In order to sell a home in many places throughout the country, sellers need their homes to outshine the competition, must be very negotiable on price and be prepared for a months-long stretch on the market. It's enough to make some sellers sit this season out, waiting for conditions to improve. ...more

July 20, 2008

Caroll Spinney's slim but charming book, "The Wisdom of Big Bird (and the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch): Lessons from a Life in Feathers," published in 2003, is full of career advice even non-puppeteers can put to work. ...more

June 17, 2008

Seven years ago, Marcella and Kermit O'Steen fled Hyde Park and headed 20 miles east to Balm, snuggling back into their rural roots. ...more

November 17, 2007

A controversial road plan is on hold, and some of the projects that received the most objections have been whittled away, but that didn't stop about 300 people from packing the Riverview High School cafeteria last week to sound off about it. ...more

October 31, 2007

A controversial road plan is on hold, and some of the projects that received the most objections have been whittled away, but that didn't stop about 300 people from packing the Riverview High School cafeteria last week to sound off about it. ...more

October 29, 2007

TAMPA - A well-heeled crowd of developers and land-use lawyers arrived at the Pepin Hospitality Centre for an early-morning debate today just before 7:30 a.m. A foursome greeted them with a decidedly more late-night bent to their attire. ...more

September 11, 2007