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Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

Big Chair, Big Mystery

Read Michael's story: The big chair is still gone.

The giant-sized deck chair was 11 feet tall, 6 feet wide and weighed 400 pounds, and it sat in front of the Bare-Lee Used Furniture store on U.S. 19 as sort of a trademark of the small, family-run, bargain-priced business. Then it was stolen sometime late Feb. 2 or early Feb. 3. Now, almost a month later, the Hernando County Sheriff's Office has no leads, according to spokeswoman Deputy Donna Black.

"We've gotten no calls," she said Wednesday.

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