April 2012
By Mitch Traphagen Rock icon Tom Petty has taken to Twitter and Facebook in an effort to find five vintage, unique guitars that were stolen last week. Thus far, he…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN It was a big deal when the Holiday Inn came to Worthington, Minnesota in the 1970s. The small town on a big road between Chicago and nowhere…
By PENNY FLETCHER A group of residents and business people are questioning the possibility of changing land previously designated for protection under the ELAPP program to a use that permits…
By MELODY JAMESON SUN CITY CENTER – Residents here are on track to revisit a community modernization plan – this time one entirely of their own making. Community Association directors…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN SUN CITY CENTER — Fred Davis, along with his wife Thelma, stepped off the cruise ship in Aruba and took a deep breath. It was an accomplishment…
Thomas D. WilliamsonThomas D. Williamson, 80, of Sun City Center passed away April 2, 2012. He was born in Niles, Ohio to George and Laura Williamson; graduated from McKinley High…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN When I was a kid during a time when air travel was still exotic and romantic, and air travelers were known as the “jet set”, I loved…
By MELODY JAMESON UZITA SHORES – With a new local name added to the mix and a new county planning executive anticipated on the scene, splintered South County citizen planners…
By Mitch Traphagen She arrived at our house as a frighteningly skinny puppy, but certainly not all that frightened. She had (and still has) an annoying habit of greeting people…