Flocking together has just been made easier for some area residents, those whose preference for song runs to operatic arias. Two local opera clubs are now combined and settling happily in their new nest, Freedom Plaza. ...more

November 11, 2009

The Lake Placid baseball team turned manufacturing runs into an art form in Friday night's Class 3A-District 10 baseball game against Mulberry. ...more

March 1, 2009

The Culinary Sherpas take a turn with being vegetarians. ...more

February 24, 2009

What a wonderful experience we had last month at the Sebring Civic Center, listening and dancing to the Highlandaires, the local big band group. It was sad, however, to see the lack of people who showed up to support this amazing group. I cannot understand how a group of this caliber is not drawing crowds at each and every performance. To see eight musicians in concert and the talent of these Highlands County musicians go un-noticed is unbelievable to say the least. ...more

February 9, 2009

Down and out. It is football's most elementary pass route, executed in games played in back yards, sand lots, high school fields and the Super Bowl. A wide receiver fires straight off the line, runs 10 yards downfield, plants his inside foot and cuts hard for the sideline. ...more

February 1, 2009

There will be a crown, swimsuits and a title, but this will be no ordinary beauty pageant. ...more

January 16, 2009

IRA KAUFMAN'S POWER RANKINGS 1. Giants. Hey, Plaxico: Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. ...more

December 2, 2008

Who knew art could help improve math and science test scores for local students? ...more

August 8, 2008

I own a cinnabar lamp that I inherited from my grandparents. I was told that it originally was a vase bought in China during the 1930s and was made into a lamp in the 1960s. What is its age and value? ...more

August 7, 2008

On each side of his neck is a tattoo of a skull, and across his knuckles he had tattooed the expression, "Hard Luck," with a letter on each knuckle. To Pinellas sheriff's detention Deputy Aaron Simpson, his tattoos are an art form. To his bosses at the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, they constitute a violation of the sheriff's uniform and appearance policy. As a result, the six-year veteran was suspended for three days. ...more

July 18, 2008