March 2018
By LOIS KINDLE Angelite Bragg has rescued animals, particularly cats, her entire life. A year ago, she decided to make her efforts legal and founded the nonprofit cat rescue Kittie…
By LOIS KINDLE There’s hardly a person among us whose life hasn’t in some way been touched by cancer. The life-threatening disease affects people of all ages, but as we…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN As a reporter, I was given the freedom to cover what I wanted — thus I could form this corner of the world to my own liking.…
By LYNNE CONLAN Executive director, Sun City Center Area Chamber of Commerce If you were out and about in Sun City Center last Friday between 1 and 3 p.m., you…
Gated security This is a follow-up letter to the one I sent you on “Gated Security,” which you printed on February 22, 2018. Subsequent to that, I received many responses…
Imogene Anne Laudeman Ditchett Jan. 9, 1923 – Oct. 29, 2017 Imogene Anne Ditchett passed peacefully from this world to eternal life on October 29, 2017. She was born at…
By LOIS KINDLE The Apollo Beach Manatee Festival of the Arts has showcased the work of fine artists and craftsmen from throughout the country since 1992. This year’s 26th annual…
By YVETTE C. HAMMETT In the time it takes to run through a few missed calls on a cell phone or to load laundry into a dryer, a tiny life…
By LOIS KINDLE Diane and Mike Houghtaling, owners of Dooley Groves and the Dooley Groves Country Farm Market in Ruskin, are having one of their most productive seasons ever. It’s…