Jan. 29, 2009 ...more

January 29, 2009

On Monday, five two-person teams of volunteers fanned out across the county, helping the Highlands County Coalition for the Homeless conduct its annual, weeklong survey of homeless people in the county. ...more

January 27, 2009

Investors in a wiped out Sarasota hedge fund tell similar stories today about the rise and fall of their money. ...more

January 17, 2009

Extraordinary times require extraordinary actions, the experts say. That's why President-elect Barack Obama is pushing for tax cuts and government spending. This runs counter to how most of us think, considering that the last thing any of us would do is dig deeper in debt when debt is what's sinking us in the first place. But many people much smarter than most of us say this is necessary. ...more

January 7, 2009

The family and friends of parachutist Debbie Laws committed her ashes to the sky she loved so much during two skydiving jumps Saturday afternoon. ...more

January 3, 2009

Eventually, Susan Sardiello's eyesight will be lost. She has been told by doctors the blood vessels behind her retinas are rapidly deteriorating and will cause total blindness. It could happen in a week or maybe in a year. It is a medical certainty she will lose it all. ...more

January 3, 2009

Granddaughter returns home from Iraq to spend time with grandmother, who is nearly blind. ...more

January 2, 2009

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December 26, 2008

I am a 10th-grade English teacher. For their midterm exam, my students were required to write an essay on a holiday they would like to create, the reasons they chose this holiday and why it was important to them. ...more

December 25, 2008

On Dec. 2 I was asked to appear before the Sebring City Council to explain my involvement with the Valencia Circle issue and hear a complaint from one neighbor who apparently does not like the park furniture or horse statue for which I had permission -approval from the city council on Nov. 6, 2007, to place there. I'm sure many of you read the articles in the Highlands Today and are aware of the problem. ...more

December 14, 2008