July 2011
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN On September 11, 1970, Vice President Spiro Agnew uttered a famous phrase written for him by William Safire: “Nattering nabobs of negativism.” At the time, he was…
By MELODY JAMESON SUN CITY CENTER – Turn on vehicle lights in the rain or get soaked – for more than $100, that is. This is the warning now being…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN APOLLO BEACH – Regulators from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) closed the SouthShore Community Bank on Friday. On Saturday, the bank branches in Apollo Beach and…
By PENNY FLETCHER APOLLO BEACH — A recent East Bay High School graduate has snagged one of the highest ranking scholarships in the country. Catherine D. Flocken, now 18, known…
By PENNY FLETCHER RUSKIN — Ideas are starting to come forward at meetings concerning the new county-proposed overlay for properties with frontage along the 8-mile stretch of U.S. 41 between…
By MELODY JAMESON Next up, ladies and gentlemen, it’s the working class…here they come into the ring now: A Great Pyrenees who looks after a hundred-member family; a non-judgmental Beagle…
By MITCH TRAPHAGENKENNEDY SPACE CENTER – Exactly 42 years, seven hours and one minute from the moment astronaut Neil Armstrong’s left boot first made contact with the surface of the…
William T. WalkerWilliam T. Walker, 92, died peacefully at his Ruskin, FL, home. He was the owner of the Coffee Cup restaurant with his wife Mary for more than 50…
By MELODY JAMESON RUSKIN – New home owners, but no more than 10 of them, eventually may share a sensitive wetlands area here with herons and cranes, fish and crabs,…