Visionaries in the past have pictured people getting around town in their own personal helicopters or flying here and there with James Bond-style jet packs strapped to their backs. ...more

October 15, 2008

With more people out of work and more families struggling to make ends meet, The Volunteer Way food bank is straining to keep up with demand. ...more

October 10, 2008

Throughout east Pasco County, residents have sent state environmental regulators an unequivocal message: Don't ruin our pristine countryside with a garbage dump. ...more

September 26, 2008

Tuesday will be the last chance for Pasco County residents to offer input on the county's budget for the 2008-09 fiscal year. ...more

September 20, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Pasco County residents who want to speak out on the school district's proposed 2008-09 budget get one more chance Tuesday. ...more

September 14, 2008

For a majority of the population, that hope of crushing a hanging curveball over Boston's Green Monster or perhaps peppering a gapper to the ivy in Chicago is most likely long gone. ...more

August 31, 2008

John Nicolette is challenging incumbent County Commissioner Ted Schrader in the Aug. 26 Republican primary. The winner faces write-in candidate John Taylor. The Tampa Tribune asked Nicolette why he thinks he should be elected and what his priorities would be. ...more

August 17, 2008

RESORCE, the private group that is trying to get more Pasco County residents interested in recycling, held a telephone directory recycling effort that collected more than three times the tonnage its leaders were expecting. Now, county officials need to do more to encourage people to recycle, the RESORCE leaders say. "Why shouldn't Pasco County become a leader in recycling?" Lew Corvene, the club's president, told The Suncoast News this week. ...more

August 2, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Pasco County residents will get their first chance this week to speak up about the school district's 2008-09 proposed budget and tax levy. ...more

July 27, 2008

The high-pitched drone of mosquito trucks is becoming a constant for Pasco County residents as heavy rainfall has the Pasco Mosquito Control District hard at work eradicating the insects. ...more

July 13, 2008