Pasco County's residential construction and real estate markets have been hammered to the canvas and show no signs of getting back on their feet. So Pasco officials anxious to reshape the county to their liking appear ready to pounce. ...more

October 28, 2009

After 25 years of providing choral music to the community, the Highlands Delta Chorale has performed its last concert due to the lack of singing voices. When I came to Sebring in the mid- 1970s, it was my dream to start a choral group. It became a reality with the Sebring Hills Chorale that later in October 1983 became the Highlands Delta Chorale. As founder of the group, I want to especially thank David Rinald, who faithfully devoted most of those 25 years directing and keeping the chorale together. Thanks also to South Florida Community College for providing their facility for concerts, to the Highlands County School Board for providing rehearsal space and to the area churches for providing rehearsal and concert space. A special thanks to Richard Wedig, accompanist for the chorale, and his wife, Susan, who stepped in to direct when a director was not available. ...more

May 19, 2009

The city's purple skyline is rising, finally. ...more

March 24, 2009

Eugene Baus of Brooksville several weeks ago wrote to ask for a recipe for sauerkraut balls made at Stouffer's restaurant in Cleveland. His request elicited a raft of replies. ...more

March 15, 2009

Readers send in recipes for sauerkraut balls and ask for recipes for Golden Goody Bars, peanut-butter toast, oatmeal stuffing, shortbread cookies and Paprika Chicken. ...more

March 12, 2009

Thirty three years before Jon Green was shot dead in his home near Polk City Tuesday, another fatal shooting occurred at that home. ...more

February 5, 2009

Driving on Interstate 275 through downtown Tampa is a little like riding a roller coaster - up one moment and down the next without really knowing what's over the next hill. ...more

December 15, 2008

Driving on Interstate 275 through downtown Tampa is a little like riding a roller coaster – up one moment and down the next without really knowing what's over the next hill. ...more

December 14, 2008

that would be the mid 1970s, when Bill Gates founded Microsoft and Steve Jobs assembled the first Apple computer - people started talking about the end of newspapers, and libraries without walls. ...more

October 5, 2008

Land purchases could soon give the city a chance to redevelop a large swath of real estate along North 22nd Street, north of the infamous and now-demolished Gene's Bar. ...more

August 13, 2008