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Juliet Ferguson plays with her adopted sister, Mercy, during the celebration for Ugandan children and their adoptive families June 4 at Greenbrook Adventure Park.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 8, 2011
Bayside families celebrate Ugandan adoptions

Bayside's Bridge a Life ministry welcomed Ugandan children and their adoptive families with a special picnic June 4.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 8, 2011
OUR VIEW: Sheriff's request questionable

Manatee County Commissioners have their hands full again creating a balanced budget in the fifth year of declining revenues from falling property values and a struggling economy.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Immigration reform protest in Tallahassee last month. Note use of "anti-immigrant" when the issue is "illegal immigrant," and the use of children.
  • By Rod Thomson
  • June 8, 2011
MY VIEW: Needed: immigration principles

Immigration reform frustratingly died in the Florida Legislature last month. What is so difficult about making everyone play by the same rules?

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Gary Berns
  • June 8, 2011
Delay incorporation vote

As chairman of the Friends of Lakewood Ranch, I write to respond to your editorial entitled, "Too soon for petitions."

  • East County
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 8, 2011
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

McNeal article a smear campaign

  • East County
  • Opinion
This home in Country Club of Lakewood Ranch sold for $1.3 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 8, 2011
Lakewood Ranch home sells for $1.3 million

Thomas and Una Kohl, trustees, sold the home at 7211 Pasadena Glen to Timothy and Michelle Lea, Lakewood Ranch, for $1.3 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Kareem Lewis, 13, hit his first grand slam in the first game of the Manatee County Cup. He finished the tournament with four home runs.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 8, 2011
Little Leaguer swings for the fence

Braden River Little Leaguer Kareem Lewis hit four homeruns, including a grand slam, for A/C Warehouse in the Majors Division of the Manatee County Cup.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 8, 2011
Thunder remember former pitcher

The Out-of-Door Academy renamed its baseball field the Taylor Emmons Memorial Field in honor of the 2009 graduate who was killed in an accident in December 2010.

  • East County
  • Schools
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 8, 2011
So long senior standouts

It's the time of year when I bid farewell to another group of talented athletes who have made the past year, and in some cases, the past four years, nothing short of memorable.

  • East County
  • Sports
Ean Eichelbaum
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 8, 2011
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Ean Eichelbaum

Eleven-year-old Ean Eichelbaum hit a double and a triple and scored a pair of runs, helping lead Braden River Little League's Extra Innings to an 8-0 victory over Buffalo Creek Little League's Twin Rivers.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 8, 2011
Community Sports

See the Observer's community sports scores.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 8, 2011
SPORTS BRIEFS

SPORTS BRIEFS

  • East County
  • Sports
Sarasota Crew athletes
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 8, 2011
Just the Stats 6.09.11

See the Observer's by-the-numbers breakdown of the week in East County sports.

  • East County
  • Sports
Niki DeRosa submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key during the Sunday drum circle.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 8, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: Drum Roll, Please

Niki DeRosa submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key during the Sunday drum circle.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
"One thing about arts that drives me crazy is that we always take ourselves too seriously," Rebecca Hopkins says. "We're not walking on water — we are storytelling. We need art, that's what makes us human."
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 8, 2011
Improv master

Florida Studio Theatre's managing director zips off to work to take care of the daily grind, but at the end of the day, it's all about making plays.

  • Arts + Culture
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