With regards to Keith Bricklemyer's (a land use attorney) comments in "Wetlands Division A Redundancy" (Views, March 21): It was Shakespeare who once wrote those immortal words, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." Has anyone ever noticed the overwhelming majority of those who write in protest about the Environmental Protection Commission are developers, land use attorneys, and those individuals with large parcels of land that just happen to be predominately composed of wetlands, not uplands? ...more

March 26, 2009

Law enforcement agencies suspended today the liquor license of a Bradenton bar where two slayings, 29 assaults and 25 drug complaints have occurred over the past 3 1/2 years. ...more

February 22, 2009

Pertaining to the ditch cleaning dirt along the roads and highways of Highlands County. They used to give that dirt to the residents here in the area to fill in low spots in their yards, but now, because of someone's bright idea, they have the Road and Bridge Department drive 20-30 miles round trip to dump it in the landfill. Doesn't this practice fill up they landfill much quicker and cost the residents of Highlands County thousands of dollars more in fuel costs and man hours, trucking this dirt all the way out to the landfill? Whose brainless idea was it in the first place? ...more

November 28, 2008

A 62-year-old man who lived alone lost his mobile home Thursday to an early morning fire, according to Pasco County Fire Rescue. ...more

November 21, 2008

Starting Oct. 1, the city's Public Works Department will conduct brush and yard debris pick-up on a regular schedule. On Sept. 9, City Council gave its OK to the new schedule, designed to cover the city on a regular, systematic manner similar to how trash collection works. ...more

September 17, 2008

Starting Oct. 1, the city's Public Works Department will conduct brush and yard debris pickup on a regular schedule. ...more

September 17, 2008

Imagine Vicki Pontius' surprise. She had rented the football fields at Highlands County Sports Complex to the Sebring Youth Football Association. ...more

July 17, 2008

Here we go again. Seaside Sanitation is looking for another raise. They just got one a little while back. With their threat, they would stop collections unless they get the increase ...more

July 6, 2008

The city council Thursday approved Mayor Rick Baker's recommendation to select an Arlington, Va.-based company for the potential redevelopment of Tropicana Field. ...more

June 20, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - The city council today approved Mayor Rick Baker's recommendation to select an Arlington, Va.-based company for the potential redevelopment of Tropicana Field. ...more

June 19, 2008