Amid 2008's economic doom and gloom, this Pasco County suburb found itself listed among the year's eight most notable high-growth areas by a company that provides research for national retailers. ...more

January 10, 2009

A data products company has included Wesley Chapel on a list of eight boom towns, or "most notable high-growth areas in the U.S.," based on its evaluation of the nation's 17,000 census places. ...more

January 9, 2009

During a public hearing Tuesday the council listened Tuesday to a brief presentation by Envisors Inc., the city's engineering firm, on a water facility plan and business plan to identify projects eligible for low interest funding from the state. ...more

December 18, 2008

The Pasco County School Board is scheduled Tuesday to vote on a contract to buy land for an elementary school that would provide relief to crowding at Oakstead Elementary and Longleaf Elementary. ...more

October 16, 2008

EBay Inc. is eliminating 1,600 jobs, about 10 percent of its work force. The online auction site operator will cut 1,000 full-time employees and let several hundred temporary and part-time workers go. It will also leave some open positions unfilled. ...more

October 7, 2008

LAKE MARY – AT&T announced that it is expanding wireless coverage in Highlands County with the activation of a new cell site in Lorida. The new cell site, on Arbuckle Creek Road, is providing additional coverage in the new residential and business growth areas of Highlands County that are west of Sebring along U.S. 98 North. AT&T plans to add approximately 12 new cell sites in Central Florida in 2008. The company has invested more than $800 million in the Florida wireless network since 2005 to improve coverage and expand its 3G footprint, which, in Central Florida, includes Orlando and Lakeland. ...more

January 13, 2008