Flocking together has just been made easier for some area residents, those whose preference for song runs to operatic arias. Two local opera clubs are now combined and settling happily in their new nest, Freedom Plaza. ...more

November 11, 2009

SOUTH TAMPA The Tampa Junior Women's Club recently elected its board members for 2009-10. ...more

August 26, 2009

Holiday leftovers all gone? Here's just one more platter to nibble from. Most of the plants featured in Dig This come from visits to gardens and plant fairs, nurseries and club meetings. I often gather more photographs and information than fit on a page, which is truly self-defeating; it just delays the tough choices about which to share. ...more

December 26, 2008

Rushing from school to soccer practice to piano lessons to science club meetings is no new thing for many Bay area parents. ...more

October 8, 2008

Rushing from school to soccer practice to piano lessons to science club meetings is no new thing for many Bay area parents. But there is a new wave of research that many might find surprising. Two studies into the lives of middle-class children buck conventional wisdom and conclude that they are not the overscheduled, frazzled generation that many believe them to be. In fact, it might be the parents who are overloaded, one researcher suggests. ...more

October 7, 2008

Harvey Waite, husband of U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, died Tuesday in Brooksville after a fight with pancreatic cancer. He was 68. ...more

August 20, 2008

Husband of Ginny Brown-Waite was former New York State Trooper, active church volunteer. ...more

August 19, 2008

Before joining Palm Harbor Toastmasters Club 8248, Tony Santarsieri says he would have been too nervous to share his passion about the club. ...more

November 12, 2007

Before joining Palm Harbor Toastmasters Club 8248, Tony Santarsieri says he would have been too nervous to share his passion about the club. Toastmasters International, based in Mission Viejo, Calif., is a nonprofit organization designed to help members improve communications and leadership skills. It is known for the public speaking by its members at club meetings. ...more

November 3, 2007

For decades, landfills have operated like this: dig hole, line it, throw in garbage. ...more

September 15, 2007