NEW YORK (AP) -- Bow-tied schoolteacher Bob Crowley beat "Survivor" rivals Sugar and Susie to emerge as Sole Survivor on Sunday's season finale. At age 57 the oldest winner in "Survivor" history, Crowley will take his $1 million prize back home to Portland, Maine. Bearded, wiry and professorial-looking, he teaches high school physics in nearby Gorham. ...more

December 15, 2008

My silver coffee server has been in the family for years. I plan to give it to my grandson and his bride and would like to provide them with information about it. It's marked on the bottom "GMCO" and "EP" with an anchor. ...more

November 16, 2008

Hillsborough County School Board incumbent Carol Kurdell has won re-election, vote totals show. ...more

November 7, 2008

More than a dozen Hillsborough County elections office workers hunkered down in a glass-walled room in Brandon on Wednesday afternoon and started counting what could add up to about 70,000 ballots that have yet to be tabulated. ...more

November 6, 2008

With results trickling in, the winner of Hillsborough's District 7 at-large school board seat was too close to call early this morning. ...more

November 5, 2008

As candidates sprint toward Election Day, a group of hopefuls stopped here last week to face the people. "We wanted to give people the opportunity to ask the candidates direct questions," said Marcella O'Steen, president of the Balm Civic Association, who served as moderator for the forum, which drew more than 70 people. ...more

October 24, 2008

The only Hillsborough County School Board seat still to be decided is in District 7, where longest-sitting board member Carol Kurdell faces newcomer Stephen Gorham in a runoff. ...more

October 19, 2008

Accusations she spent too much money on travel didn't stop voters from re-electing Hillsborough County School Board member Susan Valdes to a second term by a comfortable margin. ...more

August 27, 2008

At 16 years on the Hillsborough County School Board, Carol Kurdell is the board's longest-serving member. ...more

August 7, 2008

In this year's school board races, voters have an easy choice and a frustrating one. ...more

August 2, 2008