It wasn't really work Nov. 14 for Mildred Humphrey, as she sold handmade pillows, baskets and more at the Pioneer Heritage Day and its companion event, Children's Fun Day. ...more

November 25, 2009

In the early 1920s the county built its third branch library, a red-brick building in Seminole Heights. Urban renewal and construction of Interstate 275 swept it away. ...more

November 25, 2009

Our emotions are sundered this particular Veterans Day as Americans reconsider what is meant by pulling on the nation's uniform and volunteering to put one's self in harm's way to defend Mr. Jefferson's self-evident truths and Mr. Lincoln's proposition. ...more

November 11, 2009

The young and the old will be celebrated Saturday at a combined event. ...more

November 11, 2009

An English Gothic landmark church built in the 1920s has been resurrected as the first permanent home of Holy Trinity Presbyterian, ending a decade-long quest. ...more

November 4, 2009

The congregation of Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church, which until recently rented space at another church in South Tampa, has moved into the century-old and splendidly refurbished First Christian Church building in Hyde Park, near the bridge to Davis Islands. ...more

November 2, 2009

An English Gothic landmark built in 1927 has been resurrected as the first home of Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church, ending a decade-long quest. ...more

November 2, 2009

As a breeze blows across the Peace River giving downtown Punta Gorda an early sense of spring, a buzz about baseball generates a surge of excitement. ...more

February 21, 2009

During Super Bowl weekend, tens of thousands of revelers descended on the Channelside Bay Plaza entertainment complex. They ate in the restaurants and drank in the bars, meandered through the red-brick piazza and danced until dawn in nightclubs. ...more

February 8, 2009

Boy Scout Troop 22 spent an enjoyable weekend at Egmont Key State Park in early December. The Scouts explored the fort ruins, took an orientation class and performed a community service project that involved helping park rangers remove non-indigenous species of plants. It was an opportunity for the Scouts to work in the shadow of the historic Egmont Key Lighthouse and traverse the century-old red brick roads. ...more

January 28, 2009