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By KEVIN BRADY The streets and skies of Brandon will run red, white and blue July 4th when more than 50,000 people turn out for one of the largest Independence…
BY PENNY FLETCHER Have you ever been the only man who survived in your whole unit on an island occupied by the enemy? Or been hungry enough to offer $200…
By KEVIN BRADY Almost a decade in the making, a massive wetland restoration program is about to get underway in Gibsonton. The $4.5-million project includes restoring mangroves at two plots…
BY PENNY FLETCHER A recent partnership between the South County campus of Hillsborough Community College and the Good Samaritan Mission in Wimauma is helping area residents get healthy. In just…
Celebratory gunfire is 100 percent preventable — there is no doubt about that. In this case, there is something that we can do. We can stop this. On July 3…
By KEVIN BRADY The Borrow Pit Project, part two of the $4.5-million wetlands restoration project due to begin next month in Gibsonton, is slated to begin in October this year.…
BY PENNY FLETCHER An emotional reunion between two women earlier this month has left an impact on both that each says they’ll never forget. June Hendley and Susan Mann O’Sullivan…
But deal would also mean Floridians would pay sales tax on purchases from the world’s largest Internet retailer By MITCH TRAPHAGEN RUSKIN — Just over a month ago, Florida’s welcome…
By KEVIN BRADY They wanted Riverview’s Winthrop Town Center but Brandon-area residents fear a new development in their backyard will end being just another anonymous suburban sprawl eyesore bringing traffic…