June 2018
HOLIDAY DEADLINES The Observer News office will be closed Wednesday, JULY 4 in observance of INDEPENDENCE DAY. Advertising and press release deadlines will advance as follows: Classified ads…………4 p.m., Fri.,…
Deadline nearing for neighborhood grant applications By YVETTE C. HAMMETT Applications are already pouring in to Hillsborough County’s Office of Neighborhood Relations for its annual neighborhood mini-grant program. This year,…
The heat is on! And so are the air conditioners in Florida By YVETTE C. HAMMETT When air conditioning repair companies get calls this time of year, the callers on…
Gopher Plantation and Ana Banana Fishing Company By JOEL BRANDENBURG One of our goals each year is to fish 300 days per year and hunt the other 65 days. We…
Why not cut a ribbon? By LYNNE CONLAN Executive Director, Sun City Center Area Chamber of Commerce I talk all the time about the value of joining the chamber’s membership ranks.…
South Bay Hospital brings advanced Genius 3D mammography to South Shore By PHYLLIS HODGES Health professionals tell us that 3D mammography provides better, earlier breast cancer detection compared to conventional…
Lake Wimauma Memorial Gardens selling burial plots to the public By LOIS KINDLE Officials from the Florida Church of God hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony June 15 to celebrate the grand…
Major Bob Ura is District IV’s new commander Major Jim Bradford promoted By LOIS KINDLE The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office District IV command once again has a new leader. In…
The COPS Rural Unit’s four deputies patrol half of Manatee County By CARL MARIO NUDI The COPS Rural Unit of the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office has to patrol about 450…