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For 90 years, Tampa’s Oliva Tobacco has supplied cigar industry
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo Finance· 1 month agoTAMPA ― For 90 years, the Oliva Tobacco Co. has been at war with a tiny enemy — the tobacco beetle....
How the Gaza humanitarian aid pier traces its origins to discarded cigar boxes before World War II
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAn aerial view of the floating pier off Gaza shows its basic structure. U.S. Central Command via AP...
Henderson riverfront building had a long, storied history
The Gleaner via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA large building that went up about the time the Civil War began was being converted a century ago...
Former Arturo Fuente Cigar Co. factory has a new owner — a Fuente
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTAMPA — When Liana Fuente saw the handwriting on the wall, she knew that the building had to stay with the family. The two-story wood and concrete block building at 2708 N 18th St. was used ...
Inside the tawdry, drug-fueled, violent world of America's top life insurance salesmen
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMatt Rota for Insider Women say they were fed date rape drugs, compared to dog puke, and forced to...
Future home of new independent bookstore in Belleville has a long history. What we learned
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBy now you know (I hope) about the independent bookstore coming to Belleville. In addition to the...
A Grand Unified Theory of Why Elon Musk Is So Unfunny
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 1 year agoElon Musk has had a busy few days. Last weekend, he ordered the “w” in the the sign on Twitter‘s San...
39 Gasparilla events happening in the Tampa Bay area this month
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIt is once again time for the krewe of the 165-foot Jose Gasparilla II pirate ship to sail down...
Tampa photo company documented Dusty Rhodes, Skyway collapse. Now it’s 70.
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo Finance· 5 months agoTAMPA — Over the decades, photography business Golden Triangle Tampa documented moments that became local history. From entertainment like the professional wrestlers who performed here to tragedy ...
Long Live the Conch Republic
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIllustration: Joanna Andreasson The United States acquired the island of Key West through neither military conquest nor diplomatic treaty. In good...