The possibility that the Highlands County Board of County Commissioners could vote this January on an ordinance to change the number of popularly voted seats on the Sun 'n Lake of Sebring Improvement District Board of Supervisors pleased board President Bob Severino. ...more

December 11, 2009

It's been said, sometimes whimsically, that "no good deed goes unpunished" and that has certainly proven true for the Spring Lake Improvement District Board. It is with great good fortune that the residents of Spring Lake are blessed with a board and district manager that does not spend time looking in the rear view mirror but instead is planning for the future of this fine community with its best interest at the forefront. ...more

December 3, 2009

Concerned citizens and Major Shirley Johnson, of Avon Park's Correctional Institution, are hosting a Veterans Day event at Southside Veterans Garden, also known as the "old triangle," in Avon Park. ...more

November 11, 2009

While some community members cast a wary eye, church officials who plan to open a new mission here say they are working to gain back trust. ...more

March 11, 2009

Methodist church officials want to provide the services that neighbors here need. ...more

March 2, 2009

Both the "Landfill A Good Deal for Pasco" (Dec. 26) and the Tom Jackson "Really Green" (Dec. 28) opinions really miss the mark on the dump that is proposed to be built near the Green Swamp, source of the Floridan Aquifer. ...more

January 3, 2009

Push TECO To Be Greener After nearly three and a half hours of facts, figures, opinions and pleas, Tampa City Council members Charlie Miranda, Gwen Miller, Thomas Scott and Joseph Caetano voted against delaying approval of the 25-year franchise agreement with Tampa Electric Company. The delay would have given all of us time see and hear the changes sought by President-elect Barack Obama pertaining to energy generation and its effect on climate change as well as the effect the fiscal crises might have on jobs and other opportunities in the near future. The delay would have given concerned citizens and groups time to work with the city and TECO to solve the problems pointed out by the 40-plus people present and the hundreds who communicated with council members with letters and e-mails. ...more

December 6, 2008

While the Washington Heights Neighborhood Development Plan is still in its early stages, a new phase is about to be unveiled when Keith and Schnars, the city's planners present its conceptual plan to the community. ...more

October 26, 2008

The plot thickens in the ongoing drama that centers on whether Wal-Mart can construct a Supercenter along U.S. 19, north of Tarpon Avenue, abutting the Anclote River. ...more

October 25, 2008

The plot thickens in the ongoing drama that centers on whether Wal-Mart can construct a SuperCenter along U.S. 19, north of Tarpon Avenue, abutting the Anclote River. ...more

October 22, 2008