July 2013
By WARREN RESEN, North American Travel Writers Association Blanding, UT — Southeast Utah is the gateway to much of the splendor for which this part of the USA is famous.…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN My dress shoes clacked in echoes as I walked down the hallway of the Longworth Congressional Office Building in Washington, DC. The noise felt disrespectful somehow but…
BY PENNY FLETCHER It’s been a long time since anyone spoke of the Community Plans in South County, and many residents thought all the work they had done between 1998 and…
By KEVIN BRADY Toss out that expensive bottled water, a new water treatment plant is making the water coming out your tap better than ever. A $34.7 million dollar hydrogen…
BY PENNY FLETCHER Soon there will be a third option for seeing a doctor in the Riverview area. Instead of having to make an advance appointment at a private doctor’s…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN Manatees don’t have pockets. That is unfortunate for a manatee named Snooty at the South Florida Museum in Bradenton. If Snooty had pockets, he could carry a…
By KEVIN BRADY A red light camera at the main entrance to the Westfield Brandon Mall has generated more citations than any intersection in the county this year. The camera…
BY PENNY FLETCHER Unlike many who wonder what they will do with their time after retirement from a lifetime career, Judy Hasch of Ruskin planned all that early. “I started…
Are your garbage cans starting to look worse for wear? Can’t remember whether plastic bottles go in the blue bin or the green bin? If you live in Hillsborough County’s…