June 2010
{igallery 11} St. Simons Island, GeorgiaBy WARREN RESENw630@aol.com The horror stories of foreign travel never seem to end and yet we still have a desire to travel to other…
A magical sunset over the Gulf of Mexico. Will it ever be the same?Mitch Traphagen Photo By MITCH TRAPHAGEN mitch@observernews.net I ambled through the powdery white sand to…
By Mitch Traphagenmitch@observernews.netRUSKIN — A proposal to build eight homes on a strip of land on the Little Manatee River will result in a show down between a developer and…
{igallery 12} Memorial Day is over but you can still stand up for troops and vets By Mitch Traphagenmitch@observernews.netSUN CITY CENTER — Retired Navy Commander Edward Socha rang the bell…
By MELODY JAMESONmj@observernews.netSUN CITY CENTER – This generally conservative retirement community might seem an unlikely host, but two new excursions into the new-age world of the metaphysical now are…
By MELODY JAMESON mj@observernews.net In his studio on the south shore of the Alafia River, his trademark baseball cap firmly set bill-in-back, master glass artisan Calvin Sloan begins the…
By Julie Ball and Mitch Traphagenjulie@observernews.netmitch@observernews.net June 3, 2010 This week in The Observer News transcript:Hello and welcome to the Observer News. I’m Julie Ball. A plan to develop…