Regarding "Landfill a Good Deal for Pasco," (Other Views, Dec. 26) Bill Newton is only telling part of the story about the landfill proposed for Pasco County. The issue is not the need for a hi-tech way to dispose of garbage. The reason many of us oppose it is that the developers want to put the landfill close to the Green Swamp, which supplies all the water for the Hillsborough County watershed. ...more

December 31, 2008

Fifteen years ago, I had a stupid idea. I was the co-executive producer on TV's long-running comedy "Cheers." NBC, the network on which "Cheers" appeared, was faltering: Ratings were sliding, money was tight, management was nervous and the then-king of late-night television, Johnny Carson, legendary host of the "Tonight Show," was retiring, and no one knew how his replacement, Jay Leno, would do. ...more

December 29, 2008

Aspirin is among the most popular remedies used by people. Turns out some plants like it, too. ...more

September 19, 2008

The U.S Environmental Protection Agency has turned a "blind eye" to Florida's Everglades cleanup efforts, while the state is violating its own commitment to restore the vast ecosystem, a federal judge ruled last week. ...more

August 3, 2008

HEARINGS TAKE AS MANY AS 70 DAYS TO SCHEDULE ...more

July 27, 2008

When Charlie Crist was campaigning for governor, he promised he would not allow drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. After he was elected and became a prospective candidate for the vice president on the Republican ticket, he changed his mind about allowing drilling in the Gulf. ...more

July 7, 2008

South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) is in charge of how "our" water from this area is to be taken and used in the areas south of us. When there were not as many users of "our" water, supplying them was not the problem as it is today, everyone should realize that the low levels of the lakes in Highlands County is testimony that we can no longer supply the South Florida area with the water they need to exist, and it is now time for them to explore other avenues to get the water they need elsewhere. Nature is not cooperating, and supplying the amounts of water necessary to be able to share with our neighbors to the south without doing major damage to our own ecosystem is no longer possible. SFWMD wants to be able to lower the level of Lake Istokpoga to a level that could easily destroy the lake as we know it today, it's just that simple. We need to forget the politically correct rubbish and just look at it as it is, an impending disaster. ...more

December 8, 2007

Fresh from a family vacation in California, Rick Wallerstein went to the Stop & Shop supermarket in Berkeley Heights, N.J., last month to drop off a roll of film, as he has done for about two decades. ...more

October 12, 2007