Trappers on Tuesday night snared a Florida black bear in the backyard of a homeowner in Pasco County. On Wednesday, the bear was tagged and taken north of where it was captured to be released back into the wild. ...more

August 27, 2009

Trappers last night snared a Florida black bear in the backyard of a homeowner in Hernando County, officials said. Today, the bear is getting tagged and will take a ride somewhere to the north of where it was captured, where it will be released back into the wild. ...more

August 26, 2009

History will record the third week of March 2009 as Outrage Week in Washington. ...more

March 23, 2009

Everything I need to know about talking trash and tasting chili I learned at the recent E.G. Simmons Chili Cookoff and Flea Market. ...more

March 4, 2009

"Nothing to Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America," by Adam Cohen (Penguin Press, $30) ...more

February 1, 2009

Trash Cans Are A Sign We just got a card in the mail today from folks wanting to stop the Dade City landfill and dump. I wonder if the people backing the card I got put out trash cans twice a week for the garbage man to pick up? And I wonder if these same folks recycle all their plastic, metal cans, glass, clippings, limbs, etc. and either take it to the recycler or put it in the blue bags twice a month. Until everyone in the Dade City area recycles almost all of their waste, there will be a need for a dump. Every house I see with a sign in the yard that says to vote "no" on the Dade City landfill, without exception, has giant garbage cans in the driveway or on the side yard. None I have seen have had a blue bag out front on their scheduled days for recycling pickup, and I only look when I am going on an errand. ...more

January 25, 2009

Resident Ted Budary said Friday that he wanted a chance to be heard by the city council after his complaint to city staff about his neighbor doing as she pleased with a city park at Valencia Circle didn't seem to get him anywhere. ...more

November 30, 2008

The political season and Halloween are on a collision course, and if ugly were gold, we'd all be rich. ...more

October 12, 2008

Warren Dixon III and his wife, Andrea Braboy-Dixon, love the serene pond behind their home in the Manchester subdivision but not the trash that washes up on its banks. ...more

September 24, 2008

Assigning Responsibility Regarding Kris DiGiovanni's column "Strolling With Allie" (Commentary, Sept. 14): ...more

September 21, 2008