Regarding your recent article, "Nobody's Problem," like Mr. Turberville's, our neighborhood -- just a few blocks away -- is at the start of the same kind of vacant home mess. Great neighbors were more or less forced out of their meticulously-tended home due to the financial debacle of a number of banks. Sadly, this small showplace now looks exactly like nobody cares because it has joined the ranks of "Nobody's Problem." This is a very false, though catchy name. This is everybody's problem. When the undesirables pass by these homes, it is an open invitation to vandalism at the least. ...more

October 28, 2009

Visitors who drive through Wesley Chapel's Lexington Oaks subdivision might get the impression they're being watched. Thanks to an organized group of volunteers, those visitors would be right. ...more

January 28, 2009

Dear Abby: My father left my mother for a woman he met at work. I was only 7. My brother was 9 at the time; he committed suicide at the age of 20. ...more

October 12, 2008

With the Tampa Bay Rays on the verge of winning the American League East Division, public party plans are well under way. ...more

September 25, 2008

Soon the cry "Play ball" will echo through Lake June ball field in Lake Placid, ushering in the second season of Miracle League play. I am writing this letter as an open invitation to all readers to join us for the upcoming season. ...more

September 18, 2008

Clearwater police say there has been an increase in vehicle burglaries lately and are asking car owners to be on alert. In July, 51 car burglaries were reported, public safety spokeswoman Elizabeth Daly-Watts said. ...more

July 29, 2008

When I read that Lang Lang would auction off his red Steinway grand piano to raise money for an earthquake relief fund, my first thought was this: How the heck did a panda learn to play piano? ...more

July 20, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Steve Brewer likes to run in the early afternoon, when the sun is beating down relentlessly and the temperature outside is simmering in the high 80s. ...more

May 4, 2008

GAINESVILLE - Those tires you heard squealing to the north Thursday were peeling out of the parking lot directly across from Florida Field. ...more

November 22, 2007

It appears "The Streak" will be challenged this season, and in the format longtime Brandon wrestling coach Russ Cozart has envisioned. ...more

November 9, 2007