WORDS: Kara Chalmers
PICTURES: Whitney Patton
As usual, JPAN Sushi & Grill was bustling on a recent weekend night. Couples on dates, groups of friends, and families of all sizes dined and drank on the outdoor patios, at the sushi bar inside, and at tables and booths in JPAN’s dimly lit, stylish interior.
I think I can safely call myself a JPAN regular. The place is one of few restaurants …
WORDS: Kara Chalmers
PICTURES: Whitney Patton
E’yannie Gomez loves to write – she always has. In fourth grade at Samoset Elementary School in Bradenton, language arts is a favorite subject because it allows time for E’yannie, 11, to focus on her passion.
Last year, in third grade, when her class had free time and most other students headed straight to the computers to play games, E’yannie – who was enrolled …
WORDS: Bre Jones Mulock
PICTURES: Whitney Patton
As the morning school bell threatened to ring at Stewart Elementary recently, Dwayne Riedel peered through his glasses down 75th Street NW in Bradenton and watched a little boy feverishly riding his bike topple to the ground and knock out his front teeth.
Riedel, a 73-year-old Manatee County School crossing guard, who can’t bare the thought of a child suffering, painfully resisted …
