SOUTH TAMPA Olivia Fiss, a fourth-grader at Gorrie Elementary, wishes to thank her Hyde Park neighbors and Tampa General Hospital staff members and volunteers for supporting her in the annual gift wrap and candy fundraiser for her school. Olivia was the top seller this fall at Gorrie, and for 28 schools in the district, selling more than $2,300 worth of merchandise. Gorrie received 50 percent of the sales, and Olivia won an iPod Touch for her efforts. ...more

January 14, 2009

SEBRING — Go figure. You'd think that after the Christmas shopping rush, local retailers should be able to take a breather, but several store representatives said Wednesday that snowbirds will continue to keep workers busy for a little longer. Kathleen Trussell, store manager of Bealls, said operating hours will go back to normal starting today, but there will be no employee layoffs, in anticipation of continued heavy business. ...more

December 27, 2007

Mitchell Elementary second-graders Michelle Ferlita and Lila Goodwillie and third-graders Laurel Thaxton and Lauren Robinson were rewarded with a limousine ride and pizza party for being among the school's top sellers of gift wrap and other products. ...more

November 3, 2007