Apr 23, 2009
Bishop Dedicates New Ruskin Church
The hard work and dedication of the parishioners of St. Anne Catholic Church in Ruskin has paid off in a big way.
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Nov 30, 2008
From Television to Radio for FishHawk Resident
FishHawk Ranch has a country radio celebrity in its community: You can hear Jenny Dean weekday afternoons on US 103.5 FM on the Travis & Jenny Show from 3-7 p.m. Originally from Kentucky, Dean spent about five years in Illinois anchoring television news and came to this area to work for Bay News 9 as [...]
Oct 31, 2008
Zach Treks To Atlanta To Raise Funds
To commemorate November being National Homeless Youth Awareness Month, Valrico resident Zach Bonner is hitting the pavement and walking 280 miles from Tallahassee to Atlanta Georgia. Last year, the 10-year-old took a 250 mile jaunt from Tampa to Tallahassee to raise awareness of the estimated 1.6 million kids that are homeless in our Country and [...]
Aug 28, 2008
No Increase in CDD Fees for FH
When is zero a good number? When it is the amount of dollars your Community Development District (CDD) fees are going up the next fiscal year, if you live in FishHawk Ranch. Originally, it was thought that the charge could go up as much as $67 per household with the proposed district’s combined multimillion dollar [...]
Jul 23, 2008
Welcome to the “I am Hope Cafe”
The “I Am Hope Café” is finally a reality, and, now, the estimated 2,000 homeless in the Brandon area will have a permanent place to eat if they so choose. Thanks to the generosity of First Baptist Church of Mango, three unused classrooms were recently donated to the Greater Brandon Ecumenical Ministries, Inc. (GBEM), which [...]
Jun 30, 2008
Care Package Donor Marks 25 Years
For 25 years, Bob Williams has been sending care packages overseas to our service people. He says, “I can get a tremendous amount of products donated because of my connections, but the problem is I need help with the cost of sending it to the troops.” Each week Williams says he sends 250 containers that [...]
