April 2017
From the Bronx to Brandon By SUSANNE KATCHKO Guest Column Sitting on a bed in Room 304 at Brandon Health and Rehabilitation Center, holding hands with Bessie Walker, a 92-year-old…
Charter school’s families spur Kid’s Community College to grow By YVETTE C. HAMMETT A highly successful charter school program that started in a Riverview storefront in 2003 is expanding at the…
Golf tournament to help local paraplegic continue his recovery By LOIS KINDLE lois@observernews.net It has been almost two-and-a-half years since a car struck the motorcycle Jared Ramella was riding and…
Crosswalks are for people — not golf carts By PHYLLIS HODGES hodgespress@gmail.com The golf cart privileges enjoyed in the Sun City Center area are pretty nice … and they are…
Make a Difference Presented by One Church One Child of Florida Thursday, April 20, 2017 Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church 507 2lst St. East • Palmetto, FL 34221 6 to 7:30 p.m. Please…
Valencia Lakes’ Community Resources Expo a huge success Valencia Lakes’ inaugural Community Resources Expo was held Wednesday, March 29, at the Valencia Lakes Social Hall in Wimauma. Nearly 800 residents…
Barbara Keller Harrison Barbara Keller Harrison, 93, a former resident of Hyde Park, N.Y., died on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. She was born May 21, 1923, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. to…
Bikes For Christ helps with transportation, fitness and road to salvation For several years Patrick (Pat) Simmons was trying to figure out how he could combine his passion for cycling…
Riverview High School ranked superior at state competition Riverview Vision show choir and members from the Riverview High School band, led by program director Elizabeth Stuart and choreographed by Jennifer and…