They're the roadside equivalent of junk mail - tiny signs that advertise everything imaginable: cheap houses, health insurance, eligible singles, telemarketing jobs and even salvation. ...more

October 31, 2007

BRANDON - They're the roadside equivalent of junk mail – tiny signs that advertise everything imaginable: cheap houses, health insurance, eligible singles, telemarketing jobs and even salvation. The illegal signs annoy residents, mangle lawnmowers and stymie county workers who pulled them out of the ground by the tens of thousands last year. ...more

October 30, 2007

SEBRING –– Highlands County went "green" when it launched a recycling program back in 1990. In about a month, the county will be greener, as it begins accepting office paper for recycling. Residents and businesses have frequently been asking Highlands County Recycling if it can add office paper to the items it accepts, said Christy Reed, recycling program manager. For the first time in four years, Reed now can answer that it soon will, by late November or early December. "We plan very soon to add office paper recycling and junk mail recycling to our newspaper recycling program," Reed said Monday. Those items will be accepted as soon as the 22 drop-off recycling bins can be re-labeled, she said. ...more

October 30, 2007

Safety Harbor commissioners can now breath a sigh of relief each time they – and other city residents – recycle after reaching an agreement on processing fees with Clearwater. ...more

October 27, 2007

An e-mail with the subject line 'Are you a top chef?' recently captured my attention. Ordinarily I give junk mail a cursory glance, hit delete and then move on. But this one called my name like cookies right out of the oven. ...more

October 24, 2007

What's deemed trivial trash by some is a gold mine of glorious garbage to others. ...more

September 5, 2007