Donald Simmons, code enforcement director, is trying to make the city look even better, and his job is getting easier every day. ...more

November 11, 2008

Florida voters last January approved Amendment One, which mandated an extra $25,000 homestead exemption on top of an existing $25,000 tax exemption on homestead properties. ...more

November 11, 2008

The conflicting claims over Highlands County's longstanding past practice of dumping unneeded fill materials collected by the Road and Bridge department on private properties won't be settled until the end of this year or early 2009. ...more

November 6, 2008

Residents packed city council chambers to discuss their neighborhoods' redevelopment outlined in maps shaded canary yellow, burnt orange, hot pink and bright red. ...more

November 5, 2008

For more than 30 years, Highlands County has had a policy of excess or unneeded fill material collected by the Road and Bridge Department being hauled to and dumped on private property with the written consent of the owners, according to two former top county officials. ...more

November 1, 2008

The heart of the campaign season brings lots of questions, some terrific, some irrelevant, most of them pertaining to the issues at hand. Consider the race for Pasco County schools superintendent, in which two bright, accomplished and politically savvy candidates are in a showdown over nothing less than the trajectory of public education in Florida's 11th-largest school district. ...more

October 24, 2008

When he moved to Bridgewater in 2005, Mark Spector paid more than $350,000 for his home on Bridgegate Drive. ...more

October 19, 2008

Community activists and some area residents say it doesn't make sense to allow more commercial development on the northern end of North Dale Mabry Highway, contending that there are already plenty of places to shop and lots of empty storefronts. ...more

October 15, 2008

Pete Pollard, executive director of the Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency, says it's all about looking ahead and maintaining minimum architectural standards. ...more

October 15, 2008

Community activists and some area residents say it doesn't make sense to allow more commercial development on the northern end of North Dale Mabry Highway, contending that there are already plenty of places to shop and lots of empty storefronts. ...more

October 15, 2008