Over the past two and a half weeks, Habitat for Humanity of Highlands County has had a surge in new volunteers. ...more

November 9, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The boxes, filled with Cheerios, Jell-O, Ramen noodles, spaghetti and all manner of canned goods, were carried from the guidance counselor's area at Pine View Middle School out to two large pickups in the parking lot. ...more

November 8, 2008

When the Sunday morning political pundits began talking last year about the tab for the war in Iraq hitting $1 trillion, Rob Simpson sprang from his sofa in indignation. ...more

October 27, 2008

People who put faith in government to solve national or even individual problems are headed for deep disappointment, if it hasn't already arrived. Still, that doesn't stop politicians from attempting to sell political snake oil to the gullible. No one ever lost money betting on the ignorance of the uninformed masses. ...more

October 22, 2008

SEBRING -- Penne Manar says she still gets goose bumps when she recalls how, seven years ago, she came to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity of Highlands County. She balked at a friend's invitation to join this non-profit, Christian faith-based organization that helps hard working people work and save their way into a new home that otherwise would be unreachable. Nearing the end of two years as volunteer president of the Florida Hospital Auxiliary, Manar worried that joining another service organization would stretch her time and energy too thin. But she accepted an invitation to attend a Habitat home dedication. Manar watched as a single mother with three young children, having saved the down payment and completed her 400 hours of "sweat equity" work, was given a Bible and house keys and became a first-time homeowner. ...more

October 19, 2008

The spirit of Elvis is not dead, and the October Rocks for Habitat fundraiser is ready to prove it. ...more

October 18, 2008

The sound of hammers on nails and saws through wood filled the air in Grant Park this week as Habitat Hillsborough volunteers worked to finish a house in 14 days. ...more

October 14, 2008

The sound of nails being hammered and wood being sawed filled the air in Grant Park this week, as Habitat Hillsborough volunteers worked to build a house from slab in just 14 days. The effort is called a Blitz Build, said Ralph Jackson, executive director for the Hillsborough County Habitat for Humanity. The home is being built in memory of Suzie Hastings, the wife of one of the crew leaders who died from breast cancer in January, he said. ...more

October 13, 2008

Plans for Habitat for Humanity of Highlands County to build 100 two-story townhouses for workforce housing will go before the county's Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday. ...more

October 6, 2008

On Monday morning, Michael Jacobson, executive director of Highlands County Habitat for Humanity, showed the first architectural drawings for the 100 townhouses that will go up at Ridgeview, Habitat's newest and by far biggest home building project ever. ...more

September 30, 2008