When Ed and Claire Mielak retired to Florida 16 years ago, they dedicated their Wednesdays to taking day trips to familiarize themselves with their new home. They traveled all over the state, taking in the sights. ...more

December 23, 2009

Civilian Mounted Patrol was seen regularly during the bulk of the Christmas shopping season. ...more

December 22, 2009

At this joyous and charitable time of the year, I would like to make people aware of a group of people worthy of their financial support: the Judeo Christian Health Clinic. ...more

December 22, 2009

After working full days tending to his family strawberry farm, Lane Wetherington spends his December nights spreading holiday cheer. ...more

December 21, 2009

No one expects 13-year-olds to have their whole lives plotted out. Then again, it's an age where childhood starts to give way as adulthood makes its gradual introduction. Before you or they know it, 13 becomes 16, then 18, then 21 and on to the rest of their lives. ...more

December 11, 2009

Volunteers are the backbone of the Florida Strawberry Festival, and the festival expressed its appreciation recently with a banquet in their honor. ...more

December 9, 2009

The doors at Cynthia Pinckney Ministry's free Thanksgiving feast wouldn't open for more than an hour, but by 10 a.m. there were already 100 people waiting outside the doors at the Boys & Girls Club in Brandon that morning. ...more

December 9, 2009

Gulfside Regional Hospice seeks benefactors to help decorate Trees of Remembrance this holiday season. ...more

December 5, 2009

At the end of Thursday's wake, Juan Martinez and his wife, Rosalina Ramirez, stood in front of the open casket where their 2-year-old son lay. ...more

December 4, 2009

All day today, people came to pay their respects and say prayers at the memorial covered with dozens of candles and teddy bears in memory of 2-year-old Luis Martinez, who was found dead near his home Saturday. ...more

November 29, 2009