Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful, an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, is introducing a new environmental program into the high schools of Hillsborough County called the Keep Our School Beautiful Chapter Program. ...more

November 4, 2009

Publix volunteers from the Brandon region gave much-needed love and attention to Bloomingdale West Park in Brandon on Oct. 15. ...more

October 28, 2009

Some of technology's best-known companies are betting there's pent-up demand for on-demand books. ...more

October 26, 2009

Bartering: Service provided for service to be given within a period of time agreed upon. Registering with an internet exchange provided by local libraries and monitored through local police agencies. Honoring bartering agreements satisfactorily continuously would be successful. Dishonoring bartering agreements would result in elimination and publication. ...more

October 26, 2009

While most workers are off Sept. 7 for Labor Day, city sanitation crews will be working, a city official said. Garbage and recycling will be picked up according to the regular schedule. ...more

August 23, 2009

At 8:45 a.m. Saturday, a resident of the community on U.S. 98 between Sebring and Lorida heard cries for help coming from the park beside the Spring Lake Improvement District office. ...more

July 11, 2009

Today is the last day for Cell Phone Recycling Week, a project started by the Environmental Protection Agency that brings together manufacturers and service providers. ...more

April 12, 2009

Trash Cans Are A Sign We just got a card in the mail today from folks wanting to stop the Dade City landfill and dump. I wonder if the people backing the card I got put out trash cans twice a week for the garbage man to pick up? And I wonder if these same folks recycle all their plastic, metal cans, glass, clippings, limbs, etc. and either take it to the recycler or put it in the blue bags twice a month. Until everyone in the Dade City area recycles almost all of their waste, there will be a need for a dump. Every house I see with a sign in the yard that says to vote "no" on the Dade City landfill, without exception, has giant garbage cans in the driveway or on the side yard. None I have seen have had a blue bag out front on their scheduled days for recycling pickup, and I only look when I am going on an errand. ...more

January 25, 2009

Recycling could become as routine as taking out the trash for many more Pasco County residents, depending on the results of a pilot project. ...more

January 22, 2009

Residents hauling televisions and computer gear clogged traffic on West Spruce Street on Saturday for the chance to ditch those old devices safely. ...more

January 11, 2009