The holidays are here and HPH Hospice (HPH), formerly known as Hernando-Pasco Hospice, will celebrate its fifteenth annual Tree of Life holiday event to remember and pay tribute to those we love. In Hernando County, there will be three Trees of Life adorned with lights and ready for ornaments at agency's campus on Cortez Boulevard in Brooksville beginning tomorrow, Nov. 27. All donations support HPH's patient and family care programs. ...more

November 26, 2009

City Council unanimously voted this week to continue the sale of beer and wine at Sims Park, Orange Lake and Cavalaire Square during downtown events, keeping alive an ordinance passed in 2008. ...more

November 7, 2009

City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday in favor of continuing the sale of beer and wine at Sims Park, Orange Lake and Cavalaire Square during downtown events, keeping alive an ordinance originally passed in 2008. ...more

November 7, 2009

Sarasota health officials expect a crowd when they begin offering vaccinations at selected schools this weekend for elementary and pre-kindergarten students. ...more

November 2, 2009

Pinellas County has its first official swine flu-related death. The patient was a 36-year-old man and, as with many of the swine flu fatalities, had an underlying health condition. The health department learned Monday he had tested positive for swine flu, but it has released few other details, including his name or when he died, because of patient privacy concerns. ...more

August 11, 2009

The HPH Hospice team serving residents of East Hernando County invites individuals who have excellent phone skills and a pleasant demeanor to volunteer to answer its office phones from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. ...more

July 30, 2009

Art and nature lovers and anyone else who appreciates a good photograph can study several of them as the Pasco Arts Council presents an exhibition of entries in the West Pasco Audubon Society's annual Natural Florida photo contest, held in April. ...more

July 14, 2009

The game "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" is coming to Tampa on June 19 to hold auditions. ...more

June 10, 2009

The reopening of world-famous Cypress Gardens is set for March 28. ...more

March 22, 2009

Military veterans are eligible to use a free transportation service from South Shore to the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa. The service, which is not accessible to the disabled, operates on weekdays. ...more

February 25, 2009