While preparing for my 90th birthday, I had a massive heart attack and ended up in Florida Hospital in Orlando. I have to tell you that I have never received such great care. To begin with, I have to thank our local newspapers, The Tampa Tribune, News-Sun and Lake Placid Journal for publishing my letters for the past 28 years. ...more

October 14, 2008

Two deputies helped save a man's life Thursday after he had a heart attack while driving and crashed his car into a tree, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

October 10, 2008

Heart patients should be regularly screened for signs of depression, the American Heart Association recommended Monday. ...more

September 30, 2008

About the only thing Angel Lockett remembers clearly about the night that would change her life and so many others in this old railroad town is the smell of stale beer and cigarettes that permeated the little TV repair shop across the street from the Silver Dollar Saloon. ...more

September 28, 2008

The largest alternative medicine study the government has ever launched has stopped enrolling people while officials investigate whether participants were fully informed of the risks and are being adequately protected, The Associated Press has learned. ...more

September 26, 2008

MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL Defending county champion Challenger K-8 rallies to hand Fox Chapel its first loss. THOMAS, SKINNER COMBINE FOR 22 POINTS IN WIN ...more

September 23, 2008

To borrow a line we once heard attributed to the late Rich Litowchak, a former publisher of this newspaper, "The fact that you've been doing a job 30 years doesn't mean you've been doing that job well." On all the available evidence, that line can't be used to describe Daniel Azzariti's tenure with the New Port Richey Fire Department. ...more

September 20, 2008

If you've been following this column for a while, you're no stranger to my feelings on wills. In a nutshell, if you're an adult with a family or assets that you care about, you should have one. In particular, if you have children and have yet to start a will, you're doing your family a major disservice. But what about a legacy plan? ...more

September 14, 2008

"Family, fitness and fun" is the focus of an event scheduled 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at The Hardy Trail in Dade City. STEPtember, part of a national project hosted by America On the Move, encourages fitness walking as a means to achieve optimum health. ...more

September 11, 2008

An accidental fire at 125 N. Florida Ave. displaced an Avon Park woman and her 12-year-old son Tuesday morning. Their two-bedroom trailer in the Southland Court trailer park was a total loss. ...more

September 2, 2008