The Hillsborough County Solid Waste Management Department has closed its Wimauma Community Collection Center at 16180 W. Lake Drive due to low usage. ...more

October 7, 2009

Keller Williams Realty's South Shore Market Center team is giving back to the South Shore area by sponsoring its 2nd Annual Walk-a-thon to benefit the Good Samaritan Mission in Wimauma. ...more

March 11, 2009

The SHARE Florida Food Network has opened a distribution site at the Sun City Center Community Center, 1910 S. Pebble Beach Blvd., for residents of the South Shore area. ...more

March 11, 2009

Cars were streaming out of the dusty grounds of the Florida Frontiersmen in Homeland when first-time visitor Bobbi Dugas of Brandon arrived Jan. 23 at the 2009 Alafia River Rendezvous, a pre-1840s re-enactment. ...more

February 25, 2009

Unlike most Florida fish, sheepshead actually thrive in chilly water and can provide steady action for anyone persistent enough to seek them out. ...more

January 18, 2009

At the end of January, it will be a year since I moved from the sparkling metropolis of Sarasota to the rural community of Ruskin. I must admit, the decision was difficult for this mostly big-city gal. I assure you, the changes took some getting used to. ...more

January 14, 2009

Redfish, trout, sheepshead and even snook prowl the shallows from November through March, and the tides are so low, the water so clear, that sight-fishing becomes almost easy. ...more

January 11, 2009

1:43 p.m. Voting at Precinct 913 at the Wimauma Civic Center slowed down a bit after a pre-workday rush hour but picked up again during the lunch hour. More than 400 people had voted by noon. ...more

November 4, 2008

In a gesture of brotherly love, United Methodist churches in the South Shore area have begun a project to help an ailing sister church and the community surrounding it. ...more

September 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: Mark Cook. ...more

July 14, 2008