July 2017
By LOIS KINDLE Residents looking for farm-fresh produce will find plenty of it and then some at the Big Red Barn in Riverview. Owned and operated by Chris Phillips, of…
By CARL MARIO NUDI Heading east past the Gamble Plantation out of downtown Ellenton one would notice a large barn-red building at 4407 U.S. 301 N. on the south side…
BY PHYLLIS HODGES It really does take a village. Kudos to all those who sponsored and provided the manpower for organizing this year’s Cabaret fundraiser—and to all those who attended. …
Ida Lynn Webb Ida Lynn Webb, 88, at rest June 28, 2017. Beloved wife of the late Roland L. Webb and loving mother of Mark (Barbara) Webb, Pat Baranski, Kim…
By TANYA DORAN Executive Director, Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce As executive director for the Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce since 2009, I’ve had the pleasure to meet and work…
By DANA SCHROEDER CEO, SCC Chamber Some columns just write themselves. They’re timely and easy and they just flow. This is not one of those columns. Sometimes life does not…
Good morning! My wife and I moved to Florida in 1994 as mere children, living in a marina in Ft. Myers Beach with a cast of characters out of a…
Good morning! It’s July and our summer is still just in adolescence. But here’s a little (very little, yet appropriate) hot weather joke for you: You know it’s hot when…
Good morning! How ’bout that mini hurricane that blew through yesterday? Parts of Ruskin reportedly received more than 4 inches of rain. If nothing else, summer in Florida is rarely…