December 2017
By YVETTE C. HAMMETT Some 200 volunteers travel in and out of Riverview’s RVR Horse Rescue seven days a week – and some nights – caring for abused and neglected…
By YVETTE C. HAMMETT The elephants are coming! So are the untethered camels, the performing dogs and the aerialists! The Gibsonton Showmen’s Circus returns to the Showmen’s Club Jan. 6…
By LOIS KINDLE South Shore’s 160 deputy sheriffs are about to get a new commander, and he’s not exactly a new face in the community. Come Jan. 8, Maj. Jim…
By CARL MARIO NUDI If you want to see a lighted ball drop with a partying throng of revelers on New Year’s Eve but cannot get to Times Square in…
By PHYLLIS HODGES All of us remember when we first learned to ride a bicycle. Just staying upright was the goal. Not so today; there is much more involved. Bike…
By LOIS KINDLE With only the few bouts of cold weather we’ve had in South Shore thus far, the Manatee Viewing Center’s 31st season is off to a bit of…
By KEVIN BRADY Hundreds of children found a present under their tree Christmas morning thanks to Good Samaritan Mission and the generosity of the South Shore community. Christmas Blessings drew…
By Lynne Conlan Executive Director, Sun City Center Area Chamber of Commerce When people ask me how things are going after a few weeks into my job as the new…
On theft from vulnerable seniors It is important to know that there is more than one OPEN SECRET — when so many people know the truth and so few talk…