I remember when the post office in my small home town was the focal point of the community. It was a place where you met your fellow friends and neighbors. You would stand around to discuss what was happening and share stories about your families and what the town council had done or was going to do. ...more

December 31, 2009

It's almost like a normal school day for 7-year-old Christian Daigle. ...more

December 20, 2009

I love my home. I can afford my home...barely. Having no children to tell me, "Mom, it's time for you to move to a place where they will make life easier for you," I have long thought I would move to an Aston Gardens or Freedom Plaza by the time I was 70, while I could make the decision with all my faculties. Most of them, anyway. ...more

November 11, 2009

For all moms. ...more

November 6, 2009

A fraction signed up for it and even fewer made it through the process Monday as Hillsborough County schools extended its vaccination program to students at select high schools and middle schools. ...more

October 27, 2009

I have been going to the mall on Friday nights for a long time now and this new youth escort policy is really not fair to me. I try my best to behave and not cause a disruption and am very disappointed to see that my time there will be ending. ...more

September 2, 2009

This letter is in reference to the accident on Sparrow Avenue leaving Lakeshore Mall, after closing. I am the mom of the 17-year-old who had the accident on July 31, along with the four teenage friends he had riding with him. They were leaving the mall and ended up in a bad accident with his GMC Jimmy flipping upside down. ...more

August 8, 2009

A West Tampa couple welcomed their third daughter into the world Wednesday, but not exactly as planned. The father called 911 about 11 a.m. to say his 24-year-old wife was in labor and was pretty sure she wasn't going to make it to a hospital. Paramedics arrived at their house, turned their living room into a makeshift delivery room and delivered a healthy baby girl at 11:45 a.m., Tampa Fire Rescue said. Paramedics brought the baby and the mom to St. Joseph's Women's Hospital for examinations. The mom was tired but in good spirits. The couple were not identified. Fire rescue personnel involved were Capt. Lonnie Benniefield, Lt. Brian Smithey and firefighters Demetrius Davis, Tony Potoczny and Edwin Colon. ...more

July 16, 2009

Regarding "Slain baby's mom to sue," Metro, July 1: ...more

July 3, 2009

Regarding "Behind the blindfold," Ruth Marcus, Other Views, May 7: ...more

May 9, 2009