Unless you are glued to the tube watching your favorite basketball team, March is the time of year when everyone is ready to charge out on the beach piers and jetties to take part in the spring runs of Spanish mackerel, bluefish, king mackerel, cobia and tarpon.
Susie Smith* has fallen on hard times this year. The single mother lost her job so any funds that come in go straight to putting food on the table and keeping a roof over the heads of her two children.
Reaction was swift and hilarious March 12 when it was announced the snack cakes division of Hostess Brands had accepted the $410 million bid of two investment firms to snatch it out of bankruptcy and restart the factory ovens to make Twinkies and Ding-Dongs.
