A 3,700-home community on Wednesday's land use agenda. ...more

February 12, 2008

SEBRING – Sebring attorney Jim McCollum said people who don't think about the future will be stuck in the past. McCollum, who has been practicing law in Sebring for 35 years, thought ahead by bringing in two attorneys. Mia Mancinelli and J.L. Perez joined the firm last year. The firm will be known as McCollum, Mancinelli and Perez P.L. Mancinelli and Perez are considered members, which McCollum described as the "functional equivalent" of a partner. "I realized what a great job these guys had done and thought it was appropriate to put their names on the door," McCollum said. ...more

February 10, 2008

A 3:44 a.m. new moon today produces a noon-time bite and your best chances of hooking into that trophy bass or filling your limit of crappie. All the moon events occur this month between the hours of 2 and 4 a.m., meaning the largest daily feeding migration happens at that time. The best we can hope for is that some of the largest fish in the lake feed again from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. or the weather favorably influences the fish enough to either hold off feeding during the night or feed heavily during a daytime falling barometer. ...more

February 7, 2008

County commissioners will play musical chairs prior to the start of their Land Use Hearing on Wednesday as a new chairman and seconds-in-command are chosen. ...more

January 9, 2008

Agenda also includes large retail project. ...more

January 8, 2008

The editorial of Dec. 20, titled "Balancing Needs For Cash And Land Critical As Area Grows," covered an important subject and the reference to the fact that endangered species need certain habitats in order to survive, was a statement all of us should ponder; as wildlife is such an important segment of our "quality of life." Thank you for your thoughtful opinion. However, a headline in your Dec. 17 issue screamed, "Grove Owners Want Development Of 4,600 Homes." ...more

December 31, 2007

The project engineer for a resort complex at Spring Hill's Oak Hill Golf Course will try Nov. 13 to again sell his plan to the planning and zoning board. ...more

November 4, 2007

I'd like to ask the Highlands County planning and zoning board, "Why are you trying to ruin beautiful Lake Blue?" At a public hearing on Sept. 11, the county commissioners voted to change the zoning on two parcels of land on Lake Blue from R-1 and R-1A to B-2. The vote was tied 3-3. Then Chairman Lew Carter broke the tie by voting for the zoning change. This zoning change can only be good for the land planner out of Coral Springs, not for the voting homeowners on Lake Blue in Lake Placid. With all of the commercial property in Lake Placid, why destroy Lake Blue? ...more

September 22, 2007