Christmas Is No Threat The letter you printed Dec. 25, "Christmas Defended," by Emily Harper was a satirical letter whose purpose was to make the "conservative Christians" feel bad about wanting to keep the tradition of saying "Merry Christmas" alive in this world. ...more

December 28, 2008

Delwyn Wayner, brother of the late James H. Weener, 70, who died in a plane crash Saturday, remembered a man who loved to fly and help others. Weener, who was a seasoned pilot, died Saturday morning after a single-engine airplane he flew came apart in mid-flight over Golf Hammock. ...more

December 16, 2008

Don Perna, a winter resident of the Hudson area, says the cleanliness of area roads leave a lot to be desired. ...more

December 6, 2008

SEBRING — Good writers learn it right away – write about what you know – and Sebring snowbird Kathryn Neff Perry seemingly learned that lesson well. Perry recently published her second novel, "Boone's Creek – Almost Home." Several locations in the novel should be familiar to Highlands County residents, including Lake Jackson, The Kenilworth Lodge, Chicanes and the sheriff's office. "I love Sebring," said Perry."That's where my heart is." ...more

May 25, 2008

Before his lawyers made an appearance on Fox News Network's "The O'Reilly Factor," this evening Mark Lunsford and one of his attorney's spoke for the first time about their intent-to-sue notice to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office. ...more

February 25, 2008

•Be a macho man at the Village People concert tonight at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre in Hudson. ...more

January 28, 2008

I have two favorite radio stations. One is the local '50s channel, 10:50 AM, which, with the exception of the occasional "These Boots are Made for Walking," plays great "cruising music" from my youth. My other favorite station is from the University of Michigan. It's called "Michigan radio for my Michigan and Northern Ohio snowbird friends and anyone else who likes to hear intelligent discussions and civil debate of issues with both sides presented" as well as many of the other wide variety of programs they produce. I welcome you to give them a listen. ...more

January 14, 2008

Pay-As-You-Go System Of Taxation The Fairest Save Our Homes is an unfair system and is probably unconstitutional. Whereas the milder unfairness of yesteryears didn't have the momentum or visibility to bring this fact to light, there is now ample evidence of this. ...more

January 9, 2008

I have been a snowbird for years and took up permanent residence in Sebring seven years ago. I love it! The best place in the states to live. ...more

November 28, 2007

but no more. I pay three times the taxes of homesteaders. I can no longer afford it. Place after place is for sale, and it's little wonder. ...more

November 3, 2007