December 2010
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN The circus has moved down the road. All along the way, I’ve heard stories of the southbound cruising fleet crowding bridges and marinas along the Intracoastal Waterway…
By MELODY JAMESON SUN CITY CENTER – A minority of the community association membership here has returned three veteran directors to their governing board and added one newcomer to the…
By MELODY JAMESON SOUTH COUNTY — If South Hillsborough citizens find themselves talking to more voice mails when they call county government these days, it may be because the…
Building Committee members managed to shovel some dirt even though the ground was hard from lack of rain. They are, from left, Marvin Kastama, John Woods, Sara Anderson, Darrell Snyder,…
By Penny Fletcher penny@observernews.net RIVERVIEW- It isn’t often you meet someone who started in show business at 11 months old, but Robert Lange made his debut at just that…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN I am seriously behind schedule on a slow journey home to Florida. My goal was to be well into the Intracoastal Waterway in a southern state…
Part four of an Observer News feature series By MITCH TRAPHAGEN I had never been so cold in my life — and that is saying something coming from a former…
By MELODY JAMESON BALM — Looking ahead to onset of their first community planning process, four long-time residents here will show the professional planners their working material next week. LISA…
Photo courtesy Tampa Electric Company Numerous cousins of this endearing, gentle manatee are expected as guests of honor in mid-January when Tampa Electric Company celebrates the 25th anniversary of its…