LAKE PLACID — With a recent $50,000 donation from Glades Electric Cooperation Inc., Recreation Director John Komosa hopes the ongoing work at a baseball field for disabled players will finish up by September. New fences and benches already circle a playing field at June Park, in preparation for the future Miracle League Field. Installation of a special rubberized turf to protect players from injury is scheduled when funding is obtained. The Glades Electric donation goes a long way toward the $250,000 fundraising goal. The turf alone will cost $121,000, said Komosa. ...more

February 18, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Play ball, but don't forget the ibuprofen. Allan Chipps plays catcher and at 90 years old is the oldest player in the Lake Placid Senior Softball League. He exceeds the minimum age requirement by 40 years, although for those who sport hair beneath their caps, the common color is gray. Participants are required to have reached the half-century mark and no one old enough is turned away. Even with five teams of 13 members each, there is a waiting list of eight prospective sluggers for the games played at Lake June Ball Fields. ...more

February 7, 2008

Somewhere out there, a homeless person is keeping warm or an orphan at a children's home has a smile on her face because of the love the women of the Victorious Life Church Quilting Club put into their projects. ...more

January 26, 2008

Residents who have reason to go to City Hall in the next several days may want to budget themselves a little extra time for the trip. The walls of City Hall are moonlighting as an art gallery, as the city is presenting an exhibition by a pair of Pinellas County artists, Betsy Schoepf and Ralph Montgomery. ...more

January 19, 2008

The members at all-women gyms go as much for the camaraderie as they do for the health benefits. ...more

January 14, 2008

With one eye on the clock and the other on keeping the team moving ever forward in sync, a boss is a little like a quarterback, although he or she is unlikely to celebrate an achievement by, say, spiking a computer. So what does a good boss do when employees are chatting about the Big Game Du Jour or the presidential races? ...more

January 10, 2008

With the football playoffs under way and the presidential election campaign becoming more intense, small-business owners may find that some of their staffers are a little distracted and more inclined to talk than work. ...more

January 10, 2008

Bucs coach Jon Gruden discusses the first-round playoff loss to the Giants, and looks ahead to the offseason, in his Monday news conference: ...more

January 7, 2008

TAMPA - It's 7 p.m. Monday at 7@14 Lounge in Ybor City. A group of men and women decked out in cowboy boots and hats makes its way to the dance floor. A country song begins to play. On cue, the cowboys and cowgirls move their feet in choreographed unison. ...more

January 6, 2008

Cutline: Photo from Tampa Bay Wranglers The Tampa Bay Wranglers, a gay and lesbian country dance team, practice on Monday nights in Ybor City. ...more

January 6, 2008