PLANT CITY - Under a freezing crescent moon and an ice-cold indigo sky, Bob McDowell leaned over to inspect an icicled sprinkler. His goal: Save every strawberry at the 200-acre Fancy Farms, east of Plant City. ...more

January 3, 2008

Hillsborough Government offices: closed today Libraries: closed today ...more

December 24, 2007

Hillsborough Government offices: Closed Monday and Tuesday. ...more

December 22, 2007

PACERS 115, MAGIC 109 INDIANA (115) - Granger 9-20 3-4 27, O'Neal 6-18 3-4 15, Foster 5-8 0-0 10, Tinsley 7-13 4-4 20, Dunleavy 3-7 5-6 12, Murphy 4-9 2-2 12, Daniels 4-8 5-9 13, Williams 1-3 4-4 6. Totals 39-86 26-33 115. ORLANDO (109) - Turkoglu 3-15 4-4 11, Lewis 7-16 5-5 24, Howard 9-13 12-16 30, Nelson 5-9 1-1 11, Bogans 4-11 3-3 14, Cook 1-4 0-0 3, Evans 5-7 0-0 11, Foyle 0-1 1-2 1, Arroyo 1-2 0-0 3, Redick 0-2 1-2 1, Augustine 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 35-81 27-33 109. ...more

December 8, 2007

SUNS 136, RAPTORS 123 PHOENIX (136) - Hill 6-12 2-3 17, Marion 3-9 4-4 10, Stoudemire 9-11 7-7 25, Nash 4-7 1-1 10, Bell 6-11 0-0 16, Diaw 7-11 0-0 14, Barbosa 14-23 2-2 35, Skinner 2-3 0-0 4, Piatkowski 0-0 0-0 0, Marks 1-1 0-0 2, Banks 0-1 1-2 1, Strawberry 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 53-90 17-19 136. ...more

December 6, 2007

Hillsborough Government offices: Closed today and Friday. ...more

November 22, 2007

Keeping The Strawberry Tradition Alive Sam Astin, a third-generation strawberry farmer in Plant City, volunteered time and material to help the students at Turkey Creek Middle School learn what it takes to be successful farmers. He says that when he was 13, he "prepared the ground; planted and harvested the crop; packed and sold it to a vegetable broker." ...more

November 18, 2007

LAKE PLACID — It all depends on who you talk to. Some call the vendors who hawk fresh vegetables along the roadside "squatters," while regular customers talk about bargains. As the local growing seasons change, the fare varies from strawberries to oranges and melons. A pair of longtime produce vendors along U.S. 27 – just north of the Lake Placid town border – don't know whose property they sell from. ...more

November 12, 2007

Hillsborough Government offices: Closed Monday Libraries: Closed today and Monday ...more

November 11, 2007

SUNS 106, MAGIC 96 PHOENIX (106) - Nash 9-13 0-0 19, Barbosa 15-26 1-1 39, Marion 4-11 2-2 11, G.Hill 6-18 0-0 14, Stoudemire 6-11 1-2 13, Diaw 4-10 0-0 8, Banks 0-2 0-0 0, Skinner 1-2 0-0 2, Strawberry 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 45-94 4-5 106. ...more

November 11, 2007