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March 2010
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN mitch@observernews.net The Apollo Beach Beautification Committee sponsored their second Kite Fest on March 27, bringing parents and children to the Apollo Beach Nature Park to color the…
By MELODY JAMESONmj@observernews.net SUNDANCE — When brothers Ryan and Brent Bennett were kids, they loved to ham it up for the family. Along with a sidekick cousin or two,…
By PENNY FLETCHERpenny@observernews.netRIVERVIEW—“They’ve brought the city to us,” my 12-year old passenger announced as we attempted to exit Summerfield, where we’ve lived since January 2003. While stopped in the long…
By MELODY JAMESONmj@observernews.netWimauma – For the first time since this community’s planned village concept was put in place, two collections of “villages” arching over its northern edge are being…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN mitch@observernews.net I saw him just after I turned into the Walmart parking lot from Highway 301. He was an old man, moving very slowly. As I…
By WARREN RESEN Member of the Florida Outdoor Writers Associationw630@aol.com Mt. Sinai, Egypt, is shown in the background of St. Catherine’s Monastery. The monestary is the historical site of…
By MITCH TRAPHAGENmitch@observernews.netGIBSONTON – Jason Nugent is a very cool brother. He also knows how to make a spectacular entrance.Nugent’s sister Elizabeth is a star softball player for East Bay…
By Mitch Traphagenmitch@observernews.net The Ruskin I returned to in 2010 is much like the Ruskin I found in 1994. There was no boom back then. Homes were cheap and jobs…
By MELODY JAMESONmj@observernews.net GIBSONTON — Is rehabilitation of an old school building here bringing it back from the brink or creating a money pit without end? Over the decades,…
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