City Manager Billy Poe, who expects to hire a new community development director today, is defending his decision to include City Engineer Lennie Naeyaert in the hiring process, even though Naeyaert's wife was a finalist for the job. ...more

December 11, 2009

When Dade City Commissioner Camille Hernandez made a motion last week to repeal the town's ban on private irrigation wells, she said it was about conservation and property rights. ...more

October 21, 2009

When City Commissioner Camille Hernandez made a motion last week to repeal the city's ban on private irrigation wells, she said it was about conservation and property rights. It was wasteful to force homeowners to use city's potable drinking water to sprinkle their lawns if they could afford to drill a well, she argued. She was convincing, winning a 3-2 majority vote to repeal a decades-old ordinance. ...more

October 20, 2009

Art lovers can start 2009 checking out a local artist in a new show at the Carrollwood Cultural Center. ...more

January 7, 2009

Art lovers can start 2009 checking out a local artist in a new show at the Carrollwood Cultural Center. ...more

January 7, 2009

As a teenager, this man once spent his nights prowling the swamps of Florida in search of snakes and raccoons. ...more

December 31, 2008