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Vanda Bayliss, 59, always dreamed of operating huge construction equipment.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 23, 2011
CAUTION: Adults at Play

If you've ever wanted to take the controls of a bulldozer or excavator, one East County business can accommodate your heavy-duty dreams.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Michael Eng
  • March 23, 2011
Ranch names sports complex

Summerfield resident Mercedes Movilla's suggestion, Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch, was chosen as the moniker for SMR's new project.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 23, 2011
CDD 1 hires new security contractor

The Lakewood Ranch Community Development District 1 board expects Diamond Mason Evans Inc. to start in April.

  • East County
  • News
Event organizer Randi Greene said the event gives riders throughout the state a new place to ride while raising funds for improvements to Camp Flying Eagle.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 23, 2011
Flying Eagle saddles up for weekend ride

The Poker Ride, Obstacle Course and Camp Out event will be held April 1-3.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2011
Our view

The road to revitalization; Good news for the Colony; Mayoral discomfort; The few, the proud - a personal note

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Rod Thomson
  • March 23, 2011
OUR VIEW: No miracle on 44th Avenue

Poor planning and NIMBYism has created an unfortunate collision at 44th Avenue East's expansion running from east of Bradenton through Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Rod Thomson
  • March 23, 2011
TALLAHASSEE: Political pension punt

If leadership is best conducted by example, a key Florida Senate committee on pensions is conducting downright pathetic leadership and having real trouble being serious about the state's long-term financial woes.

  • East County
  • Opinion
"We can't say how grateful we are (to those who have helped us)," said Humane Society of Lakewood Ranch President Autumn Solomon, pictured with Lake Osprey Village owner Norman Ferber, who donated retail space to the organization for a year.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 23, 2011
Ranch Humane Society to open boutique

Second Chances Consignment Boutique, once open, will raise money for the ongoing operations of the Humane Society of Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2011
Longboat Key Voter Turnout

The line chart depicts Longboat Key voter turnout island-wide for municipal elections from 1997 to 2011.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Bird Key Yacht Club will begin exterior and interior renovations of its clubhouse this summer.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 23, 2011
Bird Key Yacht Club will chip away at old facade

The yacht club's 'Façade Project' will add a second story to its lobby and provide exterior and interior updates.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2011
Letters to the editor

Government should help move forward with ideas; Cell-phone tower needed on Key; Time to move forward; Unkind remarks blighted evening fundraiser; Anti high-speed rail letter writer got it all wrong

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2011
Cops Corner

March 10, 1993 11:02 a.m. 4900 block of GMD. Burglary. Report of voices in apartment and a possible burglary in progress was called in. Voices discovered to be people leaving a birthday message on a telephone answering machine.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • March 23, 2011
Chamber event puts sporty spin on community gathering

Coldwell Banker's Cocktails Courtside will take place Thursday, March 31 at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Susan Landau and Barb Kerwin, are co-chairing the event with Jane Buckman, executive director of the Longboat Key Center for the Arts.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 23, 2011
Male models to spice up 'Taste of the Keys'

A Taste of the Keys and Male Fashion Show will take place Wednesday, April 13, at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Miss Manatee Softball 10U Observer team is undefeated through the first four games of the season.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 23, 2011
Observer softball team swings into action

The Miss Manatee Softball 10U Observer team is a perfect 4-0 so far this season.

  • East County
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Cindy Ritchell, Ann Quackenbush, Brenda Korthauer, Beverly Sutton and Kit Torchia all lend a helping hand in packing seeds to send internationally to farmers who need them. Quackenbush is a driving force behind Hope Seeds, a charitable ministry through Christ Church of Longboat Key.
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