Ladies and gentlemen, rev your engines. Old Palm Harbor Main Street is gearing up for its seventh annual Fall Bike Fest and Toys for Tots Ride with an expanded event. ...more

November 7, 2009

The upcoming Christmas season is supposed to be tough going for retail, analysts have said. ...more

November 6, 2009

More than two years after he was arrested - and after two courts have since ruled in his favor - the federal government has dropped its legal pursuit of Youssef Megahed. ...more

November 6, 2009

Chain stores are heading into the holiday season with more optimism. ...more

November 5, 2009

More than two years after he was arrested – and after two courts have since ruled in his favor – the federal government has dropped its legal pursuit of Youssef Megahed. ...more

November 5, 2009

After more than three years of organizing, petition-signing and meeting with local politicians, Sun City Center residents were successful today in getting approval for a golf cart path that will help them get across U.S. 301 to Walmart. Hillsborough County commissioners voted unanimously this morning to spend between $250,000 and $300,000 on the paved path, which will cross a vacant field to a signalized crossing of U.S. 301 at Cape Stone Avenue. ...more

November 4, 2009

On Saturdays, Nov. 7 and 14, my garden will be open to the public from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. (because my free help eats and leaves at 1 p.m. and also because I tend to collapse soon after). A notice in another publication that said 10 p.m. was a typo. ...more

November 4, 2009

The Hernando County Commission seems to have taken a queue from Walmart and unanimously voted to "roll back" impact fees to 2001 levels, a 47 percent decrease. ...more

November 2, 2009

In Sun City Center, the golf cart is king. Every day, hundreds of the low-speed electric vehicles ferry residents down wide, palm-tree-lined streets in this south Hillsborough retirement community. Cars are rarely needed here: doctors' offices, restaurants and shops are within walking - or carting - distance. ...more

October 31, 2009

As long as they are not still feathered and squawking, Sebring High school freshman Joseph De Genaro wants your turkeys. ...more

October 31, 2009