On a rainy summer day at River Ridge High, anyone who doesn't want to work out must answer to junior Stavros Arianas and senior Trevor Shoun. ...more

September 3, 2008

Maybe you haven't noticed, maybe you have. State highways in Polk and Hillsborough counties are getting a little shaggy around the edges. The reasons grass is not getting its usual trim vary. ...more

August 7, 2008

SEBRING — Green isn't the only color cultivated and prized by Highlands County groundskeepers. Eileen Beck, groundskeeper supervisor, oversees a crew of three county employees who trim, plant, irrigate, mow and maintain the 40 county-owned building sites, from nearly end-to-end. "We like to have color," Beck said, "and something is always in bloom." All three municipal libraries, the health department, the courthouse and the Agri-Civic Center are just a few of the rotating stops the crew hits at least once a week, or sometimes twice weekly during the rainy summer months. The landscaping around the sign at the Highlands County Government Center recently got a sprucing up from the crew. Marigolds, croton plants, Indian hawthorns and crepe myrtles, separated by mulch, surround the county marker. ...more

February 10, 2008