Just before Christmas, charitable organizations in the Tampa Bay area found themselves struggling to help the struggling. ...more

January 9, 2009

Both the "Landfill A Good Deal for Pasco" (Dec. 26) and the Tom Jackson "Really Green" (Dec. 28) opinions really miss the mark on the dump that is proposed to be built near the Green Swamp, source of the Floridan Aquifer. ...more

January 3, 2009

America's Second Harvest Purpose: Serves as a distribution point for food banks in 10-county area. A typical November brings in 650,000 pounds of food. This November there were 600,000 pounds of food. ...more

December 19, 2008

Everyone is aware of the Salvation Army's "Toys for Tots" campaign, which supplies toys to younger children each year, but what about teenagers? ...more

December 13, 2008

The Tampa Bay Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) is very concerned about an unspoken public health issue affecting the citizens of the Tampa Bay region, including the city of Tampa: the pollution from TECO's coal-powered plants. ...more

December 3, 2008

By all the commentaries I have seen, Black Friday two days ago is about to be followed by a darker, tougher and meaner year for millions of Americans, including a lot of us in the Tampa Bay region. ...more

November 30, 2008

There's never a good time to raise ticket prices, especially now, with the economy spiraling south. But you have to give a hand to the Tampa Bay Rays for maintaining their ultra-fan friendly approach even when increasing ticket prices for 2009. ...more

November 21, 2008

the epicenter of Pasco County's housing boom in 2005 and 2006 - led the county in declining housing prices. An analysis by Zillow.com, a Seattle-based housing research Web site, shows dramatic declines in home prices throughout Pasco County and the Tampa Bay region in general, compared with the same period last year. ...more

November 16, 2008

The Tampa Bay region continues to suffer from the effects of a three-year drought, moving from a "severe" to an "extreme" status. We need your help to conserve water and protect the environment. ...more

November 9, 2008

Hernando Today Rays fever has hit the Tampa Bay region, with excited fans of all ages staying awake until the wee hours of the night to watch the final pitch of the playoffs and now the World Series. ...more

October 25, 2008