2016
Stingray Touch Experience opens at the Manatee Viewing Center By LOIS KINDLE lois@observernews.net Visitors at the Tampa Electric Manatee Center got a special treat last Thursday when its new Stingray…
Dreams of a safe New Year free of falling bullets By MITCH TRAPHAGEN mitch@observernews.net Somewhere among us is an individual who’s celebratory bullet struck a 12-year-old boy in the head.…
Circus tickets available at The Observer News office The annual Showmen’s Charity Circus is Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Showmen’s Event Center at 6915 Riverview Drive in Gibsonton, with three…
Barry R. Kolin Barry R. Kolin, formerly of Cleveland, Ohio, passed away Friday, December 16, 2016 at Lifepath Hospice House in Sun City Center, Fla. He was the beloved husband…
Anna Maria Island Festival keeps the holiday spirit alive By ANDREA SHAY Anna Maria Island’s historic Bridge Street held its annual holiday festival Dec. 17 complete with live entertainment from the…
Holy Cross Catholic Church preparing for Christmas By CARL MARIO NUDI carl@observernews.net Just as other Christian churches in the area, parishioners of Holy Cross Catholic Church north of Palmetto were…
Santa comes early to Good Samaritan Mission By KEVIN BRADY Hundreds of children will celebrate Christmas with a toy Dec. 25 thanks to Christmas Blessings, Good Samaritan Mission’s annual toy…
It is better to give than to receive By DANA DITTMAR While I was island hopping in the Florida Keys over Thanksgiving, eating crab and washing it down with the coldest…
JSA promotes healthier lifestyles with fun By PHYLLIS HODGES hodgespress@gmail.com Not all the folks streaming in the JSA Medical Group clinic (behind Taco Bell in The Marketplace shopping plaza) are…