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FREE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2018
VOLUME 20, NO. 49
YOUR TOWN
More roundabouts? Commission considers adding more traffic circles to Lakewood Ranch Boulevard and Honore Avenue. SEE PAGE 3A
Pam Eubanks
Give a treat to Food Bank
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Trick or treaters heading to Maggie White’s Summerfield home at 12010 Summer Meadow Drive should bring a nonperishable food item to donate. Her annual “Give a treat, get a treat” campaign collects food for The Food Bank of Manatee County. “We’d like to collect at least 75 pounds,” White said. She will be out with a food barrel starting around 6-8:30 p.m. Oct. 31.
Amelia Hanks
The light posts that exist in Lakewood Ranch Park can be seen from the houses on the other side of the tree line.
Lighting issue reveals polar opposites Rosedale residents share concerns about 70-foot light poles being added to Lakewood Ranch Park. SEE PAGE 5A
Pam Eubanks
Nonprofit support a slam dunk Lakewood Ranch Dunkin’ Donuts owners Greg O’Neill and Tom Daly paid tribute to a longtime employee Oct. 15. They gave a $1,000 donation to the nonprofit, Epilepsy Services of Southwest Florida, in honor of the late Alyssa Garner, who died July 13 at 24 years old from an epileptic seizure. “The support they’ve given us has been overwhelming,” said Varner’s mother, Melissa Howell (above). Store manager Janelle Massenburg made an “Alyssa” doughnut with purple and vanilla frosting.
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Families say making their own costumes is half the fun of Halloween. SEE PAGE 10A Courtesy photo
Three-year-old Elliot Korenman shows off his homemade firetruck costume, which his mother, Amy, made out of a box.