of the Esplanade Golf and Country Club with Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh and her husband, Don.
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  • Josh Siegel
  • April 24, 2013
Esplanade's phase two is officially unveiled

The major additions to Taylor Morrision's Esplanade Golf and Country Club are an 18-hole golf course, 800 homes and a 12,000-square-foot clubhouse.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 24, 2013
Balmoral access discussion continues

Supervisors on Lakewood Ranch CDD 6 are searching for direction on security options.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 24, 2013
Traffic warrants signal at Edgewater entrance

Manatee County is moving forward with plans to install a traffic signal at Edgewater's University Parkway entrance.

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Lee-En Chung listens to Rep. Vern Buchanan as he inquires about concerns with rising health-care costs.
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  • Josh Siegel
  • April 24, 2013
Women business owners share ideas with Buchanan

The panel members cited the ability to obtain financing and rising health-care costs as top concerns for their businesses.

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The Braden River Pirates celebrate their district win April 18.
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  • Jen Blanco
  • April 24, 2013
DISTRICT DOMINANCE: Braden River and Lakewood Ranch High softball teams

The Braden River and Lakewood Ranch High softball teams will compete in the regional quarterfinals April 24 and April 25, respectively, after capturing district titles this past week.

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  • April 24, 2013
Cougar athletes ink scholarships

Six Cardinal Mooney High seniors signed national letters of intent to play at the next level during a signing ceremony April 17.

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Before the groins were built, there was virtually no sand behind the Islander Club, and Gulf water lapped up to the condominium's seawall near the pool area.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 24, 2013
Residents debate groin control

Town staff and Islander Club residents are pleased so far with the progress of the two groins built in May. Neighbors to the south, though, feel they are being robbed of sand.

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An early Easter typically causes concern among local business owners who worry tourists and snowbirds will hop out of town alongside the Easter Bunny.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 24, 2013
Season extends past Easter on St. Armands

Snowbirds and tourists didn't flock North after Easter in March, which is good news for businesses on St. Armands Circle.

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