Believing in Brooksville with Women Leading the Way
It all started in 2016. The Brooksville Main Street Program determined its mission would be to help make Brooksville “a thriving urban core, one that… Read More
Author Archives: Deanna Dammer Kimbrough
Deanna Dammer Kimbrough's Articles
Get Out and Vote – Please
Do you have memories that start, “The first time I ever…”? We may remember our first car, first job, first home. But do we remember… Read More
Big Plans for Live Oak: The Little Theatre that Could
In 2009, the Live Oak Theatre (LOT) was founded by Randi and Keith Olsen, Vince Vanni, Barbara Manuel, Art and Ellen Sanborn (who head up… Read More
Coming Home isn’t Always Easy and Help is Available
Military veterans and first responders have long been considered heroes. That honorific has been increased many-fold over the last several years, and rightly so. As… Read More
All About Aripeka
Aripeka is a mix of history and natural charm on Florida’s Nature Coast. The 120-acre town is surrounded by Gulf water, marshes, a sandhill preserve… Read More
Pine Island and Alfred McKethan
This is Part 2 of Bayport and Pine Island: Part of Hernando County’s Gift to the Nature Coast. Part 1 may be found by… Read More
Bayport and Pine Island: Part of Hernando County’s Gift to the Nature Coast
Gifts on the Nature Coast are often wrapped in salt marshes, cabbage palms, rivers, streams, creeks, fishing piers, and boat ramps. But, to me, the… Read More
I was just Thinking
A tiny item in a section of a newspaper recently invited people to sit on their front porches and socialize, at a distance, with neighbors. … Read More
Boys and Girls Club of Hernando Now Provides Virtual Learning
An order to stay home or distance yourself from other people does not mean teaching and mentoring our area’s children must come to a complete… Read More
Celebrating the 19th Amendment
Op Ed by Deanna Kimbrough I recently read an opinion in another newspaper that claimed our country’s male population is being victimized by things that… Read More
Experiencing Werner Boyce Salt Springs State Park from an Airboat
Second in a Series Any time I have spent on the water was peaceful and filled with new sights and sounds. Werner-Boyce Salt Springs… Read More
Experiencing Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park as an Outdoor Museum
First in a Series: The Land Tour The Florida State Park system includes 175 parks which are located in 58 of our 67 counties, according… Read More
Visiting the Nature Coast Botanical Gardens
Have you heard of the Nature Coast Botanical Gardens in Spring Hill? As the Gardens’ nursery manager, Kathy Wolfe says, “it’s the best-kept secret in… Read More
Inverness Christens Depot District a “Really Cool Place”
On November 16, 2019, we celebrated the Grand Opening of the Depot District that unites renovated city and state parks, open spaces and multipurpose public… Read More