Police Chief Ken Albano calls it an unprecedented move. At the request of the Temple Terrace City Council and with the buy-in of the police department, the Fraternal Order of Police Florida Council has relinquished pay increases to sworn city police officers during the 2009-10 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1. ...more

October 21, 2009

In the article "Wetlands Division A Redundancy," Tampa Tribune, March 21, Keith Bricklemyer lays out a case against the Environmental Protection Commission's wetlands protection program, stating there is no documentation of facts showing the program's success. The "absence" of these facts causes Bricklemyer to infer that the longevity of EPC's program is fueled by long-term emotional rhetoric. Our guess is, since the "facts" contained in Bricklemyer's article are, at best, misleading and mostly incorrect, that he himself has been overcome by emotion. ...more

March 31, 2009

Let me see if I have it right: Older Americans ought to keep working in order to lighten the burden of Social Security and assorted benefits on younger generations. ...more

March 22, 2009

Cars and planes were still novel inventions the year Howard Kase was born. A naval retiree, Kase has sailed through life to reach the milestone of his 100th birthday this week. The Holiday resident recently celebrated hitting triple digits with his friends at the Lighthouse for the Visually Impaired and Blind with a banquet at the agency's Port Richey office. ...more

March 14, 2009

Find out more about a very important Vitamin that we all need. ...more

March 11, 2009

Heated e-mails were exchanged this weekend between the critics and author of a plan designed to boost Hernando County's economy. ...more

March 2, 2009

All the fuss is starting to bug Joe Paterno. Still recovering from hip surgery, the 82-year-old Penn State coach plans to run his team from the press box today when the No. 6 Nittany Lions face No. 5 Southern California in the 95th Rose Bowl. ...more

January 1, 2009

Carmen Fernandez can remember living in Key West when it was an island with no bridge connecting it to the rest of Florida. ...more

December 10, 2008

Fountain Funeral Home held an open house when it opened in December 1973, and the Avon Park business will be doing the same thing on Nov. 29 - nearly 35 years later. ...more

November 16, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - When Scott Paton's son, Nick, was born three and a half years ago, everything seemed perfect. The fairy tale almost ended, however, when the newborn had trouble breathing. A breathing problem put him in the Intensive Care Unit, where doctors scrambled to diagnose and fix the problem. ...more

November 16, 2008