The measure of how important maps are to historians and genealogists becomes apparent when you explore the many paper-map collections available in libraries and digital collections online. ...more

July 6, 2008

I read with interest, both the original article on the waste of taxpayers' dollars by the elections department, and the rebuttal/clarification by Supervisor of Elections Annie Williams. She states that it wasn't a waste of our money because the mailings were paid for by a federal grant. But isn't a federal grant funded by tax dollars? ...more

July 3, 2008

When you're fighting cancer, you want to be armed with as much information as possible. ...more

May 2, 2008

You have one year from today to get ready. By law, on Feb. 17, 2009, all TV broadcasters must upgrade to digital and stop broadcasting their old analog signals. Nearly 20 million American households will be affected. Are you one of them? ...more

February 15, 2008

The ongoing effort to caution young computer users about the threat of online predators shifts into high gear with this week's premiere of Cyber Safe, a NetSmartz training partnership designed to reach all of Hillsborough County's nearly 200,000 school-age children. ...more

February 3, 2008

AVON PARK — If you want to spend your free time making a difference in Highlands County, South Florida Community College may have the perfect opportunity for you. The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Highlands County, a non-profit organization sponsored by SFCC, pairs volunteers age 55 and older with groups that need their service. "We want to be the lead resource in the community for volunteers looking for a way to share their skills," said Kris Schmidt, coordinator of RSVP at SFCC. "We provide free volunteer placement, provide recognition and training and even supply supplemental insurance to cover volunteers." RSVP, a federal program through grants, has volunteer stations throughout the county that need assistance, ranging from shelving books at public libraries to rebuilding houses. ...more

January 8, 2008

All too often, in this life, we get what we don't deserve. I don't deserve: - To see and hear, walk and talk, think and laugh, and thus, enjoy the world around me. But I get to anyway. ...more

November 18, 2007

Cecilia Priscilla "Prissy" Lakus started working for the library system when it was a city agency and the main library was at Seventh Avenue and Tampa Street. ...more

November 10, 2007

Bunnie McCormack's T-shirt read, 'Laugh it up at your library' - a fitting motto for the Chasco Middle School media specialist to be touting Monday, when she began her two-day reading marathon. ...more

October 21, 2007

The cabinet inside the Hudson Middle School media center was draped in black and covered with caution tape, and only narrow peepholes offered glimpses of what was inside. ...more

October 7, 2007