The land has been cleared and the junior anchor store opened seven weeks ago. ...more

November 24, 2008

There's a new realization that holding a gift card from a troubled retailer is like having a bank account without FDIC insurance. ...more

November 23, 2008

Howard Hoyt Hilton Jr. of South Tampa, the mind behind the grievously flawed Great Tampa Snow Show of 1958, died Sunday. He was 82. ...more

August 28, 2008

It was supposed to be a winter wonderland. When Beach Park's Howard Hilton was planning the Great Tampa Snow Show, he envisioned smiling kids, Santa Claus spreading good cheer, frolicking reindeer and lots of snow. A giant Christmas tree would hulk over the festivities, and there would be a massive, five-story ski slope. ...more

August 28, 2008

Local utility companies are working harder than normal this summer. It's not because of the hot weather. It's the frigid economy. ...more

July 4, 2008

Metropolitan Ministries had a good idea this past Christmas season, and now it's an even better one. ...more

February 9, 2008

AVON PARK — "I wanted to adopt him. I wanted to adopt them all." Maria Tsakalos had a twinkle in her eye as she talked about seeing a child one day at the Children's Advocacy Center of Highlands County. ...more

February 1, 2008

a big disappointment! ...more

January 6, 2008

New County Commission Should Hire Administrator Re: "Committee Narrows Top Boss List To Three," Dec. 22, Hernando Today. ...more

December 27, 2007

Farmers are hot. At least from a culinary standpoint. Epicurious.com did its annual end-of-the-year assessment of where food is headed and found the concepts of locally grown food and organic cultivation continue to bring farmers a new kind of cool, editor James Oliver Cury says. ...more

December 26, 2007