For 10 years Kathleen Barnes has been preserving the past for future generations. Her CaneWeavers business provides "quality caning and related services" to customers near and far by restoring people's treasured furniture and other family heirlooms. ...more

December 26, 2009

Donations for the Tillman family, who recently lost work tools and family heirlooms in a fire that consumed two outbuildings on their rental property, can donate camping equipment, fishing equipment, Christmas items, Legos for their son or gift cards, said Terri Wolfgram. Items can be dropped off at Lorida Produce, 1564 US 98 (at the corner of Arbuckle Creek Road and 98 in Lorida). Store hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday. ...more

March 12, 2009

The importance of good neighbors can't be denied. When Dottie Hackett found out that Todd and Ellen Tillman had lost tools worth $20,000, along with family heirlooms, in a fire March 2 that destroyed two outbuildings, she got busy. Hackett and her neighbors donated a total of about $200 to Bagwell Lumber Co. ...more

March 10, 2009

In a University of Tampa warehouse every Thursday, volunteers sort and price items for a gigantic one-day flea market. ...more

February 18, 2009

Old-world beauty combined with the best of modern conveniences will be on display at this year's Holiday Home Tour, to be hosted by the Hollyhock Circle of the Dade City Garden Club. The historic Larkin Home is the destination of this year's tour, which runs from 4 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the home, 37441 Church Ave. ...more

December 6, 2008

Along with dusty family heirlooms, mattresses and furniture, self-storage units are serving as homes for a growing number of homeless people. It's not a widespread practice, but there are more people renting space and sneaking in at some storage units around Hillsborough County. There's no plumbing, and it's strictly against a myriad of rules, but people without homes are finding the rent cheap and accommodations safer than on the streets. ...more

September 19, 2008

A sports memorabilia dealer who claims O.J. Simpson and five other men robbed him at gunpoint testified Tuesday that some of the items taken from him were the former football star's family heirlooms. ...more

September 17, 2008

The old, square two-story white clapboard house tucked in an oak hammock off Bell Shoals Road leans slightly to one side. ...more

July 9, 2008

O.J. Simpson says an ambitious Nevada prosecutor is pressing a kidnapping and armed robbery case against him that he says even the alleged victims don't want to pursue. ...more

June 27, 2008

We spend an awful lot of time and money decking halls and trimming trees for the holidays. Funny thing is, you can never predict which of those decorations will end up being the family treasure. It's not always the prettiest piece, or the most expensive. For many, it's the ornament with the best story that's hung front and center every Christmas. ...more

December 24, 2007