A Lowry Elementary homework assignment had fifth-graders baking cookies for senior citizens, picking up trash on beaches and making goody bags for cancer patients during treatment. ...more

October 15, 2008

The $700 billion financial rescue package did nothing to avert stock market meltdowns and perhaps a worldwide recession, U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney told business leaders Wednesday in Sebring and Avon Park. ...more

October 9, 2008

In a 4-1 vote Tuesday, Highlands County commissioners took the first step toward raising the low-income senior citizens exemption on a homestead home from $5,000 to $15,000. ...more

October 8, 2008

Brown-Waite No Friend Of Hernando County ...more

October 1, 2008

The second time around was even quicker than the first. Thursday's final budget hearing attracted about 40 people - mostly county department heads and staffers - to the government center and lasted all of 15 minutes. ...more

September 26, 2008

Pinellas County sheriff's detectives are investigating a twist on an old robbery scam, this one involving thieves claiming they were hired to remove poisonous snakes from a homeowner's property. ...more

September 26, 2008

Pinellas County sheriff's detectives are investigating a twist in an old robbery scam that involves thieves approaching homeowners and telling them they were hired to remove poisonous snakes on the residents' property, authorities said. ...more

September 25, 2008

Everyone's feeling queasy these days watching the financial markets plummet due to the sub-prime loan fiasco. Younger folks, however, at least have time on their side. Senior citizens are seeing their life savings tank with little time for a market rebound. It sends a powerful message that whatever a person has saved for retirement might not be enough, unless it's protected from market influences. For most people, that isn't the case. ...more

September 24, 2008

The crises in the housing and financial industries is of concern to mature Americans.... ...more

September 22, 2008

They say you can't get anything for free, but there will soon be a golf tournament in South Shore for players over age 50, at no charge. ...more

September 17, 2008