The man behind the mask was ... who? No one knew. They knew he threw beads - Lord knows, did he ever throw beads - hundreds during a game, thousands over a season. They also knew he ran up and down the sideline waving an 8-foot flag every time Plant City scored. ...more

September 12, 2008

Perez Joins RE/MAX Realty Plus II Alfredo Perez is pleased to announce his association with RE/MAX Realty Plus II in Lake Placid. A Realtor since 2005, Alfredo was top agent in sales and listings in 2006 and was awarded the prestigious Rookie of the Year award by fellow Realtors. In 2007, he was the overall top listing agent at his previous office and holds a mortgage broker license. ...more

July 13, 2008

We writers live "surrounded by a cloud of witnesses." When I was 10 years old my family moved from the city to a tiny country town where the school was overcrowded, so all fifth graders - me included - attended an old-fashioned, one-room school. The teacher, Rhea O'Grady, had taught eight grades in that room for 40-some years. She was 74 and shorter than some of her students, but she ruled the classroom like a drill sergeant. The first day I eagerly slid into a seat in the second row just left of the middle. Mrs. O'Grady peered at me over her wire-rimmed glasses and jerked her head toward the other side of the room. My fellow students giggled and whispered as I sheepishly crossed the aisle. Apparently, I was the only one who didn't know that in "Old Lady O'Grady's" class, boys sat on the left, girls on the right. When it was time for recess, Mrs. O'Grady followed us outside with a huge canvas bag which she turned upside down. Out poured baseballs, softballs, and several bats. ...more

June 28, 2008

I confess. I signed up for a women's mountain bike workshop - in the mountains. I know I am approaching middle age. I know I live in a state as flat as a pancake. ...more

June 1, 2008

Tarek and Evibeth Bathiche are a young military couple in a heap of debt. Both are 24-year-old Army sergeants stationed at Fort Meade, Md., and together they owe $27,600 on six credit cards. They need a drill sergeant to force them to shape up their financial lives, and I'm going to be as tough as I can be. ...more

February 24, 2008

DVD releases for January 17, 2008 ...more

January 17, 2008

While sitting in darkened movie theaters in his native New York City more than 40 years ago, Warren Fredericks knew what he wanted to be. ...more

November 12, 2007

For serving his country in three wars - World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam - Sgt. Maj. Leroy Edwards recently was honored by a group of fellow Marines. ...more

November 7, 2007