This Week
By LOIS KINDLE Its popular cownose rays are gone for the season, but there’s still plenty to see and do at Tampa Electric’s Manatee Viewing …
Columns
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The price of membership By WILLIAM HODGES hodgespress@gmail.com In the political arena, many of the debates revolve around taxes, and many of us in our private discussions complain about taxes …
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Having a sense of humor helps By DANA DITTMAR Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a …
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Time out for mental health By WILLIAM HODGES hodgespress@gmail.com Almost every day we read about people who have, for some reason, deviated from a passive existence and become violent in …
Obituaries
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June C. Justino June C. Justino, 84, formerly of Newark, N.Y. passed away on Sunday, March 5, 2017 at her home in Sun City Center, Fla. Her oldest son, Dan, …
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Dorothy Hering Dorothy “Dottie” Hering, loving wife, mother, aunt, oma and ur oma, of Sun City Center, Fla., was called to her eternal home on March 3, 2017. Dottie was …
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Romeo Marafiote Romeo (Bud) Marafiote, 84, of Sun City Center, Florida and formerly of Norwalk, Connecticut, passed away February 4, 2017. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, …
Prep Sports
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Senior Night April 25 as Horns clinch District 9 title By STEVE JACKSON Coach Kennedy Duran’s Longhorns completed its first-ever unbeaten conference season and clinched first place in District 9. …
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Lennard keeps top spot in division By STEVE JACKSON steve@observernews.net A disappointing loss to Riverview did not diminish last week’s two wins, a rout and a nail-biter, for coach Kennedy …
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Baseball career started at East Bay Little League for pitcher with hopes of making it to the big show By STEVE JACKSON In some of these new-fangled, large baseball parks …
