Art Meets Entertainment is producing a Nov. 21 show featuring lip-syncing to popular tunes. The event, Lip Sync 2009 In the Neighborhood, is a fundraiser for the Plant City Community Development Corp., a not for profit neighborhood improvement organization. The event will be at the John R. Trinkle Community Center at 2206 E. Cherry St., on the local campus of Hillsborough Community College. ...more

November 7, 2009

When Muriel and Harold Haviland decided to move to Florida 50 years ago from Long Island, New York, they were in search of a peaceful, safe place to raise a family. ...more

November 4, 2009

Hillsborough County commissioners are seeking residents to serve on several advisory boards and councils. ...more

July 8, 2009

A free workshop, Florida Housing Help, is designed to educate and assist families facing foreclosure. ...more

June 26, 2009

A sandy shoreline runs outside Patrick Wiese's front door. A white crane toes through gentle blue-green waters as the sun beams overhead. The view of downtown is spectacular, the fishing good and the rent free. ...more

March 27, 2009

The city received more than $5.2 million in 2008 from the federal government for community development block grants, money made available to local nonprofit organizations for building more affordable housing and creating employment programs. ...more

February 18, 2009

Fifty years ago Sunday, 216 people filed into the first service of St. Lawrence Catholic Church and fell far short of filling the Hillsborough High School auditorium. ...more

February 9, 2009

Fifty years ago today 216 people filed into the first service of St. Lawrence Catholic Church and fell far short of filling the Hillsborough High School auditorium. Today was a different story. ...more

February 8, 2009

State budget cuts could take away a $2.5 million state grant for Habitat for Humanity of Highlands County's 100-townhouse Ridgeview project. ...more

January 30, 2009

Civic activist and local homebuilder Blaise Ingoglia is the newest member of the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC). ...more

January 30, 2009