June 2011
BY PENNY FLETCHER RIVERVIEW — Ivene Staunko was the first person who ever explained to me the exact difference between a carnival and a circus. You’d think growing up amidst…
James William ThompsonJames “Jim” W. Thompson, 87, went home to be with our Lord May 22, in Sun City Center, Florida. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa, Jim lived in Monroeville until…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN I took the long, curving entrance ramp to the Crosstown Expressway at nearly double the recommended speed. The road rose, then leveled out as it merged onto…
Sun City Center observed memorial day with the traditional ceremony held at the Borini Theater at Kings Point on Monday. The event included reading the names of veterans who had…
The Hillsborough County School Board unanimously approved naming the East Bay High School gymnasium after retired educator and coach Tom Lota. On Tuesday, May 24, current and former students, along…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN WIMAUMA—To say that Reddick Elementary teacher Melanie Bolender was surprised when she walked into the school’s media center only to be inundated by Silly String shot from…
By PENNY FLETCHER SOUTH COUNTY — I’ve been doing stories about local high school graduations in South County since 1988- when East Bay was the only high school in my…
By MELODY JAMESON Sun City Center – Given the chance, residents here – and perhaps across the South County region – would draw entirely different county commission districts. This was…
By Mitch Traphagen SUN CITY CENTER — Some questions remain unanswered in the discovery of a body in a freezer at a Kings Point residence. According to the Hillsborough County…