Alternative energy sources, energy conservation, a national health care system and the national debt were among the issues U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam addressed Thursday during a town hall meeting at Florida College. ...more

June 4, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - Alternative energy sources, energy conservation, a national health care system and the national debt were among the issues U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam addressed Thursday during a town hall meeting at Florida College. "We have to get off fossil fuels for the future," said Putnam, R-Bartow, who discussed building nuclear plants and investing in clean coal energy while focusing on using today's resources wisely. Putnam, whose district covers portions of Hillsborough, Polk and Osceola counties and includes cities such as Temple Terrace, Lakeland, Bartow and Winter Haven, said health care is a hot topic, especially among the Democratic candidates in this year's presidential campaign. ...more

May 30, 2008

Denny Hamlin didn't realize how much he was feeling the pressure to perform in front of his hometown crowd until he was hurtling around the track in qualifying. ...more

May 3, 2008

Mike Holovak, a longtime NFL executive who coached the Patriots to their first championship game, died Sunday in Ruskin, a few hours before the team left for the Super Bowl. He was 88. ...more

January 28, 2008

Things To Do is a list of some of the most interesting upcoming events. For a complete list of Tampa Bay area events, see this week's Friday Extra. ...more

January 23, 2008

With an EPA rating of 27 mpg city and 33 highway, the car passed more gas stations than I could count, and I loved it. ...more

January 19, 2008

Residents' vision of Safety Harbor's future became a hot topic when candidates for two City Commission seats debated the issues Tuesday night at City Hall. The forum was sponsored by the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce and League of Woman Voters. ...more

January 18, 2008

Things To Do is a list of some of the most interesting upcoming events. For a complete list of Tampa Bay area events, see this week's Friday Extra. ...more

January 16, 2008

Perhaps it's a response to the overwhelming presence of Internet maps in our lives, those stark but useful little charts created in seconds by virtual cartography gremlins. They appear in party invitations, on school newsletters and all over our favorite Web sites. ...more

December 29, 2007

Despite repeated assurances that a Brandon bypass or Tampa beltway running through rural Lithia had been axed from the South County Transportation Plan, the proposed road remained the hot topic of discussion at a public meeting at Pinecrest Elementary School on Monday. ...more

November 8, 2007