The city will change the way it determines how much to increase water, sewer and sanitation rates each year if the city council approves an ordinance up for debate on Monday. ...more

October 5, 2008

I am writing to you today to express my opinion on an important subject. Music Programs across the country are having their budgets cut by lack of funding. ...more

September 30, 2008

The planned across-the-board 3 percent pay raises for Highlands County employees could be out the door, replaced by 2 percent raises. ...more

September 12, 2008

County Administrator David Hamilton is due to get his six-month evaluation from county commissioners this month. ...more

September 6, 2008

City departments won't be getting new vehicles any time soon. Vacant jobs won't be filled, and travel and training budgets were slashed. ...more

September 6, 2008

It's not a big surprise that enrollment is down in Highlands County schools this year. The lower number is a product of our ailing economy, and the need for families to follow jobs wherever they can find them. Unfortunately, sometimes those jobs are elsewhere. ...more

September 5, 2008

Our homeowners association is governed by Florida Statute 720. Our bylaws say that a director who has unexcused absences for three consecutive meetings has vacated his/her director's position. ...more

August 28, 2008

I just wanted to give a big "thank you" to all the Floridians who voted yes on Amendment 1. As usual, Florida voters did a bang-up job of researching and understanding the implications of what they were voting for. I will save a whopping $175 on my property taxes this year. But please let me tell you how the cuts in funding have affected my family and the community I live in. ...more

August 24, 2008

A combination community garage sale and cookout will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the home of Stephanie Troxell, 4748 Voorhees Road, New Port Richey. The event is a fundraiser for the Lofreddo family - specifically 7-month-old Chance Lofreddo, as he nears the first of several heart surgeries in his lifetime. ...more

August 20, 2008

Terry Grace Sears knows she still has work to do helping the families of Sept. 11 victims, seeing the proof last week on the faces of kids just beginning to open up about their parents' deaths in the terrorist attack. ...more

August 17, 2008