Italian cooking icon and local resident Marcella Hazan reflects on her life and career in a new memoir. ...more

August 27, 2008

For Professionals Only Fireworks, when used for entertainment, are illegal in Florida. State statute 791 mandates that the use of illegal fireworks is a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and up to one year in jail. ...more

June 30, 2008

Rachel Lerman is the embodiment of melting-pot citizenry: Born in 1967 in Boston to a blonde, blue-eyed, Roman Catholic white woman and a black man from Nigeria, she was placed in foster care and shortly thereafter adopted by a white couple and raised Jewish. ...more

June 20, 2008

Illegal immigration is a very hotly debated subject in this county. Most people have very definite ideas on how it should be handled. I would like to know, though, what makes you think that "Racists have grabbed hold of this idea?" I have heard lots of arguments on all sides and have not thought any of them "racist." It has been my experience that the race card is played by those who cannot give a convincing argument on behalf of their opinion so they shout racism! ...more

May 30, 2008