Love cats, but take issue when the stray you started feeding brings home a passel of friends? Or worse, has a bundle of kittens? ...more

December 17, 2008

Nearly 300 volunteers built a playground on Dec. 6 for the Nick Capitano Boys & Girls Club, 1218 E. Kay St. They installed climbing elements, slides and swings on the 3,200-square-foot playground. The project was funded by the MetLife Foundation and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay. KaBOOM!, a Washington-based nonprofit group got the organizations together, helped design the playground and supervised the construction of the playground set. The Nick Capitano Boys & Girls Club has 137 children enrolled in its after-school program. ...more

December 17, 2008

Maybe you don't believe in angels, much less Christmas angels. Annie Agarwal could make you change your mind. ...more

December 13, 2008

The 22nd annual Still No Room at the Inn Carol Sing will begin at 7 p.m. Friday at the ASAP Drop-in Center, 423 11th Ave. S. Carolers will stroll through downtown, stopping to serenade residents of homeless shelters and a retirement home. The caroling will conclude at 9 p.m. next to a manger scene in Straub Park. ...more

December 11, 2008

Banks, mortgage companies, even automakers have asked for, and in some cases received, billions of dollars in federal taxpayer dollars to offset poor decisions that left them deep in debt. ...more

December 7, 2008

In Florida, during a time of huge federal bailouts, nonprofit broups are being denied funding for 2009 because of the lagging economy and declining revenue. ...more

December 4, 2008

The last time Abigail Pumphrey got a haircut, it was self-inflicted. She was 2. And while she was at it, she nearly scalped her younger sister, Alison, her mom Melody Pumphrey recalls. ...more

December 3, 2008

The last time Abigail Pumphrey got a haircut, it was self-inflicted. She was 2. And while she was at it, she nearly scalped her younger sister, Alison, her mom, Melody, recalls. ...more

December 3, 2008

It's time to hit a holiday party for the arts. The Hernando County Fine Arts Council will hold its first Winter Gala this weekend, from 7 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6, at Rogers Christmas Village, 103 S. Saxon Ave., Brooksville. ...more

December 2, 2008

A local dance group plans to donate proceeds of a performance next month to the teen attacked at the Bloomingdale Regional Public Library. ...more

December 1, 2008