A regional hurricane shelter planned for Denton Avenue could be delayed after federal officials' demand it be strengthened to withstand 200 mph winds and tornadoes, county officials said last week. ...more

December 3, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - A state hearing officer has ruled in favor of the Pasco County School District in a dispute over whether the district can require employees to work at hurricane shelters. ...more

November 17, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Progress on a new civic center and shelter is well under way. Land was obtained, architectural plans were drawn and about 10 percent of the funding was tentatively promised, leaving only the major question of how to fund a proposed $4 million civic center and hurricane shelter. ...more

October 12, 2007

County commissioners on Tuesday are set to consider renewing their contract with Joe Mannion, who has worked as Pasco's legislative consultant and lobbyist for 20 years. ...more

October 8, 2007

Glover School alumni will share memories, trade stories and celebrate the history of one of the first schools established in eastern Hillsborough County at a reunion next week. ...more

September 26, 2007

LAKE PLACID — "Big Al" and "Daisy" aren't clowning around when it comes to the future of Toby's Clown Foundation and Clown Alley. Albin "Big Al" Pelski, the foundation's president, said Monday that rumors swirling around the Clown Museum, on Interlake Boulevard, about Toby's Clowns being on their last legs were false. "Nothing could be farther from the truth," said Pelski. ...more

September 11, 2007