east lake AREA
Vol. 7, Issue 6, June 2014
Neighborhood News & Lifestyles
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The Premier “Shop Local” Community Magazine Directly Mailed To 15,000 Homes In East Lake & Surrounding Areas This Independent Community News, Business & Dining Guide Is Directly Mailed Once Each Month To: Anchorage, Bay Arbor, Boot Ranch, Brookers Landing, Crescent Oaks, Cypress Cove, Cypress Lakes Estates, Cypress Run, Cypress Trails, Deer Hollow, Grey Oak, Eagle Cove, Eagle’s Cove at Lake Tarpon, Eagle Ridge, Eagle Trace, Eagle Watch, East Lake Oaks, East Lake Woodlands, Hunters Wood, Keystone Bluffs, Keystone Palms, Keystone Ranchettes, Lansbrook, Lansbrook Village, Meadow Ridge, Nature’s Watch, Oak Hill Acres, Pine Ridge, Regina Estates, Ridgemoor, Tarpon Woods, Wentworth, Whispering Lakes, Woodfield
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Red Cross Hurricane Tips........3 Community Calendar..........4-5 Community News Briefs.....8-9 East Lake Cafe.....................10-11 Air Doctor......................14-15 East Lake Pool Care..............18-19 4G Data.........................22-23 National Rejuvenation Centers.......................26-27 Otis Hyde Painting & Pressure Washing.....................30-31 East Lake CERT.............34-35
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