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  • July 25, 2012
Our View: The responses: 'enraged'

"He just leaves you breathless, dumbfounded ... enraged." That was the opening sentence to last week's editorial on this page. And touche, several readers made the same statement about about us. We enraged them, really enraged them.

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  • July 25, 2012
Letters to the Editor

No more ads for you!; Offensive, disgraceful!; Have you no shame?; You are so hate filled; Just plain crazy; Praise to the paper; How Castro started

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Construction crews will remove an estimated 35,000 cubic yards of dirt during the duration of the project.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 25, 2012
S.R. 64 construction focused on drainage

Contractors have relocated the majority of utilities associated with the widening of State Road 64 and will continue to address East County drainage improvements in the coming months.

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  • Jen Blanco
  • July 25, 2012
IDA approves funding proposal

The Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority voted 3-1 in favor of a 12-year funding proposal for its new maintenance facility.

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Archino
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 25, 2012
Primary Elections: Manatee County board of County commissioners district 5

Four candidates - two Democrats and two Republicans - are facing off in the Aug. 14 primary election for the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners District 5 seat, which is being vacated by longtime East County resident Donna Hayes.

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  • July 25, 2012
News Briefs

Imagine School principal resigns; Home burglarized in Lakewood Ranch; Study shows physician shortage in East County

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Read this week's Castaway.
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • July 25, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

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  • 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.

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The Longboat Key Club’s Harbourside golf course, pictured Monday, June 25, the third day of Debby's deluge. File photo.
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  • 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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Massaro-Fain
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  • July 25, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Grapevine founder recognized; TechHouse celebrates expansion

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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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  • 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.

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Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • July 24, 2012
July 24: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

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Thibaulg Miller, 15, reaches out to hit a one handed backhand during tennis camp, Tuesday, July 24, at the Longboat Key Club Tennis Gardens.
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 24, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: LBKC Tennis Camp

Longboat Key Club's annual tennis camp is full of kids serving, volleying, running and most importantly have lots of fun.

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David Honeyghan traveled to the deep end with his counselor, Devin Melcher.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 24, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Dream Oaks Camp

Children with developmental disabilities are celebrating their abilities during the Foundation for Dreams' "circus" themed Dream Oaks Camp this week.

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