County commissioners, acting as the county's Local Planning Agency, gave a green light to plans for Starkey Ranch, the development planned by brothers Frank and Trey Starkey on land their family has owned since the 1930s. ...more

August 28, 2008

Regarding "Details Emerge On Library Attack, Victim" (front page, June 7): I read with sadness the front-page article about the suspect in the Bloomingdale Library rape case. I also read the heartbreaking Steve Otto column about the innocent victim. She had the world by the tail until a monster came along and brutally snatched it all away in a few horrifying moments. As a mother and a grandmother of six girls I can only imagine the pain of this family. Our quiet, friendly community will never be the same. ...more

June 11, 2008

The tiny wheel goes round and round and numbers tick into view as Sherry King rolls the measuring stick across Hanna Avenue's crosswalk while cars zoom along Nebraska Avenue. ...more

February 16, 2008

About 50 residents met recently with the city's growth management staff to kick off a pilot project to rethink the neighborhood's urban landscape. ...more

February 13, 2008

Howell Hunt doesn't get many browsers in his tiny shop at the corner of Lithia-Pinecrest Road and County Road 39. ...more

September 5, 2007