2013
Controversial decisions to open stores on Thanksgiving Day coupled with online shopping could mean the end of Black Friday. BY MITCH TRAPHAGEN The Thanksgiving Day newspaper lands with a resounding…
BY KEVIN BRADY Cause of Riverview phosphate plant explosion still under investigation A man who was hospitalized when an acid tank exploded at a phosphate plant just off U.S. Highway…
BY PENNY FLETCHER I don’t watch much television — maybe three or four times a week, max. There are just too many other things to do instead of sitting in…
Billie Jeannette DeFord Billie Jeanette DeFord, 75, of Sun City Center, Fla. passed away November 20, 2013 after failing health of six months. Billie was married to Robert N. DeFord…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN I would imagine that few people have memories of their first birthday and I am no exception. My first birthday remains memorable, however, because it was the…
By KEVIN BRADY If education “is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire,” as William Butler Yeats said, Daron Hawkins lit quite a few fires…
Colleagues, students, fellow actors, and devoted audience members, as well as family and friends will join together this Sunday to commemorate one exceptional man’s amazing life. Love and Laughter will…
By PENNY FLETCHER Sometimes, putting a cover over your plants during cold weather can harm them more than it helps. Crowding pots the too close together on a porch or…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN On Saturday, a Tampa Bay area museum picked up and headed out to sea. The American Victory Ship, a floating museum that offers a living view into…