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  • May 27, 2009
Welcome to the world, baby!

Hayne Richard Falck, the son of Ellie and Vic Falck, was born 6:30 a.m. Friday, April 17.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 27, 2009
Michelle Donato earns dance awards

Michelle Donato earns dance awards

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 27, 2009
Millage to increase?

A budget that attempts to maintain existing service levels will require the town of Longboat Key to implement a higher millage rate for the second year in a row.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • May 27, 2009
Five Points Park to get special treatment

The board of the Downtown Improvement District is considering creating a separate committee to deal with park improvements.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 27, 2009
Community Golf Scores 05.19.09 to 05.25.09

East County golfers post amazing numbers on area courses.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 27, 2009
Rosedale welcomes new instruction director

Steve Whidden, PGA, assumed his new position May 18 and will launch his new program - The Learning Center at Rosedale - the first week of June.

  • East County
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  • Robin Roy
  • May 26, 2009
Deputies seek home invasion suspect

Detectives have not ruled out a connection to the Siesta Key home invasion to a recent rash of home invasions in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
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  • Jen Blanco
  • May 26, 2009
Pirates host summer baseball tryouts

Braden River High will host tryouts for its summer baseball team at 5 p.m., June 1

  • East County
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  • By Pam McTeer
  • May 26, 2009
Buchanan nominates 12 to U.S. Service Academies

Braden River High School student James Watson Bradin III was appointed to the U.S. Air Force Academy.

  • East County
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  • By Pam McTeer
  • May 26, 2009
Bashaw principal narrowed to three

Finalists for Bashaw's top post include Barry Dunn, Ron Hirst and Hayley McDonald.

  • East County
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  • By Pam McTeer
  • May 26, 2009
Woman struck by lightning

A Myakka woman is in recovery after being struck by lightning at Falkner Farms Monday afternoon.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 22, 2009
Chili's to host harmonious blood drive

Florida Blood Services will have a bloodmobile in the East County from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., May 30, at Chili's, 6125 Exchange Way, Lakewood Ranch. To attract donors, the Sarasota Chorus of the Keys will perform.

  • East County
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  • Jen Blanco
  • May 22, 2009
Mustangs honor spring athletes

The Lakewood Ranch High Athletic Booster Club recognized several Mustangs for their athletic performances this season during the annual spring sports awards banquet May 16.

  • East County
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  • Jen Blanco
  • May 22, 2009
Soccer showcase lands in Ranch

Thousands of soccer players, coaches and referees from across the country will gather together for the annual U.S. Soccer Development Academy Spring Showcase, which will be held this weekend at the Sarasota Polo Club.

  • East County
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  • By Pam McTeer
  • May 22, 2009
Deputy injured in Ranch crash

Dep. Josetta Coleman was taken to Lakewood Ranch Medical Center following a crash at Lakewood Ranch Boulevard and State Road 70.

  • East County
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    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 21, 2009
Real Estate Transactions

Lakewood Ranch Country Club Village home sells for $484,000.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2009
Construction continues on MCC project

Walls are going up on the new 40,000-square-foot Medical Technology and Simulation Center slated for completion in spring 2010 at MCC Lakewood Ranch, 7131 Professional Parkway E.

  • East County
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 21, 2009
Town gives Village $3,000 for peacocks

The Longboat Key Town Commission will give the Longbeach Village Association $3,000 each summer to cull the number of peacocks in the Village.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 21, 2009
Planning board requests sign help

B.J. Webb, chairwoman of the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board, asked the Town Commission for help in reducing the number of signs on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 21, 2009
Commission moves forward with park

The Town Commission decided Thursday, May 21 to leave the baseball field out of the Bayfront Park concept, which will require lengthy zoning changes.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2009
Third-graders post lower FCAT scores

The percentage of district third-graders scoring at grade level or above declined in relation to 2008, according to Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test results released today.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2009
Manatee makes changes to garbage schedule

Beginning Memorial Day, May 25, 2009, the make-up schedule for garbage pickups in unincorporated Manatee County will be changed from a Saturday make-up schedule to a sliding schedule.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2009
Cops Corner

Cops Corner

  • Sarasota
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  • Adam Hughes
  • May 21, 2009
Real Estate Transactions

Princes Gate home sells for $1.85 million

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • May 21, 2009
Best friends combine their creative talents

In just three days, two Out-of-Door Academy fifth-graders came up with an entire screenplay about four animals -- a rooster, hamster, dog and pig -- that wanted to become rappers.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2009
Our View

The case for Crist: What is it?

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2009
In Brief

Community News and Notes

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • May 21, 2009
City hopes for millions from stimulus

The city of Sarasota has applied for about three-dozen grants funded by the Obama Administration's stimulus package. The city has already been approved for $1.9 million.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • May 21, 2009
Stadium uncertainty could prove costly

Because the city is unsure what will happen to Ed Smith Stadium, it has had to turn away an estimated $6 million in youth, high school and college baseball tournaments.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • May 21, 2009
Neighbors get own roundabout

The Alta Vista neighborhood requested the city build a roundabout to cure a longtime speeding problem.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • May 21, 2009
Marketable value

The Publix in the Ringling Shopping Center is the company's oldest operating store. It will move to a new location in late 2010.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2009
Big trucks occupy huge parking space in Sarasota

Sarasota Parks Commission held its annual Big Truck Day Saturday, May 16, at Phillippi Creek Park.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2009
This pizza doesn't cost a lot of dough

To mark its 10th anniversary of baking hot, heavenly pizzas in Gulf Gate, Rico's Pizzeria will hold a weeklong celebration beginning Monday, May 25.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2009
It's Read (online) everywhere

We love it - one of our readers has taken the prompting to 'get creative' with It's Read Everywhere photos to the next level.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2009
Cops' Corner 05.21.09

The following information was gathered from incident and arrest reports obtained from the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2009
Wellness Community cancels fundraiser

The fundraising event for The Wellness Community's Building Home campaign scheduled for tonight in Lakewood Ranch has been canceled.

  • East County
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