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  • Mark Gordon
  • February 19, 2014
Cup o' Joe

Joe Genovese, fresh off a decade at Starbucks, will now lead franchise development at First Watch. His priority: Balance bold growth goals with patience.

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  • Observer Staff
  • February 19, 2014
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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  • February 19, 2014
It's Read Everywhere

Headed on a great vacation? Make sure to take your Observer along! Visit YourObserver.com and click on the 'Contests' tab in the upper-right hand corner to submit your entries. We can't wait to see where The Observer will travel next!

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  • Jen Blanco
  • February 19, 2014
Raising the Intensity

Lakewood Ranch High set a school record with five wrestlers qualifying for the Class 2A Wrestling Championships Feb. 14 and Feb. 15.

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Courtesy photo Tito's Handmade Vodka broke a tie in overtime to defeat Regent during the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Cup Feb. 16 at the Sarasota Polo Club.
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  • Jen Blanco
  • February 19, 2014
Tito's Handmade Vodka notches win

Tito's Handmade Vodka held on to beat Regent 8-7 in overtime of the USPA Wayne Brown Finals hosted by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Feb. 16 at the Sarasota Polo Club.

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Reanna Gregory
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  • Jen Blanco
  • February 19, 2014
Sidelines

ODA swings past Braden River; Ellenton skaters win silver medal; Concession to hold celebrity golf classic

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  • Jen Blanco
  • February 19, 2014
Just the Stats

The week in sports by the numbers.

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Courtesy photo
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 19, 2014
Foundations of Faith

It may have a new building, but RiverLife Church celebrates its 100th anniversary this month.

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Octavio Ortiz, general manager of The Mall at University Center, with Lakewood Ranch Women’s Club President Trish Newman
  • By Jean Muccini
  • February 19, 2014
Ranch Women's Club meeting benefits HOPE

The Lakewood Ranch Women's Club held its monthly meeting Feb. 13 at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall.

  • East County
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Amanda Sebastiano This Edgewater Village home, which has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,498 square feet of living area, sold for $530,000.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 19, 2014
Edgewater Village home sells for $530,000

A home in Edgewater Village tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

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Larry Davenport submitted this sunset photo, taken at Jiggs Landing.
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  • Observer Staff
  • February 19, 2014
Weather: East County

Larry Davenport submitted this sunset photo, taken at Jiggs Landing.

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SEAS THE MOMENT. Residents of Spanish Main Yacht Club enjoyed reading the Longboat Observer during a January cruise to Grand Cayman Island and Cozumel, Mexico, on Royal Caribbean's Brilliance of the Seas.
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  • Observer Staff
  • February 19, 2014
It's Read Everywhere

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Sharon Burde. Photo by Kelsey Grau
    By
  • Kelsey Grau
  • February 19, 2014
Your Neighbor: Sharon Burde

Burde's new book, 'One Family One Season,' tells the story of the eagle's nest and the birds that return each year.

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Photos by Molly Schechter Helene Tucker
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • February 19, 2014
Fitness profiles: the community within the community

Helene Tucker and Lynne Ginsburg are two of many participants who exercise their fitness options at Bayfront Park Recreation Center.

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File photo Unit B-104 at the Sanctuary, 565 Sanctuary Drive, has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,115 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,637,000.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 19, 2014
Condominium at the Sanctuary sells for $1,637,000

A condominium in Sanctuary at Longboat Key Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

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