February 2014
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN Health care in America must be an incredibly fascinating topic to the rest of the world. We are a distant outlier — no other developed nation has…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN The Lennard Robotics Club, a fledgling club of science-minded students founded by Lennard High School teacher (and former rocket scientist) James Reve, has continued making its mark on…
By KEVIN BRADY A hard-fought battle to give relief to homeowners facing massive rate hikes in their federal flood insurance appears headed to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives…
By PENNY FLETCHER It isn’t every day you get to meet a character from your favorite movie, but that’s just what happened to Joan Miller, owner of Dove Interiors Carpet One…
Although much of the nation is still firmly in the cold, hard grip of winter, the boys (and girls) of summer are ready to take the field in Gibsonton. Practice…
The Lennard High School Longhorns basketball team is on its way to the 6A state semifinals after a 74-63 victory over Lehigh High School last Saturday. The team will play…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN From the cockpit of my sailboat, I called the NASA Causeway bridge tender via VHF radio to request an opening as a southbound vessel. I heard a reply…
By PENNY FLETCHER “When I leave I’m in a whole new place,” said Trudy Coleman, a longtime resident and former owner of The Coleman Connection Realty in Sun City Center. “It’s…
The Sun City Center Rotarians want to say “thank you” to the 275 volunteers that gathered at the Borini Theatre in Kings Point last Saturday, Feb. 22, to package more…