PORT RICHEY - Even before the park has officially opened, Lake Lisa Park already has drawn some complaints about trash at the site. Construction is in the final phases for the neighborhood park on Regency Park Boulevard about midway between Ridge Road and Embassy Boulevard. ...more

June 18, 2008

A symposium Thursday will explore the economic and social benefits of the city's trees and urban forest. ...more

June 14, 2008

Three Pasco County recreation centers will close early on Saturdays and shut down on Sundays to reduce costs. ...more

June 13, 2008

Highlands County commissioners can expect some unpleasant budget sessions this summer as they will be forced to make difficult decisions for the 2008-09 fiscal year. They of course have been aware of this for a while, but that doesn't make it any easier. One position that is being proposed to be cut from the parks and recreation department budget is the manager of the Highlands County Sports Complex. ...more

June 8, 2008

SUMMER CAMPS COUNTY PARKS Summer day camps offer sports, swimming, games, field trips, arts and crafts, movies, talent performances, weekly themes and special events for children ages 5 (and completed kindergarten) to 13. Camps run Monday through Friday, June 23 through Aug. 1; no camp July 4. ...more

June 4, 2008

SEBRING — The first chop of Highlands County's budget-cutting ax fell Thursday. It fell on the proverbial neck of Highlands County Sports Complex manager Rocky Ellingsworth. He will not have a job with the county effective Oct. 1. That's the day that the county's new fiscal year and new budget begin. Ellingsworth's job is proposed to be eliminated in preliminary planning for the 2008-09 fiscal year. Ellingsworth said he does not want to comment publicly yet about this move, which was announced late Thursday afternoon during the second of three successive daylong county commission budget workshops. ...more

May 30, 2008

Clad in white, the man sprinted forward, a hard, leather-covered ball in his right hand. In a windmill motion, he hurled the ball toward a heavily-padded, bat-wielding opponent. ...more

May 25, 2008

When the Tampa Downtown Partnership held its second annual review of its 2005 Vision and Action Plan last year, the audience presented a mixed bag of ideas. ...more

May 24, 2008

No sooner have the little hands knocked on Helen Morrison's front door than they are in position on the piano keys, plunking out songs. ...more

May 24, 2008

A city-sanctioned kickball game at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park on Wednesday night devolved into a brawl involving about 100 people, according to a preliminary police report. ...more

May 23, 2008