At first I thought it must be a furlough day and that it was supposed to be dark outside and time to go home. ...more

November 2, 2009

Hot-air balloons will be a casualty of the sour economy this year, but it's full steam ahead for the annual Chasco Fiesta street parade. ...more

March 19, 2009

Hot air balloons will be a casualty of the sour economy this year, but otherwise it's full steam ahead for the annual Chasco Fiesta street parade on Saturday. ...more

March 18, 2009

The two-dimensional scenes invite viewers to put themselves there. A vacant wooden swing hangs from the arm of a massive oak. ...more

March 6, 2009

Brandon resident and Middleton High School teacher Richard Crawford has been selected by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics to receive the prestigious Educator Achievement Award. ...more

February 18, 2009

New York pop artist Charles Fazzino will return to the Tampa Bay area to present his colorful and frenetic vision of Super Bowl XLIII. ...more

January 21, 2009

Area shutterbugs submitted more than 400 Pasco nature photos to a contest to illustrate the 2009 calendar of Gulfside Regional Hospice. ...more

January 3, 2009

FAIRS & FESTS Saturday Elves Overboard! Boat Parade of Lights: boats float from Davis Island, passing Channelside and ending at the Tampa Convention Center; 6:30 p.m. Saturday; free; Tampa Convention Center, 333 S. Franklin St., Tampa; (813) 471-1531 ...more

December 19, 2008

One by one at just past dawn, five vibrantly colored balloons poked through a rapidly clearing fog, during the start of a 12 mile hour-long journey. ...more

November 7, 2008

SEBRING – Broker Chip Boring, of RE/MAX Realty Plus of Sebring, and RE/MAX Realty Plus II of Lake Placid, will sponsor a hot air balloon to benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of Highlands County's charity event May 30-31. Following last year's successful fundraiser, the second annual "Balloon Glow" will be Friday, May 30, and the "Lift Off Event" will be Saturday, May 31, at the entrance to the Sebring Raceway and Airport. "Young people who attend Boys and Girls Clubs in Florida show higher high school graduation rates and better behavior, resulting in increased lifetime earnings," said Florida Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp. "An investment in our children is an investment in our future. The independent study's results are proof that Florida's Boys and Girls Clubs continue to influence our young people and our economy, both for the better." ...more

May 20, 2008