LAKE PLACID — Everybody dreams. Many dream of running their own business, while others dream of owning their own home. Sometimes those two wishes conflict. Five years ago, Joanne and Paul Heinsohn moved into Highlands Park Estates and sought peace and quiet. During the past two years, Joanne Heinsohn has called the Highlands County Code Enforcement Office eight to 10 times with complaints that a truck trailer is parked in the neighborhood. In February, that neighbor received a warning citation from the county for parking a truck trailer in a residential area, and was given seven days to comply. ...more

December 15, 2007

County might send out "water cops" to catch violators of once-a-week lawn watering ...more

December 5, 2007

The crime in Southeast Seminole Heights is still old-fashioned. The methods are conventional. ...more

November 25, 2007

To the Cusmano family, the building they own at North 21st Street and East Columbus Drive might as well contain a giant magnet. ...more

October 23, 2007

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Blocking out the scenery, breaking my mind ...more

October 21, 2007

Drive along any major throughway in Pasco County, and you are bound to see a 'snipe' sign. ...more

October 13, 2007

Like a roadside vigilante, a resident is snatching up signs littering Westchase roadways. ...more

October 6, 2007

WESTCHASE Like a roadside vigilante, a resident is snatching up signs littering Westchase roadways. ...more

October 3, 2007

AVON PARK — All this week, April Hartseil has been driving up and down Highlands County's roads in a white, six-year-old, county-owned Ford Ranger, stopping to pick up signs. Four code enforcement officers are joining her and the rest of the state in a statewide cleanup, Hartseil said. On Wednesday, she patrolled Nine Mile Grade and County Road 621, between U.S. 98 and S.R. 70. "I must have pulled up 60 signs," Hartseil said. Which meant Wednesday was not an eight-hour day. ...more

September 28, 2007

Although entering the building is a misdemeanor offense, the condemned Nan-Ces-O-Wee Hotel has become a hotbed for activity lately. ...more

September 27, 2007