By LOIS KINDLE After serving the country for 20 years, retired Army Lt. Colonel John McDaniel wanted to do more. He developed the idea of helping combat-wounded veterans during his…
By YVETTE C. HAMMETT The beautiful, mature crape myrtle trees, planted a decade ago along U.S. 301 in Riverview, have been on the chopping block more than once, as the…
By LOIS KINDLE Folks who love schnitzel, spätzle, sausages and strudel will rejoice this week as the Old Castle German Restaurant reopens as the Old Castle Restaurant & Beer Barn.…
By LOIS KINDLE Nineteen years is a long time to wait. But now, after almost two decades, Calvary Lutheran Church members wait no more. They are celebrating the recent groundbreaking…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN It is a city so cool, so dynamic, so powerful — more powerful than any individual resident, regardless of wealth or status — that they actually named…
Hurricane season is here – are you prepared? By DANA DITTMAR CEO, SCC Chamber One of my favorite pictures of me as a kid was taken on Sept. 10, 1960.…
Barbara Ann Warner Barbara Ann Warner gained her angel wings on May 25, 2017. Her final days were spent surrounded by family and friends that Barbara had touched in some…
Colonel Donald J. Acker Colonel Donald J. Acker, retired, U.S.A. of Sun City Center, Fla., formerly of West Hartford, Conn., died on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, while in the company…
Change is never easy at home or in business By TANYA DORAN Executive Director, Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce After a long week, I’m writing this column from my home…
Volunteer to get your name, face out there By DANA DITTMAR CEO, SCC Chamber of Commerce Several years ago, I found myself unemployed for several months. This was an unusual…