Roy Paz employs many skills as a veteran Tampa police officer, but the training that gives him the most joy and keeps him in tip-top condition happens on a skating rink. ...more

November 4, 2009

A grieving husband finds comfort in returning to the work he and his deceased wife used to do to help the hungry. ...more

January 16, 2009

Set up the pins, clear the lanes and try not to roll a gutter bird. ...more

November 24, 2008

It has an ice-skating rink, a rock-climbing wall, a nine-hole miniature golf course, three restaurants and a Ben & Jerry's ice-cream shop. ...more

November 21, 2008

Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas, which shares the title of world's largest cruise ship with sister ships Freedom of the Seas and Liberty of the Seas, has reached Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, from where the ship begin sailing on eastern and western Caribbean itineraries. ...more

November 20, 2008

A Clearwater-based consortium has proposed building a sports complex worth more than $40 million on Oakley Boulevard near The Grove shopping mall. ...more

June 22, 2008

It's that time of year again. Summer camps are being offered by the Hernando County Parks & Recreation Department and the YMCA, to name a few. ...more

May 18, 2008

A man who coaxed sexual favors from two boys in exchange for trips to the skating rink received 16 1/2 years in prison and a sexual predator designation in Circuit Court on Wednesday. ...more

January 11, 2008

In the late 1940s, my friends and I did all kinds of jobs to earn spending money. We were between 9 and 12 and didn't get allowances. These were still hard times, and many families had to struggle to make ends meet. ...more

October 9, 2007