It's not too early to start thinking about next Christmas, and some Pasco County government officials and environmentalists are. They're eyeing the 12,500-acre Cross Bar Ranch in the central part of the county, east of U.S. 41 and north of State Road 52, for preservation and continued public ownership. ...more

December 26, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Should the town take the money and run or is land better? At last week's meeting, town attorney Bert Harris III asked the town council to consider whether impact fees negotiated with builders should be extracted in cash or land. ...more

December 19, 2007

The state is trying to persuade growers to enroll in a voluntary program to reduce pollution into area waterways. The figures below show that the state still has a ways to go in signing up a majority of the growers. ...more

November 18, 2007

Cypress Point Community Church has held Sunday services in some unique settings since its 1998 founding. ...more

October 18, 2007