•Katie Robinson, commander of Veterans Village American Legion Post 343 and the American Legion Service Officer at the New Port Richey VA Outpatient Clinic, received a special award at the Annual Volunteers Award ceremony held by the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital. Robinson received the President's Call to Service Award for volunteering 4,369 hours to the clinic. She has visited the clinic once a week since it opened in 1985. Robinson also has four veterans in local nursing homes for which she tries to help with their veteran benefits. ...more

May 10, 2008

I wasn't too sensitive about turning 60, the age when people take their first baby steps into codgerhood. ...more

May 9, 2008

at least not yet. ...more

May 9, 2008

SEBRING — Sebring residents and businesses will likely be paying a fire assessment with their next tax bill to help fund the fire department's $2.3 million annual budget. ...more

May 8, 2008

It may seem like a stretch, but operating a nursing home and owning a child care center is really quite similar, said gerontologists Kim Cloud and Melanie Wilson. ...more

February 14, 2008

Antique Brass is a loosely organized group of five South Shore area musicians who like to toot their horns - literally. ...more

February 11, 2008

Nursing homes, notorious places for voter fraud, need greater guidance on how to help residents vote, senators and voter advocates said Thursday. ...more

February 1, 2008

As a registered nurse that has had her eyes opened wide of late to how broken our medical profession is, I just wanted to share this little tidbit. ...more

January 20, 2008

Dear Abby: My husband and I have been going round and round about nursing homes. My father's illness and memory loss have brought us face to face with the issue. This dilemma is not for those families who can afford to pay for someone to care for a patient in his or her own home. Nor does it apply to those who can afford an assisted-living facility. ...more

January 20, 2008

Most Americans are too busy in their daily lives to face the obvious: we are a society dependent on drugs. ...more

January 16, 2008