Members of the Hillsborough County Medical Association Alliance are participating in Smoke Out!, a campaign to make movie companies aware of parental concerns about smoking imagery in films rated G, PG and PG-13. The goal is to get R ratings for movies featuring smoking. ...more

May 31, 2008

When the first wave of state budget cuts came, the Upper Pinellas Association for Retarded Citizens looked for savings wherever it could. ...more

May 26, 2008

TAMPA BAY AREA Labor Survey Pans Pulte Fifty-nine percent, or 236, of 400 Pulte and its Del Webb homeowners surveyed in Arizona reported construction defects in their homes in a report released Friday by Building Justice, which represents labor unions. Respondents with defects described faulty electrical wiring, peeling paint and bad air conditioners. The labor group says it plans to conduct the survey in other states where Pulte builds, including Florida. Pulte spokesman Mark Marymee said the group's motivation is to unionize the workers of subcontractors who build Pulte homes. Pulte has done well on other quality surveys, he said, such as J.D. Power & Associates'. "That is the survey we care about," he said. ...more

January 26, 2008

A fifth-generation Pasco resident, retiring County Attorney Robert Sumner will be hailed for many years of service during the CARES Annual Benefit Dinner and Toast next month. ...more

January 9, 2008

SEBRING — When the Florida Association of Community Colleges lobbies in Tallahassee, it has the support of South Florida Community College faculty. SFCC has the second highest percentage of membership in the state in FACC, a group that lobbies for community college legislation in Tallahassee. About 93 percent of SFCC's full-time employees are members of the professional organization that represents the state's 28 community colleges and has more than 8,000 members statewide. Adam Martin, who served as president of SFCC's FACC during 2007, said the local chapter has challenged itself to add seven more members in 2008 and bring its total membership to 200. If the chapter adds 30 members, it will boost the membership to 100 percent. "The college supports FACC, which, in turn, supports the college," Martin said. SFCC President Norm Stephens said the college has historically had a strong membership in that organization. ...more

January 6, 2008

LAKE PLACID — School superintendents in the six-county Heartland area agree there is a need to review educational practices at the high school level. ...more

January 1, 2008

Florida's public school enrollment dropped by nearly 8,000 students compared with last year, another indicator of the state's slumping economy. ...more

December 17, 2007

Not all teenagers are reading "Harry Potter." The Hillsborough County School Board discovered that at Tuesday's board meeting, when a mother read a graphic passage from a book her daughter checked out of her high school library. ...more

December 13, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - The central supermarket to virtually all food pantries in churches and community buildings from Zephyrhills to Spring Hill needs help. ...more

December 8, 2007

Thomas Hafer, a sixth-grader at Coleman Middle School in South Tampa, has been named the Florida winner of the Nicholas Green Distinguished Student Award. ...more

December 1, 2007