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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • April 4, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • April 4, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 4, 2012
Letters to the Editor

April Fools sent us a lot of letters to the editor. Enjoy them all!

  • East County
  • Opinion
    By
  • Michael Eng
  • April 4, 2012
Observed: Spoofs prove power of the pen

When I sat down next to Preston Olinger at last week's Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch meeting, he didn't look happy.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Bob Salyers
  • April 4, 2012
Love is in the air out east

'Love is in the Air' is a 1977 disco song by John Paul Young, and that silly song was all I could think of on my last Photo-Boat outing on the Manatee River. On Fridays and Saturdays during the wild bird-breeding season, I run a charter service aboard the Photo-Boat for photographers in Manatee County.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Brooks Norton says the pain disappears when he is on the mound.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 4, 2012
Braden River High pitcher defies odds

After suffering from vertical talus his entire life, Braden River High junior Brooks Norton learned how to pitch rather than foregoing his baseball career.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 4, 2012
Comment: Mustangs runners continue to dominate

Every so often, a team comes along that continues to impress us with their talent, toughness and tenacity.

  • East County
  • Sports
Jacob Eyre
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 4, 2012
Observer Team Spotlight

Meet our Miss Manatee Softball and our Lakewood Ranch Little League Observer Team spotlight features.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 4, 2012
SIDELINES

Pair of EMB teams earn wins; Lady Thunder wrap up with wins

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 4, 2012
Hillcroft bests M&I Wealth Management/Wildcat in tourney

Hillcroft defeated M&I Wealth Management/Wildcat to win the USPA Robert A. Uihlein Jr. Memorial 14-goal tournament April 1.

  • East County
  • Sports
Desmond Lindsay is one of the key players on the Thunder's young baseball team. File photo
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 4, 2012
Thunder bounce back after back-to-back losses

However, with only two losses, The Out-of-Door Academy baseball team still controls its own destiny.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 4, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Chad Rex

Lakewood Ranch freshman Chad Rex threw three touchdowns and rushed for another to help lead the East Manatee Bulldogs Red Panther team to a 32-0 victory over the Seminoles in its season opener March 24.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 4, 2012
Bowden to speak at annual Gulf Coast FCA banquet

Former Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden will be the featured guest speaker at the Gulf Coast Florida Fellowship of Christian Athletes Annual Spring Banquet April 16.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 4, 2012
Neighbors: Vince Vizzaccaro

After six years of writing, the Lakewood Ranch resident has released his first novel.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Neal Communities' Starlight at Woodbrook won six awards.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 4, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

The Home Builders Association Manatee-Sarasota announced recently winners of the 2012 Parade of Homes, which ran Feb. 16 through March 4.

  • East County
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