Someday, maybe, the two of you will be comfortably settled into a sweatpants-and-shared-soap domesticity. The kind that inspires pronouncements beginning: "Here's what you can get me for Christmas. ..." ...more

December 21, 2008

It's a tough economy out there, even for a kid. And many parents are wondering how to broach the subject. ...more

December 7, 2008

Democrat Teresa "Terri" Conroy is running for the District 3 county commission nomination against Nicholas Planck in the Aug. 26 primary. The winner faces whomever prevails in the Republican primary contest between six-term incumbent Ann Hildebrand and two challengers. ...more

August 16, 2008

A popular cooking demonstration series that sends chefs to libraries across Hillsborough County is coming to the Jimmie B. Keel Library next week. ...more

June 14, 2008

Developers of a hotel, retail and residential project along Gibsonton Drive have identified the hotel to be built at the site as a Holiday Inn. ...more

December 1, 2007

An e-mail arrived containing the latest photos of our grandchildren. Their smiling faces stared back at us from the computer screen eliciting the normal sappy grandparent responses. "Awww. Aren't they the most beautiful children you ever saw? Look how Kylie loves her little brother!" Fellow grandparents get the picture. No pun intended. Of all the snapshots in the recent e-mail package, we chose to print and frame an image of the two nestled close together. There's a rather large book on Kylie's lap. The back cover is visible. It's heading "Have A Blast!" screams from a familiar background of large red and white diamonds. Grandma immediately recognized it as a Better Homes & Gardens Junior Cookbook. Upon calling our daughter, we learned that Kylie is a huge Food Network fan. She watches Paula Deen, Giada De Laurentiis, Rachael Ray and Emeril Lagasse. ...more

October 19, 2007

Although Balm is primarily known as a rural area, the community does have a place for its residents to come out and play. ...more

September 5, 2007