Harry Bolyard has owned the same violin longer than the average person will live - 85 years. He was 10 years old when his dad bought it for him, so that makes this feisty fiddler a 95-year-old. ...more

December 27, 2009

County administrator Pat Bean survived her annual evaluation today with her job intact but at the end of what one commissioner called a "short rope" that could be jerked if she doesn't improve her performance. Commissioner Mark Sharpe received no support for a motion he made to fire Bean and fill her position by a coalition of her assistant county administrators until the job could be filled permanently. ...more

December 16, 2009

An injection of federal stimulus money could reverse some of the cuts Pasco County made this fall to its firefighting force in response to falling tax revenue. ...more

December 12, 2009

It is unbelievable that Tiger Woods would do anything as foolish as falling for a celebrity hustler whose ability of earning a living is showing off her overabundant body to the paparazzi and managing VIP operations for several high class night clubs from the New York Hamptons to Las Vegas. ...more

December 3, 2009

As some who also has no health insurance, and who believes that the government should do something to reform it, I am, on the other hand, somewhat disturbed by the attitude of people like Colleen Kasperek who is willing to take any kind of government health care system including this huge 2,000-page bill, which I doubt anyone in Congress knows what is in it. ...more

November 22, 2009

More households across the country last year lacked enough money for food than any year since the federal government began tracking statistics in 1995. In 2008, 17 million, or nearly 15 percent of the nation's roughly 118 million households could not afford adequate food, a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. ...more

November 17, 2009

Pasco County officials say they seriously underestimated the demand for federal stimulus money intended to prevent homelessness, and they are being overwhelmed with calls for help. ...more

November 4, 2009

Pasco County officials say they seriously underestimated the demand for federal stimulus money intended to prevent homelessness, and they are being overwhelmed with calls for help. ...more

November 1, 2009

Regarding "Bedlam plagues clunker program" (Aug. 2): In America, it seems, we have a tendency to buy new and dispose of old items even if they are still usable. An idea: Do not destroy the vehicles. I am sure that at least 25 percent to 50 percent are drivable. Maybe the miles per gallon might not be the best, but donate them to the Salvation Army, Goodwill, VFW or the Kidney Foundation. Maybe even our military and their families could use a vehicle. ...more

August 4, 2009

Hundreds of people lined up at Five Star Dental Care July 11 to take dentist Jeff Bynum up on his offer to provide free services for anyone without insurance or enough money to pay for treatments. Many camped out overnight at the office. Bynum said the event was a great success. ...more

July 22, 2009