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By BOB D’ANGELO RIVERVIEW − It is not a stretch to call Jean Cummins and Pat Burriss the golden girls of booksellers in south Hillsborough County. The sisters, now in their 70s and Riverview residents for more than 60 years, have operated Bookworm Used Books…
Read More Riverview sisters living a ‘dream’ running Bookworm bookstore
By PAUL CATALA RUSKIN − For 24 years, John Lawson worked for a Sarasota-based beer distribution company, five days a week. But 13 years ago, Lawson and his wife, Terrie, decided to go green thumbs up, and he went from area supervisor to seeds, sun…
Read More Ruskin couple’s fresh idea grows into successful hydroponic farm
By TIFFANI SHERMAN Shannon Dudley is only 22 years old and living her dream. “I’ve always had a passion for baking. Ever since I was a child and could be in the kitchen, I was making stuff,” she says. “As a teenager, I would go…
Read More Apollo Beach baker’s decorative cakes are sweet works of art
By YVETTE C. HAMMETT Less than a year in, the Emergency Care Help Organization location in Riverview is serving up to 40 in-need families a week with food, clothing and other life necessities. “We’ve had a really successful adventure here,” said Steven McKinnon, director of…
Read More ECHO’s Riverview location finds steady growth assisting needy in south Hillsborough
By GEOFF FOX APOLLO BEACH – One thing seems certain about the path of Hurricane Dorian: It’s going to hit Florida. Hard. As of Friday morning, Dorian was forecast to make landfall north of West Palm Beach early Tuesday as a Category 4 storm, which…
Read More South Shore residents prepare as Hurricane Dorian storms toward Florida
By RICK MAYER RUSKIN − A heavy summer thunderstorm is doing its business, hammering the roofs around South Shore. Outdoor endeavors face possible rain delays. For Jacob Collier, the drenching is pennies from heaven. You see, inundated baseball diamonds typically equate to busier-than-normal nights at…
Read More D-BAT South Shore a hit with high-tech baseball cages, quality coaching
By BOB D’ANGELO RIVERVIEW — The Hapi Place at the Riverview Flea Market on U.S. 301 oozes nostalgia. The three booths boast records, concert posters, guitars, fiddles, a buffalo head and even a signed copy of Tim Dorsey’s novel, Florida Roadkill. That’s not what makes…
Read More The road has been mighty fine for local singing couple The Crabgrass Cowboys
By YVETTE C. HAMMETT Gus Muench was nothing if not persistent in his quest to save Tampa Bay from pollution and preserve its history as a water road for the native Uzita tribe. Born August Muench, the commercial blue crabber and tour guide died Aug.…
Read More Gus Muench, guardian of Tampa Bay, remembered for persistence, generosity
Staff Report Apollo Beach received some international exposure recently after the owner of the Salty Shamrock Irish Pub went public with a protest of Irish fighter Conor McGregor’s “cowardly and appalling behavior.” Sean Rice, a Northern Ireland native and owner of the Salty Shamrock, 6186…
Read More Irish eyes on Salty Shamrock after pub pours McGregor’s whiskey in toilet