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• Rotary announces officers

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 21 July 2010 00:00

  The Rotary Club of Lake Nona announces its 2010-11 slate of officers and committee chairs. ...

• Qualifying period for elections begins Aug. 30

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 21 July 2010 00:00

  The city of St. Cloud has announced that any person seeking to be a candidate for the St. Cloud Municipal Election, to be held Tuesday, Nov. 2, may participate in the qualifying period – Aug. 30 through Sept. 3, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Supervisor ...

• Newspaper drop-off site for school supplies

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 21 July 2010 00:00

  The Osceola News-Gazette, 108 Church St., Kissimmee, over the next month will serve as a drop-off site for a school supply drive to benefit needy kindergarten through high school students in the Osceola County School District. ...

• Getting ready ...

  County News

  Created: Friday, 16 July 2010 12:06

  

  News-Gazette Photos/Andrew SullivanOsceola County Sheriff's Office deputies and emergency responders from around Central Florida were able to coordinate and hone their skills in a full-scale exercise Tuesday....

• Conference to tackle youth issues

  County News

  Created: Friday, 16 July 2010 12:01

  

  Smith By Marvin G. CortnerEditor A community summit to tackle issues relating to youth – from homelessness to gangs – is in the making for September at the Extension Services building in Osceola...

• Bringing a bit of Juilliard home for the summer

  County News

  Created: Friday, 16 July 2010 11:52

  

  Photos/Kristin WesslingJanelle Kelly, Angel Perez-Soto and Jose Frias were three of the participants in the Juilliard-Osceola County Summer Arts Intensive held July 5-16 at Horizon Middle School in Kissimmee....

• Special session to be on oil drilling

  County News

  Created: Friday, 16 July 2010 11:49

  

  Dockery By Peter CovinoEntertainment Editor Is it strictly politics or is it a sincere effort by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist to prevent more damage by oil to the state's ecosystems? Crist has called...

• KUA adopts $221 million budget

  County News

  Created: Friday, 16 July 2010 11:47

  

  The Kissimmee Utility Authority board of directors on Wednesday approved a $221 million operating and capital budget for fiscal year 2011. The vote came after a public hearing. The approved budget is $39 million, or 1...

• Jehovah's Witnesses gather

  County News

  Created: Friday, 16 July 2010 11:31

  

  Submitted Photo Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses Convention at the Silver Spurs Arena last year. By Morgan HarveyIntern Jehovah's Witness conventions bring eight weeks of big revenue...

• Medals for OBC champs

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 16 July 2010 11:11

  

  Photos/Special to the News-Gazette Harmony’s Dominic DeMunno, shown above winning the Orange Belt Conference 129-pound title, and Poinciana’s Keith Stevenson were undefeated this season heading into the ...

• Dan Gilbert pays big for his opinion

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 16 July 2010 11:09

  

  Ken JacksonSports Writer I know you’ve heard the all-knowing talking heads of sports TV and radio talk endlessly about LeBron James’ new need for moving boxes, a U-Haul and some change of address forms. They gave...

• Cory Aun lifts today for Team Florida

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 16 July 2010 11:05

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan New St. Cloud High weightlifting coach Cory Aun will slide under the bar today for a Team Florida meet in Altamonte Springs. By Rick PedoneSports Editor There rar...

• A day at the races — in history. New history center exhibit features the story of harness racing

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 16 July 2010 10:23

  The Orange County Regional History Center presents The Story of Harness Racing by Currier & Ives Aug. 27 through Oct. 17, featuring more than 30 rare framed original Currier & Ives lithographs. This show of original trotting prints celebrating h...

• Cooking with the professionals — Downtown Disney restaurants make cooking fun

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 16 July 2010 10:17

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor Sometimes, if you are lucky, during a dining experience you get to meet the restaurant’s executive chef. At the Downtown Disney Levy’s Restaurants adult cooking class, you learn how to make some innovative dishe...

• A mid-summer night’s dream — Inception has what it takes to change a dull summer at the movies

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 16 July 2010 09:36

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor Bravo to Warner Bros. and Christopher Nolan for not taking the easy route and creating a film that defies the normal summer box office rules. That doesn’t necessarily mean that Inception is a perfect fil...

• Reasonable list

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 16 July 2010 08:36

  

  Tourism officials July 1 established their priority list for spending Osceola County lodging tax revenue, with amateur sports taking the top spot, as it should. The Osceola County Tourist Development Council’s three...

• Who was LeBron James?

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 16 July 2010 08:34

  

  Leonard PittsTribune Media An open letter to 24th-century historians.I've left this note for you as a public service. Three hundred years from now, when you study the things that dominated American thought in the summ...

• Letters to the Editor for July 17, 2010

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 16 July 2010 08:30

  

  No trust left To the editor: When politicians start throwing dirt at each other on television commercials so they can win an election, it is very sad and hard to trust either party. They both come on as being crooks ...

• Republicans’ aversion to financial reform misguided

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 16 July 2010 08:28

  

  Robyn BlumnerTribune Media You would think that regulating Wall Street after what bankers just put our country through would be the one thing that Republicans in Congress would join Democrats in doing. But as financia...

• County fire fees headed up

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 14:13

  

  By Marvin G. CortnerEditor Owners of homes and businesses in Osceola County will see higher fire fees in the coming year following action Monday evening by the County Commission. After a public hearing on the issue, ...