TAMPA - Metropolitan Ministries today began a new way of providing food for the needy – they come in and "shop" for it. ...more

February 13, 2008

Shortages of food for the poor and hungry is becoming so severe a local food bank has contemplated raising its own crops. The Volunteer Way, on Congress Street in New Port Richey, is scheduled to meet Monday night with officials of a church in the area which has several acres of land, Lester Cypher, CEO of the Volunteer Way, said today. ...more

February 11, 2008

The Big Apple has its ball, and Brooksville has its big tangerine. ...more

December 30, 2007

About four years ago, Mark Silverstein learned the two-story office building he had purchased came with something extra. ...more

December 29, 2007

The Big Apple has its ball, and Brooksville has its big tangerine. ...more

December 27, 2007

Dressed in black jean shorts, white T-shirt and matching white sneakers, Jorge Luis Gonzalez invites little attention. ...more

November 15, 2007

TAMPA -The new look of the Tampa Bay Rays is only a day old and already has started one family spat. ...more

November 9, 2007

The Friends of the Austin Davis Library will welcome visitors to their sixth annual fall festival Oct. 20, and visitors are encouraged to join in the Keystone Family Fun Day event nearby. ...more

October 13, 2007

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - The Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church is celebrating a grand opening and everyone is invited. ...more

October 11, 2007

Sherrie Banasik of Avon Park smiled broadly as she loaded food in her car outside a pantry on Wednesday. The gift of several boxes of food that staffers helped her carry to the car was due to the benevolence of the Avon Park Church Service Center, Inc., in association with the Ministerial Association of Avon Park. Banasik said her two grandchildren – 3 years and 8 months old – would especially enjoy the fresh fruit and vegetables supplied by the pantry. The grandmother said the gift of food, including pies and other baked goods, would likely hold the family over until she received her monthly allotment of $90 in food stamps. ...more

September 30, 2007