The Rays won't need to use their fifth starter in a regular-season game for nearly a month, but they appear close to determining who that pitcher will be. ...more

March 17, 2009

Stephen Garcia had a tumultuous arrival at South Carolina. He twice missed entire spring practices while serving suspensions due to off-field legal issues. ...more

November 15, 2008

Some national observers already have noticed former Jefferson quarterback Stephen Garcia's impact under Steve Spurrier at South Carolina. ...more

November 14, 2008

This fall, funeral director Michael DaGrosa celebrated 50 years in the industry. ...more

November 12, 2008

Almost a century ago, master shoemaker Vasile George Faklis arrived in Tarpon Springs from the Greek island of Symi and began plying his trade. In addition to making shoes, Faklis could also diagnose and correct his customers' foot problems. Today, his grandson, also named Vasile George, tends to people's feet at Faklis Orthopedic Service, on Tarpon Avenue. A board-certified and state-licensed orthotist, his knowledge of the human foot is up a notch from that of his grandfather, who learned his craft through an apprenticeship in Greece. ...more

July 12, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Richard Jorge's hands seem to work on instinct - an instinct born of cutting hair for more than 40 years. ...more

July 9, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Richard Jorge's hands seem to work on instinct - an instinct born of cutting hair for more than 40 years. ...more

July 9, 2008

He woke up to the smell of freshly brewed coffee Wednesday morning. Most weekday mornings, Darren Scott Snyder, who preferred to go by his middle name, was the first one up at the Auburndale house where he lived with his wife, Pamela, and in-laws, Mary and Don Ussery. ...more

January 11, 2008

LAKELAND - He woke up to the smell of freshly brewed coffee Wednesday morning. Most weekday mornings, Darren Scott Snyder, who preferred to go by his middle name, was the first one up at the Auburndale house where he lived with his wife, Pamela, and in-laws, Mary and Don Ussery. ...more

January 10, 2008

'The Street of a Thousand Blossoms,' by Gail Tsukiyama (St. Martin's, $25) ...more

September 30, 2007