There was a time when Pat Milam envisioned a retirement home on the 53 acres he once owned along the edge of Cockroach Bay. ...more

August 13, 2008

Environmentalists and longtime homeowners continued their call last week for a community plan south of the Little Manatee River that would keep their area rural and protect natural areas from dense development. ...more

July 30, 2008

Environmentalists and longtime homeowners continued their call Tuesday for a community plan for south of the Little Manatee River that would keep the area rural and protect natural areas from dense development. ...more

July 24, 2008

No use crying about the heat because it will probably be with us through Halloween. ...more

July 23, 2008

No use crying about the heat because it will probably be with us through Halloween. The good news is that some of the summer fishing staples are starting to bite. Keli Emery and I went looking for cobia and tripletail one fine day with lots of sunshine, no wind and hot enough make you want to keep the boat on plane. We began our day looking for scaled sardines on the flats south of the Cockroach Bay entrance channel, and we found plenty. ...more

July 22, 2008

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Fred Everson. ...more

July 13, 2008

Dolly Cummings, John Smith and Mary Ann Wilhelm all share the same goal: They want to be the honorary mayor of Ruskin. ...more

July 5, 2008

It was supposed to be a bill to protect seagrass, the underwater greenery that provides food for marine life and nurseries for juvenile fish. ...more

June 11, 2008

Experts sometimes describe the swishy underwater habitat as a nursery, other times a fish factory. ...more

June 4, 2008

Where Does It End? Regarding "Land Program Fate Up To Voters" (Metro, May 22): ...more

May 29, 2008