November 2017
Frank M. Watkins Frank M. Watkins, age 84, of Sun City Center, died on November 1, 2017. He was born on June 28, 1933, in Athens, Ohio. Frank loved travelling,…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN Art and culture are more than pastimes or pretty things to look at. Both can bring diverse people together as neighbors and serve as the foundation to…
By YVETTE C. HAMMETT Three years in the making, the last phase of Brandon Regional Hospital’s $60 million emergency room remodel and expansion is officially complete, with the final phase…
By LOIS KINDLE Members of the Pelican Players are about to bare almost all when they present Calendar Girls Nov. 9 to 11. Originally a 2003 British film starring Helen…
By CARL MARIO NUDI Even though Hurricane Irma forced the postponement of the Hispanic Heritage Month event at the Palmetto Library from early September to Oct. 21, with Hurricane Maria…
Hallowed ground came to Tampa last weekend in the form of a 300 foot, three-fifths scale monument honoring 58,307 veterans who gave their lives in Vietnam. The Vietnam Traveling Memorial…
By LOIS KINDLE It isn’t every day that a small business reaches its quarter-of-a-century anniversary. And it’s even more remarkable when that business has been in the same location all…
By PHYLLIS HODGES What’s your game? The 37th annual Tampa Bay Senior Games offered competition in a wide range of sports and other activities. This year the games were held…
Scores of canines, a couple of cats and their owners turned out last Saturday for the Critter Adoption and Rescue Effort’s annual Halloween party for pets. By the looks of…