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Death lends urgency to plea
After a teenager dies trying to cross Balm Riverview Road south of Riverview High, neighbors and school officials lobby to protect people on foot and bike.
Red-hot passion
The tomato festival is just another excuse to celebrate the crop that thrives in west-central Florida, where they really grow more than they can eat.
Toss in a tomato
If ever a vegetable could tell of woe, it would be the tomato.
The sensitive type
Florida's biggest roseate spoonbill nursery is near us, but the shrimp-colored babies need just the right conditions to survive.
Here and gone
Here's a look at new businesses in the area.
Cars
Where rubber meets the road
It was like a Monday morning quarterback getting a chance to start in the Super Bowl.
Community report
Apollo Beach: New development borrows atmosphere of MiraBay
Harbour Isles will offer less expensive sites than MiraBay, its neighbor directly across U.S. 41.
Apollo Beach: Publix coming to Apollo Beach
The store at U.S. 41 and Apollo Beach Boulevard will replace a Winn-Dixie that closed several years ago.
Brandon: To perfect the doughnut
Sophisticated doughnut eaters - oxymoron? No, marketing opportunity, say the owners of a new, independent shop.
Riverview: Mayor brings home the bacon
At a hog roast, appropriately, the biggest money-getter is crowned in the most lucrative race ever.
Sydney: Trails are hot to trot
Seven miles of spruced-up horse paths will satisfy equestrians champing at the bit for peaceful seclusion.
Communuity notebook
Administrators urge extra hygiene care
GIBSONTON - Three East Bay High students with possible cases of viral meningitis are back in school, but administrators still are asking students to take extra hygiene precautions.
Daytripper
Shop sells sports for all climates
It's 80 degrees outside, but the slope is ready for skiing inside Bill Jackson's. Lessons are provided year-round on the snow ski deck at the sporting goods store.
Farmer's Market
Short, sweet and blue
For a few weeks, a farmer's blueberry crop will garner higher prices because of a seasonal hole in world markets.
Gardening
Give help to young gardeners in your life
And if you received plants for Easter, take proper care of them. They could provide months or years of enjoyment.
Homes
A spread as pretty as the koi
When Bill and Martha Brooks bought their little acre of heaven in Brandon 36 years ago, there was nothing around but citrus trees and cattle pasture.
Talk about creature comforts
A functional family of skin, fur, feathers and fins calls a cottage and tropical yard home.
I Live Here
Sundance
For one resident, living in Sundance is like revisiting a laid-back and carefree childhood.
Lunch with Ernest
Retirees keeping director on toes
At 44, Ginger Anzalone brings a lot of youthful exuberance to her job as WCI Communities' director of amenities program development in King's Point at Sun City Center. But in her six years in the retirement community, she's discovered the residents can match her enthusiasm.
Preps
Briefs: 4 Riverview athletes sign scholarships
The Riverview football team signed three players to college scholarships last week.
Division names all-star tennis team
Durant's Shaun Young, Newsome's Alex Vuchovic and Brandon's Robbie Wald all receive honors.
School news
Armwood students bank on classmates
Students in the school's Academy of Finance program are running a credit union branch in the school, providing a way for classmates to save and earn while learning about personal finance.
Zoning
Developers target Valrico Road
VALRICO: Two separate rezoning requests have been filed with the county that could potentially bring 145 single-family homes to Valrico Road between Sydney and Crosby roads.
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