LAKE PLACID — Anne Reynolds, a white-haired lady in her 60s, speaks softly when asked about the younger version of her painted on a downtown Lake Placid mural. "That's me, 1966, when shortly after arriving as Charles Reynolds' bride, I was elected the first president of the Lake Placid Arts and Crafts Fair." Reynolds' home, a two-storied, New Orleans style red brick with black, wrought iron balconies, perches on a high bluff, Bear Point, offering a panoramic view of what used to be Lake Childs, now Lake Placid. The 12-acre property boasts heavily mossed, native-Florida trees and foliage. A golf cart ride downhill leads to a rectangular, green building, once a garage, now a lab. David Butler, archaeologist and professor at Rollins College, comes here, often bringing students, and studies findings from the Blueberry site — more about that later. The samples are sealed in labeled, plastic bags and piled around the musty, somewhat mystical room. ...more

July 6, 2008

A half century ago, this two-story red brick building housed men returning from World War II. ...more

June 29, 2008

SEBRING — On Lemon Street, where drug dealers have ruled and crime has been present for decades, there are now faux red brick sidewalks, new blacktop, white concrete curbs, street lamps and palm trees. The ninth Juneteenth celebration, said Robert Saffold, turned out to be the best because Washington Heights has been restored. ...more

June 21, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - The Tampa Bay Rays, who are enjoying unprecedented success on the field this year, are sharing the talents of their grounds crew and influence with local businesses to upgrade Little League fields across the Bay area. ...more

June 17, 2008

When I was 10 years old my family moved from the big, dirty, steel-mill city of Gary, Ind., to the sleepy little village of Rosebush, Mich. — population 2,000, if you counted every farm family in a 10-mile radius. ...more

June 15, 2008

A century-old house that caught the creative eye of young filmmakers has been selected as the setting of an independent horror short, "Buzzards' Roost." ...more

June 11, 2008

DOVER A century-old house that caught the creative eye of young filmmakers has been selected as the setting of an independent horror short, "Buzzards' Roost." ...more

June 6, 2008

Harriet Foundas became principal of West Shore Elementary shortly after renovations of the 1926 building were completed in time for its 50th anniversary. ...more

May 30, 2008

Harriet Foundas became principal of West Shore Elementary shortly after renovations of the 1926 building were completed in time for its 50th anniversary. ...more

May 28, 2008

After being rejected by the Florida Department of Transportation, state Rep. Michael Scionti and the West Tampa Chamber of Commerce are campaigning to bring historical markers to Interstate 275 exits at Howard and Armenia avenues. ...more

May 7, 2008