I am not one of those people who, upon hearing the description of some exotic disease, suddenly twitch with several applicable symptoms. Hypochondria and illness-envy are not among my personality quirks. ...more

November 4, 2009

A restoration effort by the Garden Club of Tarpon Springs to provide a major facelift to Mother Meres Park will be completed earlier than scheduled. ...more

October 31, 2009

Before political correctness we had colorful names for people in our fairly ethnically diverse school and neighborhood, most of which I can't even mention in this column. ...more

October 24, 2009

Gordon Hamilton, a research professor at the University of Maine, has done extensive research on how melting ice in Greenland and Antarctica are affecting global sea levels. He's in Tampa as part of the Hip Boot Tour, which is organized by Clean Air-Cool Plant, a nonprofit global warming activist group. ...more

October 22, 2009

Things are tough these days, but for Charice Daly, the general miseries of 2009 are nothing compared to her personal circumstances. Now, some friends are putting together a fundraiser to help her through her personal nightmare. ...more

October 21, 2009

At least two passengers injured ...more

March 30, 2009

The initial reaction for many Rays roster-followers in the wake of Fernando Perez's injury last week was to assume Justin Ruggiano would be the primary beneficiary. ...more

March 14, 2009

It's easy to look at Jeff Gordon and see the wealthy celebrity with the model wife and baby daughter and nothing left to prove. ...more

February 15, 2009

Lately, the nasty economy has my freezer bulging at the seams. Once an icy burial ground for storing mysterious foil-wrapped chunks and lots of frozen yogurt, it was a no-man's land of leftovers. ...more

February 4, 2009

Janis Krums was just trying to catch the last ferry out of Manhattan so he could get to a meeting in New Jersey. ...more

January 17, 2009