By Yvette C. Hammett What started as an idea to give something back to the community has turned into a 24,000-member produce co-op that also provides for the needy and brings long-time neighbors face-to-face, sometimes for the first time. Cassie Adams, who lives in Ruskin’s…
Read More Produce Co-op Turns from Community Effort to Regional Hit
By: Its’s a magical secret If your child wants to send a letter to Santa this Christmas season, you can now use a special mailbox set up for the occasion. The letters will be sent straight to the North Pole, and everyone will get a…
Read More Family Sets Up a “Letter to Santa” Mailbox in Apollo Beach
By VANESSA TALBOTT Did you know that Orlando ranked 2nd, and Tampa ranked 3rd for Wallet Hub’s 2019 Most Pet-Friendly Cities? Metrics used in the analysis of the 100 most populated cities in the U.S. included Pet Budget (i.e. vet care costs, dog insurance), Pet…
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By PAUL CATALA The enveloping white light that usually emanates from the rows of fluorescent bulbs is contained. The room is dark; silent solitude fills the hall as 13 women assume their positions – literally living, breathing sculptures of humanness. With the flowing, relaxing melodies…
Read More Blissful Yoga in Apollo BeachBy PAUL CATALA Just 20 years ago, when the area was mostly known for its pastures, produce, and palms, southern Hillsborough County’s population was under 96,000. Among the old Florida homes and a few scattered subdivisions surrounded by acres and acres of farmlands, according to…
Read More South Shore- Full growth ahead
By Yvette C. Hammett Ruskin resident and business owner, Christian Sidney, is originally from the Caribbean island of Martinique and served in the U.S. Army after moving to the United States. When it was time for him to retire from the U.S. Army, he looked…
Read More Retired Veteran Opens SunShine AutoShield in Ruskin
By Geoff Fox APOLLO BEACH – Christopher Akel was busy analyzing data on a web site he recently created for a merchant services company in Georgia. A 42-year-old Long Island, New York, native Akel started Razor Digital last year. The company mostly builds, manages, maintains…
Read More Apollo Beach web designer offers services up and down East Coast
By PAUL CATALA Toni Armstrong has had the roughly century-old treadle sewing machine ever since she was a teenager in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. Although Armstrong, of Apollo Beach, hasn’t used the sewing machine – mounted on a veneer cherry wood table – in decades, she…
Read More A Veterans Crafty Retirement
By Geoff Fox RUSKIN – Kelly Kowall strolled onto the memorial area at My Warrior’s Place. A light breeze blew through the gazebo, jingling a display of hanging dog tags like wind chimes. The area was lined with bricks stamped with the names of U.S.…
Read More My Warrior’s Place offers serenity, aid to U.S veterans and their families
By Geoff Fox Daniel Cyral is helping make the world smoke-free – one smoker at a time. Cyral is a hypnotist, and he is aware that not everyone believes in the benefits a hypnotist can offer. “Whenever I get people who tell me they don’t…
Read More Hypnotist Daniel Cyral looks to save smokers and help U.S. veterans