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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
By Geoff Fox RIVERVIEW – The clubhouse in the sprawling South Pointe community was full of chatter, paint, some wine, and an assortment of small ceramic Christmas trees. A group of more than 20 people, mostly women, had gathered for a Hammer & Stain workshop…
Read More Hammer & Stain offers a creative outlet for crafty locals
By Yvette C. Hammett APOLLO BEACH – As an active Navy man, Michael Ball had little time to connect with his community, get to know the people that keep the wheels turning or get involved in events that bring people together. Now that he has…
Read More Retired Veteran Goes All in for the Apollo Beach Community
By Geoff Fox SUN CITY CENTER – The lobby at the Sun City Center Chamber of Commerce was bustling with activity. One local businessman was speaking with Kristy Mahoney, the chamber’s member liaison, while another spoke with executive director Lynne Conlan. Other members were talking…
Read More Age is just a number to community volunteer Dee Williams
Saturday night, Oct 5th, at Latitudes in Apollo Beach, Kozmic Pearl took the stage and infused energy into the crowd! See the photo gallery below, and check out https://www.thevibemusicstore.com for all of your musical needs and lessons. To learn when and where Kozmic Pearl will…
Read More Check out The Vibe and Kozmic Pearl (Gallery)
By Yvette C. Hammett Anne Via Myers’ mother framed her first piece of art – a bowl of fruit Myers had colored, complete with highlighted shading on the grapes. She was three years old. “I have been drawing my whole life,” the Riverview portrait artist…
Read More Riverview Artist Had an Eye for Art Since Childhood