2016
By LISA STARK When you hear the term “River Rats,” what comes to your mind? That was the question posed by members of the Riverview VFW Post 8108 at their…
By LISA STARK The South Shore Symphony Orchestra presented their “Love is in the Air” Concert on Sunday, Jan. 24, at the Sun City Center United Community Church, kicking off…
By PENNY FLETCHER “Backpacks on a Mission” is a year-round project, but Jan. 16 it was all about a $5,000 grant from the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN While I slept fitfully, yet warm and comfortable, through North Carolina, five people lost their lives on that state’s highways. It was the beginning of an epic…
On Tuesday, Feb. 2, Don Smith will turn 67. And, as in the past, he plans to celebrate by swimming 300 continuous lengths to raise funds for children who have…
Jennie Mary Citrano Jennie Mary Citrano, 98, of Sun City Center, Fla., passed away January 19, 2016. She was born in Chicago, Ill., on June 30, 1917, and was the…
The diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is life-changing and leads to many questions: What will this mean for me and my family? How do I plan for the future? Where…
By PENNY FLETCHER Those who lived along the Little Manatee River 20 years ago may still remember when the old “Cabaret” was demolished. In the years prior to that, anyone…
By JASON MARTIN It will never cease to amaze me how much things can change in a day. Now you add six more days, and everything is upside down. I…