County Commissioner Rose V. Ferlita will be honored as one of four Women of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida at a luncheon March 24 at the A La Carte Event Pavilion, 4050 Dana Shores Drive. ...more

March 11, 2009

Members of the Patriots Club, who provide and maintain the American flags that fly along State Road 674, elected the following officers at the club's annual membership meeting Jan. 30: Uta Kuhn, president; Don Renwick, executive vice president; and Dick Persons, second vice president for membership. ...more

March 11, 2009

One served four years as a Hillsborough County commissioner and has accumulated numerous awards for philanthropic efforts for organizations serving all walks of life. Another was orphaned as a child and lost a husband as a young woman, but still went on to success in her personal life as well as in her efforts to make her community a better place. ...more

February 25, 2009

Marsha Passmore, director of outreach for Hopewell Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens, invites the community to the second annual Hopewell Lantern Ghost Walk on Oct. 31. The event will begin at 6 p.m. with music at McCall Park, Collins and Drane streets downtown. ...more

October 8, 2008

Longtime environmentalist and philanthropist Marsha Starkey is among four local "Women of Distinction" that the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida will honor next month. ...more

February 18, 2008

Families in the Kings Lake subdivision, west of East Bay High School, played games and feasted on hot dogs, hot chocolate and toasted marshmallows last month, courtesy of the South Shore United Methodist Church. ...more

January 24, 2008