A team of school district staff, administrators and guidance counselors who reviewed Alafia Elementary School Principal Ellyn Smith's leadership skills will report their findings to school staff Monday, Hillsborough County School District spokesman Stephen Hegarty said. ...more

November 7, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Teresa Tapp taps into a person's brain in her exercise workouts. Forget jumping, lifting weights and dieting. ...more

November 7, 2008

James Yant won the primary with nearly a 20-point lead over the next-closest opponent, Gene Magrini. ...more

November 5, 2008

Perhaps the toughest part of naming a high school after the strawberry is finding a mascot. ...more

November 4, 2008

Last January, I wrote a column predicting that the suggested Spring Hill Fire Rescue merger "would be too hot for commissioners to handle." ...more

October 26, 2008

Wednesday night was highlighted by a series of lasts for the Spring Hill Fire Rescue Board. ...more

October 23, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Retiring school board member Marge Whaley still has one board meeting to go, but her colleagues decided to give her a rousing send-off early. ...more

October 23, 2008

The Duval County School Board will vote on whether to rename a school named after a former Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader. ...more

October 22, 2008

Pete Pollard, executive director of the Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency, says it's all about looking ahead and maintaining minimum architectural standards. ...more

October 15, 2008

Community Association vice president and golf course task force chairman Ed Barnes drove his seven-member group to warp speed, and in 10 days (10 days, my friends is an unheard of blink of the Sun City Center eye), presented the Community Association Board of Directors with a proposal for the golf course evaluation to go forward, a statement of work and some ancillary material. This last item includes studying what it would cost to convert the North Lakes Course to "open space," or "green space," or "a park," and to maintain it as such. ...more

October 8, 2008