Apollo Beach News

Despite the $1 increase in the state tax on a pack of cigarettes that will take effect Wednesday , smokers showed no apparent surge today to stockpile cigarettes, although some merchants reported sales rose somewhat.

While most business owners are struggling to keep their pace, Jennifer Aldrich has found a nice stride.

APOLLO BEACH, FL, June 30, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Take a look at our Infographic on How Credit Card Industries Have Been Screwing People For Decades! It will visually describe How Credit Card Companies Hook You, how they Screw You , and how the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act Will Protect People from Getting Screwed ...

Ask Ed Jackson, the butcher at Fulwood Farms Meat & Produce Market, to recite a list of the meats he carries and you'll get this: "We carry everything but the squeal, and it's on the way." That statement may sound humorous, but it's also not far from the truth.

Published: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 11:51 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 11:51 a.m. DEALS AND SPECIALS A few new deals popped up this week, but we've settled into the summer season so some of these are repeats.

The Hillsborough County Extension will hold workshops on gardening and efficient outdoor water usage June 30 at the extension office, 5339 County Road 579, Seffner.

More than 200 residents packed County Center June 9 at a public hearing on next year's proposed budget.

Situated at the mouth of the A Alafia River, A Mosaica s Coastal A Education Center is an outdoor classroom created by Mosaic to teach 4th graders from local schools environmental education.

After three hours and 89 speakers, Hillsborough County commissioners were looking for ways Tuesday night to restore popular programs threatened by the budget ax.

Mosquitoes are out and biting!! But not for long, hopefully. Mosquito Control will be spraying for the biting pests beginning Monday night.

SAFE Saving Animals From Euthanasia has planned a fundraising auction Nov. 14, and the group is now collecting items ranging from cruises and getaways to collectables and jewelry, as well as lawn equipment, furniture and more.

Those are three really big words that eight medical students who took the oath as officers in the U.S. Armed Forces will be expected to personify in their daily lives.

Thanks to the Apollo Beach Woman's Club, seven area children will go to camp this summer.

Hillsborough County authorities say an Internet posting about a woman trying to sell her 18-month-old baby is a hoax.

The Hillsborough Sheriff's Office has opened a criminal investigation after an Apollo Beach teenager posted an ad on the website Craig's List where she appeared to offer up her baby for sale.

Efforts to rezone about 540 acres for the proposed Reserve at Westlake housing development here have been halted - " at least for the time being.

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Running for a cause: Hegge making way through SW Florida, still on course to complete run from Tampa to South Beach By NICK KRUEGER 8:44 p.m., Tuesday, May 12, 2009 FORT MYERS - When former FGCU cross country runner Angie Hegge made the decision to run across Florida in the name of alopecia areata awareness, she knew it wasn't going to be a stroll ...

Eleven people were injured after a boat exploded off Beer Can Island Saturday afternoon.

When Bert Wallin died Easter Sunday, his passing left a big hole in the hearts of family, friends and a legion of people in South Shore.