The Lake Placid community has lost a wonderful person with the death of Clifford H. Avery on Nov. 8. ...more

December 11, 2009

Esperanza Interfaith Center moved its religious services to the Miracles Now Center, 3281 Tampa Road, Palm Harbor. ...more

December 2, 2009

Saturday's Pet Adoption Expo at the Florida State Fairgrounds found new homes for 406 animals, officials said. Visitors snapped up the 16 dogs and 10 cats from Hillsborough County Animal Services. Other animals were brought to the expo by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and various other rescue groups, including Little Miracles Rabbit Rescue and Sir Snuffy's Hedgehog Sanctuary, both of which had animals who found new homes, said animal services spokeswoman Marti Ryan. ...more

April 26, 2009

If you're never quite sure whether the ads for popular beauty products can be believed, relax. Our 4you Beauty Board is made up of veteran testers ready to try the latest when it comes to all things beauty. We'll share what worked and what bombed with the hope of making life a little easier for you. This week: teeth whiteners. Did they make us smile or will we be keeping our mouths shut? ...more

February 28, 2009

The Culinary Sherpas thought they may have stepped off into the abyss when they agreed to a kosher dinner for eight. ...more

December 16, 2008

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

Since launching the Beauty Board in spring 2007, we've learned some things. Here are our favorites. ...more

November 13, 2008

One hundred and sixty-five years ago, a Scottish businessman set out his plans for a newspaper. James Wilson's starting point was "a melancholy reflection": "while wealth and capital have been rapidly increasing" and science and art "working the most surprising miracles," all classes of people were marked "by characters of uncertainty and insecurity." ...more

October 25, 2008

The ascendance of the Tampa Bay Rays to the World Series is a blessing for baseball that should thrill every fan of this great sport. It proves that miracles can happen, and the teams which attempt to buy their way into a championship every year will not succeed 100 percent of the time. ...more

October 21, 2008

Eagle 515 has an attitude, and that may pull him through. "He's an interesting case," said Diana Flynt, rehabilitation supervisor with the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey in Orange County, where Eagle 515 is recuperating. "It helps to be so cute." ...more

September 24, 2008