July 8, 2020 By: Staff Report PASCO COUNTY Fla. – At the February 2020 meeting, Commissioners approved rule changes for 2020-2021 related to hunting and FWC-managed areas. Most rule changes will take effect July 1, 2020. Rule change proposals are based on requests from staff,…
July 3, 2020 By: Staff Report Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the following appointments and reappointments to Florida’s Judicial Nominating Commissions. Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission Harout Samra, of Coral Gables, is an associate at DLA Piper. He received his bachelor’s degree…
June 24, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano ST. PETERSBURG Fla. – Wanting to help shoppers connect with Black-owned businesses in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, Hillary Van Dyke and Joshua Bean launched the Green Book of Tampa Bay last February. This comprehensive directory “makes it super easy…
June 24, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA Fla.- Residents throughout Hillsborough County, including Tampa, Temple Terrace, Plant City, and MacDill Air Force Base, can pick up free fish from Hillsborough County Mosquito Management Services to help reduce backyard mosquito breeding. Free Fish Folks. Last week,…
April 30th 2020 By: Staff Report Information overload, bad news, COVID-19, and numbers, that’s all we are hearing about these days. What we aren’t discussing in critical mass, are the changes that have taken place for the Students, Teachers, and Parents. A monumental shift in…
April 17, 2020 By Sarah McCormick Sexual allegations are once again swirling around Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden, who has found himself in this mess a time or two – or eight – before. A police report filed in Washington on Thursday, April 9th would…
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…
A Staff Report Best-selling author and world-renowned birder Kenn Kauffman will be among the keynote speakers at this year’s Florida Birding & Nature Festival, Oct. 17-20. The festival, headquartered at the Hillsborough Community College campus in Brandon, coincides with the peak migration of more than…