Hillis Brewer has been sober for 33 years; he's 68 now. He's been a barber nearly all his life - over 48 years spent cutting hair on Sarasota's Main Street, first in Brewer's Family Hair, where his dad worked with him, and later on his own in Hairstyles by Hillis. A little over three years ago, he retired but found he missed cutting hair, and so last spring, he hung a "Hillis is Back" sign in the storefront window of Jack's Barber Shop, an old-school, two-chair setup at 1658 Main, and went back to work. ...more

December 24, 2009

The push to widen 40th Street goes back four decades to residents' pleas to then-Mayor Nick Nuccio for help. Promises were made, but nothing happened. ...more

November 13, 2009

The push to widen 40th Street goes back four decades to residents' pleas to then-Mayor Nick Nuccio for help. Promises were made, but nothing happened. ...more

November 11, 2009

Denny's is coming to the Flying J. The national restaurant chain that offers breakfast, lunch and dinner will replace Flying J's Country Market restaurant, said Jim Baker, Flying J's senior vice president of interstate operations. ...more

November 6, 2009

Denny's is coming to the Flying J. The national restaurant chain that offers breakfast, lunch and dinner will replace Flying J's Country Market restaurant, said Jim Baker, Flying J's senior vice president of interstate operations. ...more

November 4, 2009

Denny's is coming to the Flying J. The national restaurant chain that offers breakfast, lunch and dinner will replace Flying J's Country Market restaurant, said Jim Baker, Flying J's senior vice president of interstate operations. ...more

November 4, 2009

A gym, barber shop and planters of plastic flowers: Welcome to the gentler face of the infamous Abu Ghraib prison. ...more

February 22, 2009

Adrian Morelli has considered her Heritage Pines community a little oasis from the sea of traffic and congestion just outside the gates. ...more

December 5, 2008

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December 4, 2008

One woman's same old purple sweater or red hat is another woman's treasure. Members of the Purple Butterflies Chapter of the Red Hat Society, swapped fashions during a "Red and Purple" swap recently at Community Hall. ...more

November 19, 2008