Driver safety courses sponsored by AARP AARP is offering a refresher course for drivers age 50 and older. The eight-hour course is given in two four-hour segments, and the cost is $12 per person for AARP members and $14 per person for non-members. Bring your AARP membership card. Since class size is limited, call to register. ...more

June 26, 2009

Do we want the United States to be like Europe? The European model has worked in many ways. I am delighted whenever I get a chance to go to Stockholm or Amsterdam, not to mention Rome or Paris. There's a lot to like - a lot to love - about day-to-day life in Europe. But I argue that the answer to this question is "no." Not for economic reasons. I want to focus on another problem with the European model: namely, that it drains too much of the life from life. ...more

March 28, 2009

Exercise, and lots of it, helps a Hernando Today sportswriter shed nine inches from his waistline. ...more

March 19, 2009

Hernando Today Community News Editor Tim Howsare has lost more than 50 pounds and has placed in 5K races. ...more

March 5, 2009

Elvis crooned about it. "You'll be doing all right, with your Christmas of white, but I'll have a blue, blue Christmas." ...more

December 5, 2008

Local Rotarians are organizing a classical music concert to raise money for polio-endemic countries. ...more

October 4, 2008

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Sunday he will tap his huge political network of donors and volunteers to help U.S. victims of Hurricane Gustav after it comes inland. ...more

August 31, 2008

AARP is offering a refresher course for drivers age 50 and older. The eight-hour course is given in two four-hour segments, and the cost is $10 per person. Since class size is limited, call to register. ...more

July 18, 2008

State Clubs Illinois Club of Spring Hill will meet at 1 p.m. today at Forest Oaks Lutheran Church, 8555 Forest Oaks Blvd., Spring Hill. A Hawaiian luau will be featured, so dress in Hawaiian style. Bring a dish to share plus own table service and beverage. Coffee will be provided. The object of the club is to promote fellowship, social and fraternal activities for former residents of Illinois. In addition to monthly meetings, activities include eating out at a local restaurant each month and group travel opportunities. Annual dues are $12 per person. All former Illinois residents and their partners are invited to join the club or to come as a guest prior to making a decision to join. For more information, call Patricia Godfrey, president, at 352-597-0346. ...more

July 11, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS On Thursday, Community Health Centers of Pinellas will break ground on its 8,000-square-foot primary care facility. ...more

May 27, 2008