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• Teachers protest merit pay bill

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 14 April 2010 11:15

  

  News-Gazette Photos/Andrew Sullivan Mark Kessler, of Michigan Avenue Elementary School in St. Cloud, positions himself close to westbound traffic on U.S. Highway 192 during a teacher rally against Sena...

• St. Cloud Web site redesign, CyberSpot up for bid

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 14 April 2010 11:14

  

  By Juliana A. Torres Staff Writer Both the redesign of St. Cloud’s Web site and maintenance of the city’s public WiFi CyberSpot will be up for grabs after the City Council decided last week to solicit bids for bo...

• Get a ticket into space – just $200,000

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 14 April 2010 11:12

  

  Photo/Virgin Galactic If you have $200,000, you could be among the very first to fly into space as part of the Virgin Galactic space program. The Enterprise, shown here on a test flight, is the mother ship...

• Eight sites offered for sports complex

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 14 April 2010 11:10

  

  By Marvin G. Cortner Editor Eight parties have offered land to Osceola County for an amateur sports complex, which the county would purchase and develop for the United States Specialty Sports Association using touris...

• News Briefs for April 15, 2010

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 14 April 2010 00:00

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• LYNX sponsoring contest for bus design

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 14 April 2010 00:00

  The Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX) is sponsoring a contest for Orange, Osceola and Seminole county high school students to produce a colorful and creative bus design communicating the role transit plays in a clean environmen...

• Two Poinciana students making strides

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 14 April 2010 00:00

  Lisa D’CatoPoinciana WriterSometimes it may seem like the only teens to receive attention are the “bad” ones, teens who may be known for only their poor behavior and insolent attitude. ...

• Center calling for camp registrations

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 14 April 2010 00:00

  The Osceola Center for the Arts is now accepting registrations for youth summer camps.  Camps run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday in two-week sessions and are for children ages 7-14. ...

• After school, Kiddie Korner programs being offered

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 14 April 2010 00:00

  The city of Kissimmee Athletics Division will be offering the Dynamic After School Hours program at the Lakeside Recreation Center. ...

• Local Scout honored for reaching highest rank

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 14 April 2010 00:00

  On Saturday, April 10, Kissimmee Boy Scout Troop 826 of Trinity Lutheran Church honored for Gateway High School student Christian Stanley for attaining the rank of Eagle Scout.   ...

• New antiques and arts fair set for downtown Kissimmee

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 14 April 2010 00:00

  By Peter CovinoEntertainment EditorWhen the Osceola Art Festival moved from the streets of downtown Kissimmee to the Valencia Community College Osceola Campus two years ago, downtown business owners were not particularly happy. ...

• Pilot program to enhance student learning at home

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 14 April 2010 00:00

  In partnership with DELL Computers, the Osceola County School District will soon be putting computers and learning software in the hands of English Language Learners (ELLs) to enhance their English language acquisition at home. ...

• Osceola Center for the Arts sets summer camp schedule

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 14 April 2010 00:00

  The Osceola Center for the Arts is now accepting registration for its youth summer camps. ...

• St. Cloud Fire Rescue enforces building truss law

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 14 April 2010 00:00

  The state of Florida recently passed Statute 633.027, which was created to help save firefighters’ lives. Under the State Fire Marshal’s Rule 69A-3.012, any commercial, industrial, or multiunit residential structure with a lightweight truss system mus...

• Woman’s Club meeting set for April 21

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 14 April 2010 00:00

  The speaker for the April 21 meeting of the Woman’s Club of St Cloud will be Richard Moss. He will present information on reverse mortgages. The meeting will be at 1:30 p.m. in the Woman’s Club building, 1014 Massachusetts Ave. ...

• Bishop Grady Villas raises $64,000

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 14 April 2010 00:00

  On March 17, Bishop Grady Villas celebrated a “lucky” St. Patrick’s Day for its second annual Achieving Their Dreams fundraising luncheon at The Ballroom at Church Street in Orlando. ...

• Storm sweeps OBC tennis, districts next

  Sports

  Created: Saturday, 10 April 2010 00:00

  By Rick PedoneSports EditorThe Orange Belt Conference boys and girls tennis championships are Celebration’s after both teams posted unbeaten conference records. The Celebration boys clinched after a 7-0 decision over Poinciana last week, lifting their c...

• Time to bow and tremble; Tiger’s back!

  Sports

  Created: Saturday, 10 April 2010 00:00

  Rick PedoneSports EditorThis, I just know it, is going to happen today.After wrapping myself up like a mummy while trying to apply window tint to the venerable Hyundai, which functions like a rolling greenhouse after the vernal equinox, no one will answer...

• Solmaris Melo earns spot on Team Florida

  Sports

  Created: Saturday, 10 April 2010 00:00

  By Rick PedoneSports EditorSolmaris Melo spent a recent weekend at Oklahoma City, perhaps not the ideal destination for a teenager in early spring, but a good one if you are a talented high school wrestler. ...

• All-County boys basketball: OHS’ Williams had memorable senior season

  Sports

  Created: Saturday, 10 April 2010 00:00

  By Rick PedoneSports EditorIt’s difficult to imagine how Osceola High guard Brenton Williams, for the second year in a row the Osceola News-Gazette Player of the Year, could have had a better basketball season. ...