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Alicia Weaver

Alicia Weaver

St. Cloud firefighter featured in nationwide calender

The American Lung Association recently launched its inaugural 2021 Fight For Air Climb Firefighter Calendar to honor local heroes and support the vision of a world free of lung disease. The first-ever calendar features Alicia Weaver from St. Cloud Fire Rescue.
Since it opened in 2017, BRIDG has partnered with the U.S. Defense Department, large companies such as Seimens and schools such as State of New York Polytechnic Institute. FILE PHOTO

Since it opened in 2017, BRIDG has partnered with the U.S. Defense Department, large companies such as Seimens and schools such as State of New York Polytechnic Institute. FILE PHOTO

Building back BRIDG: Tech firm to replace UCF at NeoCity

Osceola County commissioners on Monday voted to move forward with plan to replace UCF at the county’s $200 million technological park.
Morgan Phillips stands next to the memory wall in Little Piper Boutique. NEWS-GAZETTE PHOTO/BRIAN MCBRIDE

Morgan Phillips stands next to the memory wall in Little Piper Boutique. NEWS-GAZETTE PHOTO/BRIAN MCBRIDE

New boutique owner hopes to help comfort families with loss of baby

Losing a child to still birth can be absolutely debilitating for a woman. But for one local mother, it inspired her to open a child’s boutique to honor her baby and hopefully ease the pain of other women who have gone through the same ordeal.