WILL SAVE $29,000 ANNUALLY ON BALLPARK MAINTENANCE ...more

July 19, 2008

Imagine Vicki Pontius' surprise. She had rented the football fields at Highlands County Sports Complex to the Sebring Youth Football Association. ...more

July 17, 2008

The city's recreation program coordinator has lost his job after getting into an altercation with his son during a flag football game at the city's summer camp. ...more

July 12, 2008

ALTERCATION HAPPENED AT SUMMER CAMP FOOTBALL GAME ...more

July 11, 2008

PALM HARBOR - Next month residents will be able to sell their wares to bargain hunters browsing in air-conditioned comfort at Palm Harbor Recreation's Third Annual Summer Flea Market. It will take place from 8 a.m. until noon, Saturday, July 12, at the Palm Harbor Activity Center, on 16th Street off Nebraska Avenue ...more

June 21, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Two Highlands County employees were treated in what appeared to be an Africanized bee attack Monday afternoon, multiple county officials said. Parks and recreation maintenance workers Jason Gonzalez and Tim Neese ran nearly half a mile from a tree at 1501 Lake Clay Drive, Lake Placid, crossing a bridge and a canal to escape the swarm, Highlands County Emergency Management Director Bill Nichols said. After they escaped the bees, Gonzalez and Neese tried to return for their lawn mowers, but the bees went after them again, stinging Gonzalez three or four times. Neese couldn't count how many of them hit him. ...more

June 16, 2008

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

June 13, 2008

HOLIDAY -- Gasoline prices are up. Food prices are up. What's next? A boat launch fee is in the works at Pasco County's Anclote River Park. ...more

June 11, 2008

By the start of a new fiscal year on Oct. 1, boaters likely will begin paying $5 to launch a boat at Anclote River Park, Pasco's parks chief says. ...more

June 11, 2008

Recreation director imparts the wonders of nature ...more

June 7, 2008