LAND O' LAKES - Some deals aren't worth the paper they're printed on, but the District School Board of Pasco County and the county's Utilities Department have teamed up on a project in which everyone should come out ahead. ...more

July 16, 2008

Where in Pasco County can a person buy quality computer equipment for as low as $1 while also benefiting a good cause? ...more

July 10, 2008

In the late 1980s Pasco County was contemplating what to do with its swelling stream of solid waste. It could create a new landfill, what people once called a garbage dump. There was only one small problem. Actually it was a huge problem. No one wanted the landfill created anywhere near them. That definitely was a problem, because there was hardly any place a landfill might have been created that wasn't near someone. ...more

July 2, 2008

The process of property foreclosure. ...more

June 27, 2008

Trashing A/C units for the copper wire inside is so 2007. A metal box bolted to the asphalt behind a Spring Hill medical clinic was stolen some time this weekend. Inside was a smaller box holding radiological medical waste. ...more

June 26, 2008

A private landfill used as a disposal site for debris from stripped-down cars is closing after more than 20 years in operation. ...more

June 18, 2008

To save money, the county plans to divvy up the costs of its interim cleanup of the former public works compound at 201 West Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. between the project consultant and a private excavation firm. ...more

June 11, 2008

County would bid out site excavation. ...more

June 10, 2008

SEBRING — Habitat for Humanity has a new way to help the environment — recycling houses. Instead of demolishing one of the houses on Magnolia Street slated to eventually become a parking lot for county offices, they moved the house to a new location a few blocks away. "We took a house that was donated to us by the county to a piece of property donated to us by the city," said Jane Breylinger, executive director of Highlands County Habitat for Humanity. "It's was a good way for us all to work together." ...more

May 31, 2008

To whom this may be of interest: The other day I was looking through some old surfer magazines - one was dated March 1976. ...more

May 8, 2008