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We all love celebrations. By “we,” I mean me. But let’s pretend we all do. As I’m writing this, I just came home from my mother’s birthday party. And it…
By LINDA CHION KENNEY An unfortunate situation for a lucky feline led to a pet adoption by a quick-thinking county employee on the job in Hillsborough County in June. According…
By FRANCIS FEDOR The Valencia Lake Lakers, a team made up of the best of the best from the Valencia Lakes softball community, welcomed the Center Mass Police Softball Team,…
By LOIS KINDLE This year’s annual Sun City Center Mini-Relay is set for July 29, and organizers are hoping you will “rally your troops” to help the American Cancer Society…
By LOIS KINDLE There are lots of reasons some parents will hesitate to send their child to kindergarten this year. Among their concerns are large class sizes, a potential for…
Elinor Schneider Currie Elinor Schneider Currie was born on May 5, 1933, in Massillon, Ohio, the third surviving child of Orlando and Odessa Schneider. Raised in Canton, Ohio, she graduated…
Abigail Michnowicz This year I had the amazing opportunity to go on the annual Riverview High School Summer Agriculture Tour. One of the wonderful things about this trip is that…
By LINDA CHION KENNEY The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office warns of mailbox theft, following the arrests of three people linked to a series of crimes, “not only here in Hillsborough,…
By LOIS KINDLE Nick and Dolores Gagliardi met in a candy store on Staten Island, N.Y., more than seven decades ago. She was a soda jerk, and he was a…