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To the uninitiated, a chamber of commerce coffee meeting might appear to be a drab affair with people in business attire exchanging business cards over a plate of stale donuts.…
By PENNY FLETCHER From the Supremes to The Monkees the music — like the décor — was mostly Sixties, with a little Fifties thrown in. The actual year targeted was 1966.…
By WARREN RESENw630@aol.com Patrick Smith left us on January 26, 2014 at age 87. This article is a tribute to a man who made Florida history come alive. Patrick wanted…
By KEVIN BRADY Joe Ruggiero sees the pallor of hunger every week in the faces of children. Not on a TV commercial with children standing on the arid plains of…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN When I was a much younger man, a group of friends and I would take a week or 10 days each summer to go backpacking into the…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN There was a love story playing out on the dance floor of Club Fusion. While the band played rhythm and blues and rock and roll, Bobby and Brenda…
From 10 to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, Hillsborough County Property Appraiser Bob Henriquez will present an overview of the property appraiser’s office and the services it provides. The…
By PENNY FLETCHER As development continues along the Big Bend corridor, traffic gets worse. During morning and evening rush hours, sitting through three or four changes of “green arrow lights” to…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN The first girl that I ever had a crush on has died. People have read her obituary, attended her funeral, mourned her passing (some longer than others,…