Central Carting rate would go up 14 percent. ...more

July 1, 2008

My thanks to Martha and Claudia Olivares for inviting me to the Montessori Children's Year End Step Up and Graduation Ceremony. There were 21 children who will be going on to another school. Every time I am lucky enough to attend one of these affairs I am amazed! They dance, sing and do sign language. I don't remember anyone in my past school years being this bright. The dedicated teachers, volunteers, and Mr. Filip, the music teacher who directed and produced this awesome program with great patience and care for so many children. ...more

June 16, 2008

SEBRING — It came as a surprise. After Martha Visbing suffered a stroke, she ended up in the Kenilworth Care & Rehab Center in Sebring. Left home alone was husband Glenn Visbing. As he has for two years, Glenn visits his wife most evenings. He said he misses "everything" about living under the same roof. ...more

May 11, 2008

A "can-do" spirit will permeate Canstruction. The newly created competition will see professionals build sculptures from canned foods as part of a drive to help feed the needy in Pasco County. Architects and engineers will compete to build the colossal canned-goods sculptures and then let the public vote on which one they like best. Martha O'Brien, assistant chief executive officer of Volunteer Way, explained. ...more

February 12, 2008

Shortages of food for the poor and hungry is becoming so severe a local food bank has contemplated raising its own crops. The Volunteer Way, on Congress Street in New Port Richey, is scheduled to meet Monday night with officials of a church in the area which has several acres of land, Lester Cypher, CEO of the Volunteer Way, said today. ...more

February 11, 2008

Martha Kitchen was inspired to give a kidney to the Rev. Julius Wynn, who has renal disease. ...more

January 6, 2008

Hundreds of Pasco County students passed through Louise Gilbert's classroom in her 36 years of teaching. ...more

October 20, 2007

32 Moon Lake Elementary students collect nearly $1,000 in donations of pet supplies ...more

October 5, 2007

It has been a decade since the city decided to dredge much of its canals and waterways but to no avail so far. Last week, however, city officials reported they are getting closer to receiving the necessary three permits and a possible fourth to begin revitalizing what local officials consider the city's greatest asset. ...more

September 5, 2007