Get a drive-through view of the sights - and sounds - of Santa Claus time at Jay B. Starkey Wilderness Park. ...more

December 7, 2007

Once again, city leaders are concerned about the well-being of several of the city's signature laurel and live oaks. ...more

November 3, 2007

South Shore residents with first-rate neighbors - who go beyond maintaining their lawn - can reward them for their efforts. ...more

October 31, 2007

Teen and adolescent girls long have used fashion as a social weapon. In 1944, Eleanor Estes wrote 'The Hundred Dresses,' a book about a Polish girl who is made fun of for wearing the same shabby dress each day. The 2004 film 'Mean Girls' focused on fashion-conscious cliques among high school teens. But today, guidance counselors and psychologists say, fashion bullying is reaching a new intensity as more designers launch collections targeted at kids. ...more

October 26, 2007

South Shore residents with first-rate neighbors - who go beyond maintaining their lawn - can reward them for their efforts. ...more

October 13, 2007

Necessary Duplication 'Duplication of services,' 'efficiency' and other such buzz words are being used more and more by the development community in attempts to garner even greater benefits than they currently enjoy. For example, the article by Steve Allison ('Take Hard Look At County Planning,' Other Views, Sept. 22) uses the above words as reasons to change the current modus operandi of the Planning Commission. What Allison failed to state is that he is a land planner who makes his living by pushing projects through the system that is currently in place. ...more

September 29, 2007

Contractor John Simon said the thought of apartments and condominiums at the old Gary Adult School, 3610 E. 10th Ave., didn't appeal to him. ...more

September 26, 2007