"Coraline," the first stop-motion animated film to be conceived and shot in 3-D, is visually dazzling, as you'd expect - but strangely joyless. ...more

February 6, 2009

A 71-year-old man died tonight after he was stabbed several times at a Palmetto boarding house, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

January 5, 2009

Don't think you can make a difference in your community? Consider Mary Lee Farrior and Sara Romeo. ...more

November 12, 2008

Art exhibits, auctions, food, entertainment, a veterans' presentation and fun activities for children and adults are on tap Saturday at Samuel W. Cooper Park to benefit restoration of a rooming house listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ...more

November 5, 2008

Tampa Crossroads celebrated its new transitional housing program for homeless women veterans today with a tour of its 100-year-old boarding house facility and a ceremony honoring women who served their country. ...more

October 6, 2008

A half century ago, this two-story red brick building housed men returning from World War II. ...more

June 29, 2008

A man stabbed Saturday while sitting on the front porch of a boarding house was hospitalized with serious injuries, police said. ...more

June 23, 2008

A man stabbed Saturday night while sitting on front porch of a boarding house was hospitalized with serious injuries, police said. ...more

June 22, 2008

EVERGLADES CITY - The Everglades are among America's most famous swamps, with a reputation for mosquitos to match. ...more

December 16, 2007

Disabled by strokes, mental illness or the frailties of old age, residents of the Daphne Jones Boarding Home arrived at their most vulnerable. ...more

November 2, 2007