Penny Fletcher
First Baptist Church of Ruskin, shares history, memories of the past
75th anniversary celebration to be held in October.
Residents take over community after developers’ abandonment
Residents of the River Bend development on 21st Street in Ruskin decided to take matters into their own hands......
New community to unveil models in August
By PENNY FLETCHER RIVERVIEW — A different kind of new community is under way at 11521 Scarlett Ibis Place in Riverview on the west side of ...
Church captures attention through real life events; offers free movie July 15
The interdenominational church has grown by leaps and bounds....Author info
Penny Fletcher
Penny has lived in South County since 1979; in Ruskin, Apollo Beach and Riverview and knows the area and its people well. Before becoming a correspondent for The Observer News and the Riverview Current, she wrote for The Tampa Tribune and has been the Bureau Editor for The East Bay Breeze, The Sun, and the South Shore News. Her work has earned many awards from the Florida Press Association and Community Papers of Florida; including First, Second and Third Place state-wide awards for News Writing, Original Writing, Feature Writing, Columns and Editorials. She has also been awarded a First Place, state-wide photography award.
From 2000 to 2006 she edited for Amazon Books publishing division, BookSurge, via the Web; wrote book jackets and marketing copy and worked one-on-one with many Amazon authors. She currently freelances as a writer, editor, speaker and coach at www.pennyfletcher.com.