Tampa Downtown Rotary welcomed guest speaker Chantel Griffin-Stampfer, executive director of PACE Center for Girls in Hillsborough County, at its Feb. 10 meeting. ...more

February 25, 2009

Three of the five finalists in a national pet fitness contest come from the Tampa Bay area. ...more

January 26, 2009

The proverbial "silver lining" to the drop in home prices is that the Highlands County Housing Department has been helping more low- and median-income families become homeowners. ...more

December 27, 2008

Fifth-grade girls at Roosevelt Elementary School are running in circles and happy to be doing so. ...more

December 10, 2008

LAKE PLACID — No ifs, ands or butts, Mike Eisenhart, coordinator of Keep Lake Placid Beautiful, is disgusted by discarded cigarette butts littered around town, and thanks to a $1,500 grant, he is doing something to change it. Keep America Beautiful Inc., a national organization, awarded Keep Lake Placid Beautiful a $1,500 grant, as part of the 2008 Cigarette Litter Prevention program. Included with the cash, which will pay for administering the project, with five other Florida areas, Lake Placid will receive 1,000 free pocket ashtrays. Additional ash tray receptacles will likely grace the downtown and parks. By local proclamation, June was declared Cigarette Litter Prevention Week. ...more

June 6, 2008

Profits from government-sponsored mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, instead of taxpayers, would back up a home loan rescue for up to 500,000 strapped borrowers under a plan approved by a key Senate committee Tuesday to pull the nation out of a housing crisis. ...more

May 21, 2008

A variety of consumer and advocacy resources emerged in the wake of massive toy and jewelry recalls. These, in addition to government sites, offer assistance, advice and opportunities to advocate for new laws. ...more

December 9, 2007

County Commissioner Ann Hildebrand and others modeled outfits from an area department store as an invisible cash register rang up funding for the PACE Center for Girls. ...more

October 11, 2007

Members of local Rotary chapters, plus many women from other local civic organizations, took time Saturday to attend the second annual PACE Center for Girls Fashion Show benefiting the Pasco center in New Port Richey. ...more

October 10, 2007