Hernando High teacher to return to work. ...more

January 9, 2008

"Conversations With Woody Allen," by Eric Lax (Knopf, $30) ...more

December 23, 2007

The Hillsborough Education Foundation named its first finalist for Hillsborough County Teacher of the Year this morning. ...more

December 14, 2007

On 2004's "Uh Huh Her," PJ Harvey did something she had never done before: She repeated herself. "Uh Huh Her" retreated to the jagged blues-rock of her earliest work, the first time a Harvey album failed to break new stylistic ground. ...more

November 29, 2007

Mark Nichols, not so many years ago, was a happy-go-lucky guy who lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Stuart, bicycled everywhere he wanted to go rather than driving, and did his fishing by wading because he didn't own a boat. ...more

November 28, 2007

AVON PARK — After canceling their meetings the past two months because there weren't enough members present to have a quorum, the Main Street Community Redevelopment Agency advisory board found the quorum it needed Thursday, then decided they shouldn't bother anymore. In an unanimous decision, the Main Street CRA literally voted itself out of existence, eliminating one of the three advisory boards created earlier this year after questions came up over the legality of having multiple CRA boards. Main Street-area residents and businesses would now have to apply directly to the City Council, which doubles as the main CRA board, for a facade grant. Devon Donaldson, who chaired the now-defunct advisory board, said Sunday that he and the rest of the board realized several facade grant applications skipped their board, which the board members themselves thought was unnecessary. "We just didn't see a need for us to be there anymore," Donaldson said. "All of us are willing to serve, we just felt our energies were being wasted." ...more

November 5, 2007

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a dangerous leader in a violent part of the world. ...more

October 9, 2007

As a Marine, Mike Perez saw action in both Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield but no matter where his duties to his country took him, Mike Perez always had the Bucs to remind him of home. ...more

October 8, 2007