October 2013
The world’s largest Internet retailer is expected to create 1,000 jobs in a new fulfillment center slated for Ruskin. By MITCH TRAPHAGEN The world’s largest Internet retailer, Amazon.com, is making…
By KEVIN BRADY Confused about the Affordable Care Act? Michael Van Hoek is your man. Van Hoek, and thousands like him, are fanning out across the country this month to…
By KEVIN BRADY A fire that was started to erase evidence in a double homicide could have left many more dead, say residents of a Brandon townhouse community who are…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN Back in 1988, the organizers of the original Trick or Treat Street were attempting to create a safe place for children of all ages to have fun…
By KEVIN BRADY Caring for children that society all too often forgets is the legacy of Dottie Berger MacKinnon, according to those who knew her best. Founder of A Kid’s…
By PENNY FLETCHER Three times Bud and Brenda Hoshaw have lived on what Native Americans call “sacred lands.” But they didn’t know that when they moved there. The 18 acres…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN Camp Bayou, a Hillsborough County park located in Ruskin, is holding an open house on Saturday, October 26, to showcase the park’s many incredible resources. “Our upcoming…
J. E. “Gene” Lofley J. E. “Gene” Lofley, suffered a stroke on his 89th birthday September 10, 2013 and passed away on September 30, 2013. He was a lifetime resident…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN Thirty-five thousand feet over America provides a view of a peaceful, almost pastoral nation. So many things have changed in the world and in my own country…