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By PENNY FLETCHER “Backpacks on a Mission” is a year-round project, but Jan. 16 it was all about a $5,000 grant from the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN While I slept fitfully, yet warm and comfortable, through North Carolina, five people lost their lives on that state’s highways. It was the beginning of an epic…
On Tuesday, Feb. 2, Don Smith will turn 67. And, as in the past, he plans to celebrate by swimming 300 continuous lengths to raise funds for children who have…
The diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is life-changing and leads to many questions: What will this mean for me and my family? How do I plan for the future? Where…
By PENNY FLETCHER Those who lived along the Little Manatee River 20 years ago may still remember when the old “Cabaret” was demolished. In the years prior to that, anyone…
By PENNY FLETCHER A new pilot project is now a four-way deal between Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties and the cities of St. Petersburg and Tampa. As reported Jan. 7 in…
Promoter betting clean comedy will find local audience as music festival takes back seat
By KEVIN BRADY There is an untapped market for clean, often Christian-centered, comedy in South County and Rick Lindsay is betting it’s a big one. “There’s a whole world of…
Part one of a series about how this will affect builders, developers and us By PENNY FLETCHER With Hillsborough County’s new population projections growing from 330,000 new residents by the…
By LISA STARK In a breathtaking, gravity-defying motorcycle performance, the Curtis family of daredevils (The Real Steel Riders) showed what they were made of at the 2016 annual Gibtown Bike…