Vivvo CMS 4.1 http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/files.php?file= http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/ http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3426-back-to-the-future.html Observations Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:36:32 +0000   By MITCH TRAPHAGEN mitch@observernews.net Last night I dreamed about the future. My dream was set 30 years from now; yet, through the magic of dreams, http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3425-wanted-in-tampa-romance.html Observations Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:24:26 +0000 Mitch Traphagen Photo Tampa needs an Empire State Building. However, my track record in meeting at the top follows that of Cary Grant’s. My wife http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3424-the-shining-city-upon-a-hill.html Observations Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:00:09 +0000 Mitch Traphagen photo The sun sets over America and the coast of New Jersey. Despite the challenges the nation faces, we are still the shining http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3423-a-male-view-on-chick-lit.html Observations Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:43:32 +0000   Mitch Traphagen Photo A view of Mid-town Manhattan from Central Park. Even in a metropolitan area of 22 million people, it is possible to find http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/front_page/3108-Local_art_exhibits_limn_color_of_Florida.html News Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:49:41 +0000 {igallery 16} By Mitch Traphagen and Pamela Traphagen [Video below] Florida is all about color. The light spectrum in the Sunshine State opens possibilities that http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/front_page/3086-Autumn_in_Florida_blooms_with_beauty.html News Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:39:19 +0000 {igallery 18} By MITCH TRAPHAGEN mitch@observernews.net September 22 was the first day of fall and with it, the heat and humidity of summer seems to http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/front_page/3085-South_County_Family_Support_and_Resource_Center_offers_range_of_.html News Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:15:32 +0000 Mitch Traphagen photo The South County Family Support and Resource Center held a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday at their new location at 3030 East http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/front_page/3084-DCF_pulls_children_from_Tampa_Bay_Academy.html News Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:42:44 +0000 By MITCH TRAPHAGENmitch@observernews.net Mitch Traphagen Photo The Florida Department of Children and Families removed three children from the Tampa Bay Academy in Riverview http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/front_page/3083-Crime_falls_in_US_Florida.html News Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:29:29 +0000 By MITCH TRAPHAGENmitch@observernews.net RUSKIN - According to Federal Bureau of Investigation statistics released on Monday, all categories of crime declined in 2009, contrary to fears http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/front_page/3082-Nine_years_after_Nine-Eleven.html News Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:06:35 +0000 By Mitch Traphagenmitch@observernews.net Above, a child’s note of remembrance taped to the window of an NYPD substation near Times Square in 2001. Below, Observer News