More Carrollwood Village and Original Carrollwood residents have comments regarding a $4 million traffic calming project in both communities. ...more

July 5, 2008

County Commissioner Al Higginbotham to try to get residents more say in Lumsden/Lithia-Pinecrest road intersection improvements. ...more

May 19, 2008

When Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio hosted a town hall meeting here in March, two things stuck with her: It seemingly takes forever to get to New Tampa during rush hour, and residents don't know which road projects are moving forward and which ones are stalled. ...more

May 4, 2008

When Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio hosted a town hall meeting here in March, two things stuck with her: It seemingly takes forever to get to New Tampa during rush hour, and residents don't know which road projects are moving forward and which ones are stalled. ...more

May 3, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County is likely to snag nearly one-third of the $10.5 million that Gov. Charlie Crist convinced the Legislature to award in local-government grants for innovative recycling projects this fiscal year. One hundred and forty cities and counties applied for these grants, officially called the "Fiscal Year 2008-09 Innovative Recycling/Waste Reduction Grants." After reviewing all 140 applications, the state Department of Environmental Protection picked the top 33 projects based on merit. The Legislature has appropriated $10.56 million for this grant program for fiscal 2008-09, a reduction from the $12.4 million allocated for this program the year before. ...more

February 2, 2008

NORTHDALE Frank Giordano had a vision when he became president of the Northdale Special Taxing District in 2005. ...more

January 30, 2008

County engineers believe they've hit on a way to improve local roads and save money at the same time. ...more

December 4, 2007

Motorists will get a glimpse at their future commutes when county engineers and consultants reveal the results of the latest traffic study on Lithia-Pinecrest Road. ...more

December 1, 2007

Wal-Mart won approval Thursday for its newest Pasco County superstore nearly six months after county officials last considered plans for the plaza at the southwest corner of State Road 54 and Grand Boulevard. ...more

November 9, 2007

SEBRING – Population wise, Highlands County is a proverbial small fish in the big pond of Florida. But it's making a big splash statewide with its decision to build the state's first government-owned and operated asphalt plant. The project, scheduled to begin production in May, has reportedly set off a drive by the state's asphalt paving industry for a state law to stop this idea from spreading to other counties. ...more

October 12, 2007