Municipal offices and the public library will be closed today in observance of Veterans Day, a national holiday. ...more

November 11, 2009

AVON PARK Garbage collection for Friday, July 3 will be moved to Thursday, July 2. Other garbage collections will remain the same. ...more

July 2, 2009

Lauren Lewis can't help but think of her dog, Kaiser, out in the cold. ...more

January 22, 2009

Recycling could become as routine as taking out the trash for many more Pasco County residents, depending on the results of a pilot project. ...more

January 22, 2009

Hillsborough Government offices: Closed Monday. Libraries: Closed Monday. ...more

January 18, 2009

Recycling could become as routine as taking out the regular trash for many more Pasco residents, depending on the results of a pilot project. Since June many area neighborhoods have been part of a test program in which waste hauling firm Accurate Waste Systems is gauging the attitudes of some 8,000 customers to recycling. As part of the program, a company flyer is encouraging its customers to become part of a "Lean Green Recycling Machine." ...more

December 31, 2008

The presents have been torn into, the boxes opened, the Christmas tree left bare and the strings of burned-out, outdoor lights taken down and bundled up into a tangled ball. ...more

December 26, 2008

The streets are paved and marked to prevent speeders. Nearly $750,000 went into landscaping the main boulevards with crape myrtles, maples and blooming plumbagos. ...more

September 20, 2008

The three workers fired in Highlands County's Office of Management and Budget for "inappropriate" use of their instant messages lost their bid to win their jobs back on appeal. ...more

August 21, 2008

Consumers Need Break Regarding "TECO Seeks 22% Bump in Fuel Charges" (front page, July 19): ...more

July 26, 2008