August 2011
By MELODY JAMESON Sun City Center – It may not be the forever solution, but this community’s potholed, unclaimed road now has a functional fix. What’s more, it was both…
By PENNY FLETCHER RUSKIN — Missing dogs have become such a problem in the southeastern part of Hillsborough County in the rural Wimauma-Balm area that a second meeting with authorities…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN With the 2011-12 school year beginning this week, prep football kicks off a new season on Friday. Kickoff times are typically 7:30 p.m., but check with your…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN In my teens, I was a rock and roller, with an electric guitar and ripped-up Levi’s as my constant companions. Eventually reality took hold and I followed…
By MELODY JAMESON For Floridians familiar with their state, Havana can be a Déjà vu experience. There are some striking similarities – particularly in connection with the Tampa Bay area…
By Mitch Traphagen RUSKIN – Approximately 190,000 children returned to school in Hillsborough County on Tuesday and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has a message for motorists: Slow down to…
The Coffee Cup: Counting the years of coffee and conversation By PENNY FLETCHER RUSKIN – No Ruskin history would be complete without the story of William T. and Mary Walker,…
Betty S. JohnsonBetty S. Johnson, of Sun City Center, FL, died at the Plaza West Nursing Home Monday, August 8, after a long illness. She was 87. She was born…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN I was 12 years old when I had my first-ever serious conversation with my older sister. No doubt until that time, to her I was a mindless…