The smoky smell of pulled pork wafted through the air Friday at Firemen's Field as volunteers prepared about 300 meals to be sold for $6 each in support of a former Sebring police dispatcher, stricken with polio who needed a $6,000 Hoyer lift. ...more

March 14, 2009

The city of Sebring has declared that Friday, March 13, will be Bill O'Brien day, and his friends are having a fundraiser to help the former police dispatcher and polio survivor get a much-needed electric Hoyer lift. ...more

March 9, 2009

Life dealt Lake Placid resident Bill O'Brien a tough hand when he contracted polio as a 3-month-old baby, but throughout his struggles with the disease he's made the most of it. ...more

January 25, 2009

Eloise Hayes, facilitator with the Florida Inclusion Network, stands before a small group of artists and teachers and voices a common goal: "We will be treating students for what they need. We will reach them, so you can teach them." ...more

September 7, 2008

Suffering the fatigue and muscle-weakening effects of post-polio syndrome, Joe Smith has nevertheless become the most energetic local advocate of better transit and roads. ...more

November 21, 2007