Sally Timpanelli and Judy Hess had already talked for about an hour during a meal at a New Port Richey restaurant. The women's relationship has spanned seven decades. It began in New York in 1938, when at Lynbrook Hospital in Oceanside, N.Y., Sally Hufnagel was born on Aug. 7 and Judy Erslev on Aug. 12. ...more

November 26, 2008

Carolyn Collins sat on her couch the night Barack Obama was elected president and thought about her late parents, who had drilled into her that she had the right to vote. ...more

November 25, 2008

A local family inspired by a fable and the memory of their matriarch will donate on Monday the ingredients for a Thanksgiving meal to 80 Tampa Bay area recipients. ...more

November 23, 2008

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November 22, 2008

Children at Hillel School ran, stretched and even got their hair cut in the name of healthy hearts this morning. They'll get a big, personal "thank you" later from CNN broadcaster Larry King. ...more

November 21, 2008

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November 19, 2008

Galina Komissarchuk said she and her husband had been arguing with their daughter and son-in-law, when her daughter unexpectedly showed up at her parents' Sarasota house late at night. ...more

November 5, 2008

There was elation this morning at the historic election of Barack Obama on Tuesday, but it was not universal. ...more

November 5, 2008

barring election upheavals - we'll know who won all the local races. Regardless of winners and losers, the real work begins today. ...more

November 5, 2008

It is once in a lifetime that we get the opportunity to preserve a human institution and take action to change the outcome of history. Right now, this is our moment in history here in Florida with Amendment Two on the ballot on Nov. 4. A "Yes" vote on Amendment Two defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman, which is most beneficial for the common good of society. Marriage creates families, the very foundation our society is built upon, and without it we will surely crumble as a nation. Think about this for a moment, traditional marriage actually protects children. Amendment Two protects our children from being taught in public schools that the same sex marriage is the same as natural marriage. If same sex marriage is legalized in Florida, public schools will be forced to teach your children and grandchildren that homosexual marriages are equal to marriages between a man and a woman. Since homosexual marriage was legalized in Massachusetts, public school teachers are now being forced to teach this very thing. ...more

October 26, 2008