I am writing to voice my disgust about the cover of an advertising supplement included with the Nov.10 edition of Highlands Today. The cover shows a beautiful, joyous, young lady frolicking with the American flag announcing this retailer's Veterans Day sale. The message being: celebrate yet another holiday by gleefully shopping. The advertising copy also goes on to say that this is all part of "the magic of..." this company. They can keep their magic in as much as I plan to never set foot in one of their stores. To use Veterans Day to promote a wonderful time to have a sale is tasteless and disrespectful. Of course, I am absolutely certain that no one from that retailer, the ad agency, the media that distributes the circular will step up to the plate and admit to it being in bad taste. I could suggest that every veteran and their families boycott companies that have a flagrant disregard for the meaning of Veterans Day by using it for commercial self-promotion, but, those companies could care less unless it hurts their public image on a national scale. ...more

November 16, 2009

I was peacefully driving home on U.S. 27 S., on Friday, Aug. 28 at about 4 p.m., when suddenly a car tire came barreling towards my car. I slowed down a little but traffic was heavy; the tire came straight at me and smacked the front of my auto. ...more

September 7, 2009

When Hernando High guidance counselors called Briana Drayton to the school office, the 18-year-old senior wondered what she could have done wrong. ...more

March 20, 2009

I am writing in regard to an incident my husband and I went through about two weeks ago. We went out to dinner at the No Frills Grill, a new restaurant in Lake Placid. We had been there one other time with friends to enjoy the nightly entertainment. ...more

February 8, 2009

Whimsy shouldn't be overwhelming. It shouldn't be a busy, messy cacophony. By definition, there should be something delicate about it. Charming, even. ...more

January 23, 2009

Whimsy shouldn't be overwhelming. It shouldn't be a busy, messy cacophony. By definition, there should be something delicate about it. Charming, even. ...more

January 22, 2009

I was approaching the intersection on U.S. 27, where Wal-Mart is located, driving south. As I got closer to the stoplight I noticed people with orange vests on, circulating throughout stopped traffic (including me) with large white buckets that have signs attached to them. ...more

January 21, 2009

State lawmakers are looking at legislation to create stricter standards for the use of young people as confidential informants. ...more

December 30, 2008

TBO Extra review of "Mirror's Edge" video game ...more

December 4, 2008

The 18-year-old East Bay High School student who was beaten and raped outside Bloomingdale Regional Library on April 24 returned to her south Hillsborough County home earlier this month for the first time since the attack. ...more

November 19, 2008