Walking into Harriet's Room, a room lined with everything from balance beams, math spinners and geometric shapes to see-saws and easels, is like walking into Santa's workshop. Only it's the volunteers with the Sawdust Engineers rather than Santa's elves that busy themselves making learning toys. ...more

January 6, 2010

Food for thought Thank you for printing Jim Carlisle's "Recipe for disaster" (Dec. 25). His letter is a masterpiece of reality about the Senate's Christmas present to the American people. ...more

January 1, 2010

Their lists to Santa included an Easy Bake oven, a football and the Littlest Pet Shop toys. ...more

December 30, 2009

Their lists to Santa included an Easy Bake oven, a football and the Littlest Pet Shop toys. ...more

December 30, 2009

Their lists to Santa included an Easy-Bake oven, a football and the Littlest Pet Shop toys. ...more

December 28, 2009

The gymnasium at Genesis Preparatory School was transformed into Santa's workshop, southern division, last Thursday night. ...more

December 24, 2009

Their lists to Santa included an Easy Bake oven, a football and the Littlest Pet Shop toys. Hammond Elementary second-grader Sophia Biddle helped fulfill the wishes, telling her mother that buying and wrapping the gifts made her feel like one of Santa's elves. Presents piled in 7-year-old Sophia's living room, stacked almost as tall as her, with tags signed "Secret Santa." She had started saving her allowance in October for Christmas gifts for her family, but her plans soon changed to involve seven children she had never met. ...more

December 23, 2009

The gymnasium at Genesis Preparatory School was transformed into Santa's workshop, southern division, on Thursday night. Many of some 135 members of Rotary Club of New Port Richey swarmed to the high school to finish wrapping gifts for families struggling during the recession. ...more

December 23, 2009

Santa Claus is looking forward to the time-honored traditions of visiting with children at Lakeshore Mall and receiving letters at the North Pole, but he is also giving his communications a high-tech update. ...more

November 14, 2009

Almost a month after a Tampa teen's near-fatal shock atop a power pole, 17-year-old Avi Davidson is showing signs of improvement. ...more

October 26, 2009