CARROLLWOOD A $1 million expansion of the recreational facilities at Carrollwood Elementary School is expected to begin in the next two weeks. ...more

June 30, 2008

Free Parent Workshop On Kids & Money Slated SEBRING — The next parent workshop on "The ABCs of Teaching Your Kids About Money" is scheduled at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 1 at the Highlands County YMCA. The workshop was created to help parents teach their children, specifically teenagers and young adults, basic knowledge about financial concepts. There is no charge to attend and is open to all families. ...more

June 28, 2008

SEBRING — An enthusiastic crowd of more than 200 people filled the parking lot of the Agri-Civic Center Wednesday for the first-ever Highlands County Conservation Connection community festival. "We will definitely have another event, because it was a good community event," said Corine Burgess, the natural resources specialist for the county's Soil & Water Conservation District. Representatives of 17 county, regional and state environmental agencies not only passed out information and answered questions, but also had displays and handed out dozens of "give-aways." The crowd would have been much larger, many festival goers said, if it was held on a Saturday instead of a week day and if it also was held in the winter instead of during the heat of late June. ...more

June 26, 2008

SEBRING — A total of 26 federal agencies annually offer more than 1,000 grant programs in various categories and maneuvering through the process may be difficult and confusing. Congressman Tim Mahoney's office wants to help people get through the maze. Mahoney's office and the Highlands County Economic Development Commission are co-hosting a workshop from 10 a.m. – noon Wednesday, July 9 at the Sebring Civic Center. The grant application process for federal grants and new grant opportunities will be reviewed during the workshop. Best practice strategies will be discussed. ...more

June 21, 2008

SEBRING — Wednesday's emergency preparedness drill at the Agri-Civic Center was only practice, but almost 200 volunteers and county employees acted like the mock exercise was real. Andrew Pease, a Sun 'n' Lake Elementary School student, gave up a day of summer break to volunteer and portray a "victim," along with his mother Mary and sister Becky. The 9-year-old took the drill to heart and said he was "a little scared." "My mom tells me to not talk to strangers, but I trust the police and others," said Andrew Pease. "This is like some kind of play, but it's real, too." ...more

June 19, 2008

County commissioners gave tentative endorsement of giving $2.5 million to the Brandon Community Advantage Center. ...more

June 17, 2008

SEBRING —Two of Highlands County's early agricultural pioneers in the citrus industry will have their names names written posthumously on the outside and inside of the Agri-Civic Center on George Boulevard. The old Highlands County Agri-Civic Center will be renamed the Bert J. Harris, Jr. Agricultural Center, if county Commissioner Don Bates' motion is approved at today's county commission meeting. In the same motion, expected to pass unanimously with no opposition, the commissioners also will rename the auditorium inside the Bert J. Harris, Jr. Agricultural Center the Sam Poltson Memorial Museum. The auditorium is the main meeting ...more

June 16, 2008

Hillsborough County leaders who shepherded a planned $1 million expansion of recreation facilities at Carrollwood Elementary School struck a conciliatory tone on Monday, admitting they skirted community input before approving the project. ...more

June 7, 2008

CARROLLWOOD Hillsborough County leaders who shepherded a planned $1 million expansion of recreation facilities at Carrollwood Elementary School struck a conciliatory tone on Monday, admitting they skirted community input before approving the project. ...more

June 4, 2008

South Shore citizens recently had the opportunity to express their concerns about a project that would bring 1,000 homes to more than 500 acres. ...more

June 4, 2008