Youngsters and the young at heart who like the loud sounds and odd smells of the big rigs can Touch A Truck today at Safety Harbor City Park. The 10-year-old event, which attracts hundreds of spectators, will take place from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. today at City Park, 940 Seventh St. S. About 35 trucks will be showcased during the 2008 Touch A Truck. ...more

February 2, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY One person's trash is another person's artwork. ...more

January 29, 2008

One person's trash is another person's artwork. That's true each February when high-school-age teens compete in the Art of Recycling, showing off their creativity, promoting reusable resources and vying for monetary rewards and other prizes. ...more

January 26, 2008

Esta Jo Schifter of Hudson doesn't think Pasco County's blue bag recycling program is effective. ...more

January 16, 2008

The operators of the Highlands County recycling program are not making it easy, especially for seniors, to recycle their newspapers and magazines. The sliding doors on the old rusted dumpsters are so hard to open that some seniors cannot open them at all. Also it was published in the local papers several weeks ago that you could now dump magazines and office paper in the same dumpsters with newspapers, however these dumpsters are still labeled "Newspapers only." ...more

December 28, 2007

Saturday afternoon Pinellas County sheriff's deputies were called to investigate the discovery of what appeared to be a homemade explosive device in an area north of the Anclote River. ...more

December 22, 2007

A nonprofit computer repair shop that refurbishes old equipment and distributes computers to families and schools that couldn't afford them on their own has a waiting list of about 100 names. ...more

November 10, 2007

On Saturday morning residents will hit Gunn Highway with garbage bags in hand as part of the county's Adopt-A-Road program. ...more

September 12, 2007

The benefits of Temple Terrace residents recycling include renewed commodities, a reduction in trash dumped in the county's landfill and a cleaner environment. ...more

September 5, 2007