July 2015
By KEVIN BRADY One of the up-and-coming young stars of country music will headline this year’s South Shore Music Festival. Chase Bryant, currently opening for Tim McGraw on the country…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN We live in a bizarre world. It is a world in which a group of billionaires has formed a pact to give away the bulk of their…
A problem most older people don’t see By PENNY FLETCHER Having had children and stepchildren in school during the 1970s and 1980s, I can certainly see a difference in the…
Saturday was a scorcher, even by Florida-in-July standards. At Spa Beach in St. Petersburg, there was an outlet of sorts, one of the muddy sorts — a cool way to…
By LISA STARK The stylists at the new Texture Room in Apollo Beach believe that knowing the intricacies of different hair textures is the key to operating a successful hair…
By KEVIN BRADY Amazon plans to add hundreds of new jobs at the company’s Ruskin location. The company will hold two job fairs for the openings, one later this month…
By KEVIN BRADY A first-of-its-kind community resource guide, pairing community needs with already existing resources, is taking shape with thousands of copies of the guidebook expected to be printed this…
One man’s love and legacy By LISA STARK I can still remember the smell of the soft leather seats and the gleaming yellow hood sparkling in the sun as…
For some, life in Florida is a long-running vacation in paradise. For others, it is apparently a nightmare. By MITCH TRAPHAGEN The photos keep coming long after the vacation ends.…