Brandon-area YMCAs are looking for help to make Christmas special for some underprivileged youngsters. Four YMCAs will hold a holiday celebration Dec. 15 for families in need at Camp Cristina in Riverview. ...more

December 1, 2007

CLASS NOTES ePEP Meetings Eighth-grade students are now required to complete an electronic Personal Education Planner (ePEP) before promotion into ninth grade. ...more

November 17, 2007

RIVERVIEW – It appears that "someone" drilled into a pipeline, causing an ammonia leak in the area of US 301 and the Alafia River, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

November 13, 2007

A 16-year-old boy drilling into a pipeline released a cloud of ammonia Monday evening, forcing what could be a two-day evacuation for hundreds of residents near the Alafia River. ...more

November 13, 2007

Every year about this time, snowbirds return en masse to South Shore from their summer homes up North. Here's a recap highlighting some of the stories that appeared in the paper from June through September: ...more

November 5, 2007

Hillsborough County officials have approved permits for intermittent lane closings on four South Shore roads to allow Tampa Electric Co. crews to replace or install power equipment. ...more

November 3, 2007

Three local businesses have stepped up to save the flowering crape myrtle trees that line the median on a 2.5-mile stretch of U.S. 301 between Bloomingdale Avenue and Gibsonton Drive. ...more

October 27, 2007

Three local businesses have stepped up to save the flowering crape myrtle trees that line the median on a 2.5-mile stretch of U.S. 301 between Bloomingdale Avenue and Gibsonton Drive. ...more

October 18, 2007

Construction crews will be working in the dead of night to install a water main along Balm-Riverview Road near Riverview High School, and motorists won't be able to get through after 9 p.m. Thursday. ...more

October 17, 2007

Whether you know it as East Bay or the more recent moniker, South Shore, the land mass south of Brandon is likely to change dramatically, and nothing tells the tale better than a draft transportation plan for the area. ...more

October 11, 2007