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  • Jen Blanco
  • July 25, 2012
Comment: Suncoast Storm shines

Every once in a while I come across a team that embodies the true spirit of a champion.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 25, 2012
LRLL ends Section IV Tournament with win

The Lakewood Ranch Little League 11-12 All-Stars defeated South Brandon 12-0 in the final game of the Section IV 11-12-year-old Little League Tournament Sunday, July 22, in Land O'Lakes.

  • East County
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 25, 2012
Mosquito boom bugs Villagers

Mosquito-related calls are up following Tropical Storm Debby, but Debby isn't the only one to blame for the boom in bloodsuckers.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Longboat Key Club’s Harbourside golf course, pictured Monday, June 25, the third day of Debby's deluge. File photo.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 25, 2012
Key golf courses benefit from low-salt, organic diet

Longboat Key Club Director of Agronomy John Reilly attributes Tropical Storm Debby's minimal impact on the club's golf courses to a new approach to fertilization.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 25, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Harry Cunningham III took this photo from the balcony at Gulf Tides, 3008 GMD.
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 25, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Harry Cunningham III took this photo from the balcony at Gulf Tides, 3008 GMD.

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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 25, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Kinsey Goelz

Thirteen-year-old shortstop Kinsey Goelz hit a grand slam, her first over-the-fence home run, to help lead the Suncoast Storm 14U travel softball team to a third-place finish at the ISA World Series in Crossville, Tenn.

  • East County
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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 25, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
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Thirteen-year-olds Taylor and Jordan Augustyniak will compete in the 3,000-meter run at the AAU National Junior Olympics Aug. 4, in Humble, Texas.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 25, 2012
Ranch twins have sights set on Olympic gold

Thirteen-year-olds Taylor and Jordan Augustyniak will compete in the 3,000-meter run at the AAU National Junior Olympics Aug. 4, in Humble, Texas.

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  • July 25, 2012
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Grapevine founder recognized; TechHouse celebrates expansion

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This Lake Club home, which has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,050 square feet of living area, sold for $1,375,000. Photo by Jen Blanco.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 25, 2012
Three-bedroom home in Lake Club tops sales

A home in Lake Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Steven Avery and Leslie Talbot sold their home at 16315 Clearlake Ave. to Jeffrey and Lisa Fiorini, of Cary, N.C., for $1,375,000.

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This home at 113 Morningside Drive has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,944 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.7 million. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 25, 2012
Three-bedroom Lido Key home sells for $1.7 million

A home on Lido Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

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  • Real Estate
Universal Window Solutions owners Bob Smith, right, and Rocky Smith expect a new headquarters with a larger showroom to pay for itself through more revenue. Photo by Mark Wemple.
  • By Sean Roth
  • July 25, 2012
Universal Window plans for a growth spurt

The owners of a Longboat Key window showroom hope a new headquarters and larger showroom will yield oversized results. The shift is the culmination of smaller growth moves.

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  • News
  • By Brian Gunnell
  • July 25, 2012
Bridge bites: A dummy reversal

N-S stumble into 4♠, and West leads A♦. Declarer can count five Spade tricks and four Clubs.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
"It's so consuming to me that if you took that identity away from me that I don’t know what I would be, what would be left of me," Rick Kerby says of musical theater.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • July 25, 2012
Rick Kerby: Bringing down the house

Producing artistic director for The Manatee Players, Rick Kerby, is in his ninth season playing just about every role at the company. With a new theater opening in March, the sky's the limit for Kerby and his players.

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