PLANT CITY An ambitious update of a vision statement guiding Plant City's future has been enthusiastically endorsed by commissioners. ...more

September 11, 2008

After marrying a Tampa girl, building a house and starting a business I felt sufficiently settled to offer my services as a community volunteer. Online research identified a local group where I felt my experience might be an asset. ...more

September 11, 2008

Agendas for civic association meetings typically aren't terribly exciting, but there's one meeting that members of the Lutz Civic Association always enjoy. ...more

September 3, 2008

Coming in from the outskirts to be closer to its listeners, radio station WTMP has settled into a new office across from the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory on Howard Avenue. ...more

August 29, 2008

The Hillsborough County Office of Neighborhood Relations is seeking nominees for the spring quarter Lonnie Lea Napier Good Neighbor Award. ...more

February 20, 2008

Re: Response to Mr. Ronald Dixon, appearing in the Feb. 8 Hernando Today. ...more

February 10, 2008

The Longleaf Farmer's Market has begun its new weekly schedule, switching from Saturday to Thursday in an effort to attract a greater variety of vendors. It will be open from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursdays through April 26. ...more

February 8, 2008

DUNEDIN – After a long search, Fort Lauderdale's recreation and special facilities superintendent, Vincent Gizzi, has been named Dunedin's new leisure services director. ...more

February 6, 2008

A new study on obesity among low-income children highlights a perplexing problem that requires action by entire communities. ...more

February 4, 2008

The other day the Pinellas County School Board agreed to a student assignment plan that will steer students to schools closer to home beginning with the 2008-09 school year. As a result, the county joins hundreds of other school districts that have been freed from desegregation court orders, most of which seemed to emphasize the co-mingling of black and white students more than the quality of the education they were receiving. ...more

December 26, 2007