September 2010
By MELODY JAMESONmj@observernews.net Part of the continuing consolidation pattern aimed at cutting costs, another change in U.S. Postal Service mail delivery in South Hillsborough is set for next week. The…
By PENNY FLETCHER penny@observernews.net APOLLO BEACH – Moving to a new neighborhood, having a sick spouse or child, or suddenly becoming widowed are experiences no one wants to face…
TORRES-RIOS, Aida Aida M. Torres-Rios passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in Sun City Center, FL on Thursday, August 26, 2010. She leaves her beloved son Roberto…
Photos by Mitch Traphagen More than 300 people gathered for dinner at the Ruskin Elks Lodge on Sept. 11 to benefit South County resident Cindy-Lou Wood, a victim of violent…
Mitch Traphagen photo The sun sets over America and the coast of New Jersey. Despite the challenges the nation faces, we are still the shining city upon a hill. By…
{igallery 16} By Mitch Traphagen and Pamela Traphagen [Video below] Florida is all about color. The light spectrum in the Sunshine State opens possibilities that exist in few other places.…
By MELODY JAMESONmj@observernews.net Miles of pipeline measuring two feet in diameter are being buried at 18-foot depths across South County neighborhoods and many of their residents are going to be…
By MITCH TRAPHAGENmitch@observernews.net Mitch Traphagen Photo The Florida Department of Children and Families removed three children from the Tampa Bay Academy in Riverview on Monday. Approximately a dozen more children…
By MELODY JAMESONmj@observernews.net …Apollo Beach Rezoning Public hearing of a hotly contested application to rezone the former AB Rescue Squad property allowing its commercial development has been moved to…