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Overeaters Anonymous meets at Trinity Lutheran 27 Aug 2013 | 05:06 am
Overaters Anonymous? You heard right. It has been in existence since the early 1960’s, though many folks are only familiar with Alcoholics Anonymous. With the increased focus on the problem of obesity...
AMI conflicted by blessings of tourism 24 Aug 2013 | 08:37 pm
Too many tourists! Too much traffic! Too little parking! Oh, my! It seems life has become burdensome on Anna Maria Island for many of the good folks who reside along that seven-mile stretch of paradis...
Hunsader will be on the minds of many at festival 22 Aug 2013 | 10:48 pm
Connie and Jim Hunsader were married 55 years. When Manatee County farming patriarch Jim Hunsader passed last Saturday, Marie Gentle reminisced about good times shared by their families. Especially t...
What is state doing to our corner of paradise? 22 Aug 2013 | 05:54 am
The state of Florida wants to do WHAT?! The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is proposing to sell a number of state parks or parcels of same. Why? They are considered "surplus." Among th...
Lakewood Ranch senior's Ireland trip a 4-H winner 20 Aug 2013 | 02:49 am
A bow to Katie Ciemniecki. Late last month, the Lakewood Ranch High School senior took first place in the Leisure and Performing Arts category of the Florida 4-H State Congress in Gainesville. Her pre...
Southeast golf sports fundraiser Aug. 24 at Tara 16 Aug 2013 | 02:55 am
Katie DiGirolamo is flanked by Trevor Gooby, the Pittsburgh Pirates director of Florida operations, and Marty the Marauder at McKechnie Field. Big ups to Katie DiGirolamo, a sales/marketing intern wi...
ReadingPals looking for 200 volunteers in 2013-14 15 Aug 2013 | 02:43 am
Want to make a difference in a child’s life? Join ReadingPals, a program in its second year with the United Way of Manatee County and its Women’s Leadership Initiative in partnership with the Manatee ...
Big assist helps Trojan cagers win national title 14 Aug 2013 | 03:59 am
National champions! That’s the Palmetto Youth Center’s Trojans basketball team, now the USSSA 17-and-Under Division 2’s best team in America. Coach Reggie Bellamy’s charges shining moment came at the ...
Senseless shootings harm boy and community 10 Aug 2013 | 07:24 pm
At Sunday Mass at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Pastor Joe Connolly always blesses the children gathered near the altar. It’s moving to watch the procession of innocents. Four-year-old Davien Martinez wa...
Trio of longtime pals to become Eagle Scouts 9 Aug 2013 | 02:44 am
William (Willy) Kidd, Wyatt Lewis and Allan (AJ) Baily. Congratulations to Allan (AJ) Baily, William Kidd and Wyatt Lewis. The three young men, who started as Tiger Cubs in first grade at Kinnan Elem...
