More than 100 Junior ROTC cadets, including students from Riverview High, who will perform an armed squad exhibition, will assist at the Hillsborough Veterans Council's annual Veterans Day Ceremony at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 at the Hillsborough County Veterans Memorial Museum and Park, 3602 U.S. 301 N. ...more

November 4, 2009

Joseph Dionne, director of Highlands County Veterans Services, said Thursday the claim by the Highlands County Builders Association that no local subcontractors are working on the new Veterans Services building is wrong. ...more

April 24, 2009

An event slated for this weekend aims to help veterans and their families negotiate the often complex challenge of securing benefits. ...more

January 30, 2009

An event slated for this weekend aims to help veterans and their family members negotiate the often labyrinthine challenge of securing benefits. ...more

January 29, 2009

Guest speakers at today's monthly meeting of the Highlands County Homeowners Association will update county plans for the Sebring Parkway and construction of the new Veterans Services Building. ...more

January 12, 2009

Dec. 7, 1941 was a day not easily forgotten as more than four dozen county county residents gathered Sunday for Pearl Harbor Remembrance at the Medal of Honor Park. ...more

December 8, 2008

The driveway and garage of Mike and Mary Basile's home on Pinewood Boulevard, filled with people looking at hundreds of items ranging from golf clubs to glass ware, looked like a typical garage sale on Friday. ...more

November 8, 2008

After opening the 10 bids submitted for construction of the new Highlands County Veterans Services building, county officials are cautiously optimistic that the cost could come in well below the estimated price. ...more

October 16, 2008

Things To Do is a list of some of the most interesting upcoming events. For a complete list of Tampa Bay area events, see this week's Friday Extra. ...more

September 10, 2008

What does lousy cell phone service have to do with honoring this nation's veterans? Usually, nothing. But some county officials want to link the two concepts by resurrecting a controversial plan for a veteran's memorial on the south end of Anna Maria Island, near Leffis Key. ...more

September 4, 2008