When Muriel and Harold Haviland decided to move to Florida 50 years ago from Long Island, New York, they were in search of a peaceful, safe place to raise a family. ...more

November 4, 2009

When Muriel and Harold Haviland decided to move to Florida 50 years ago from Long Island, N.Y., they were in search of a peaceful, safe place to raise a family. ...more

November 2, 2009

To the owners of groves that have been purchased for retail and housing developments: your property taxes may be going up. ...more

March 29, 2009

Two of the top three land deals in Highlands County last year were groves sold to Premier Citrus, a company that has addresses in Vero Beach and Lake Placid. ...more

February 2, 2009

Old Palm Harbor Main Street and the North Pinellas Historical Society are teaming up to bring the tradition of a Sunday Farmer's Market back to Palm Harbor. ...more

December 27, 2008

On the occasion of Royal Oak Nursing Center resident Frank Thompson's 103rd birthday, Royal Oak activities director Nila Premer had an apology to make. ...more

December 13, 2008

During a rich and long life, Owen Gall was a citrus grower, industrialist, newspaperman, Army captain, community leader, raconteur, golfer, faultless gentleman and philanthropist. ...more

November 15, 2008

A pair of threatened Florida scrub jays stands watch atop a bare shrub overlooking one of the few patches of scrub habitat left in Hillsborough County. When trouble looms, they will warn the others with an unusual call: pssshhh, pssshhh, pssshhh. ...more

October 18, 2008

A giant land deal for an area larger than the city of Chicago, intended to help the dying Everglades, has been slowed as both sides work out details of the proposal for the state to buy about 300 square miles from U.S. Sugar Corp., officials said Wednesday. ...more

September 11, 2008

All of the county, state and U.S. roads in Highlands County were open to traffic by Thursday afternoon as the flood waters from Tropical Storm Fay receded off the roadways. ...more

August 22, 2008