It looks as though area residents and business owners have come through again in the 2009 Toys for Tots South Shore drive. ...more

December 16, 2009

Many banks in the Bay area continued to decline in the third quarter, with three rating zero stars in the closely watched BauerFinancial analysis. ...more

December 16, 2009

Professional fishing guide Lori Deaton of Ladyfish Charters in Apollo Beach has guided an army of people in fishing tournaments for numerous charities. ...more

December 16, 2009

Almost everyone's heard of Toys for Tots. But how about Presents for Pups? ...more

December 16, 2009

NEW BUSINESS LICENSES: WEEK OF DECEMBER 7, 2009 ...more

December 15, 2009

Show leadership I was very excited to read that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson released her agency's long-awaited Endangerment Finding, officially declaring global warming pollution a threat to pubic health. It places the EPA in a position to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and gives President Obama the ammunition he needs to promise real emissions reductions while he is at the U.N. climate negotiations in Copenhagen. ...more

December 13, 2009

Penny-pinching gift seekers stormed the stores before dawn on Black Friday, eager to get more bang for their beleaguered bucks. ...more

December 9, 2009

It's said that charity begins at home. On Thanksgiving Day, a number of businesses partnered with scores of volunteers to feed almost 500 people during the second annual South Shore Big Give at Beanie's Family Sports Grill in Ruskin. Besides Beanie's, other businesses that participated in one capacity or another were South Bay Hospital, the South Shore Gallery, Ruskin Chamber of Commerce, Weichert Realtors - Southshore, Zipperer's Funeral Home & Crematory and the SouthShore Community Service Center. If I've left someone out, my bad; but I just had to shout out to the ones I am aware of. Way to go! ...more

December 9, 2009

South Shore Cares, a division of Keller Williams Realty South Shore, is requesting toy donations to support the annual Good Samaritan Mission Gift Give-a-Way. ...more

December 9, 2009

If you want to believe George Will ("Earth's next last chance," Other Views, Dec. 5) that human actions do not affect climate, consider what the Los Angeles basin would be like if no governmental auto smog controls had been established. ...more

December 8, 2009