March 2015
East Bay Youth Athletics opened the season with fanfare on Friday, Feb. 27, at Vance Vogel Park in Gibsonton. More than 700 baseball and softball players, along with managers, coaches…
By LISA STARK Animals are their passion, say Dennis and Juanilla Lubrano of Apollo Beach. As the couple recounts their 15-year history as animal rescue activists in Hawaii, Utah and…
By KEVIN BRADY South County opened its wallets and pantries in record number last month for the Have A Heart Caring Castle community food drive. This year’s food drive brought…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN I have been traveling since before I could drive. I’ve seen almost every state, visited some of the great cities of Europe and have sailed to Cuba,…
By KEVIN BRADY Surely the most unloved coin, most of us don’t know what to do with our pennies; those little copper-colored tokens nesting in the corners of wallets or…
By LISA STARK Home Port Gallery has come back home. And that’s good news to Apollo Beach residents whose walls are thirsting for something new and different. Located in the…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN The Manatee Festival of the Arts will kick off next week with a new home and a new focus on art beyond the traditional paint on canvas,…
By KEVIN BRADY Work has started on an environmental study to gauge the impact of a high-speed ferry port linking South County with Tampa. The study comes on the heels…
The Kings Point Quilters recently delivered 36 baby quilts and 12 dozen caps to Tampa General’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Each quilt measures 36 inches square and is made of…