For family health reasons, I had to be in the northland last weekend and Connecticut did its very best to remind me why I moved to Florida. Chilly rain changing to ice and snow made driving between Norwalk Hospital to my old home in the north hills of Wilton just plain nasty. ...more

March 4, 2009

Betmar Acres has offered to settle a lawsuit against mobile home owner Cheryl Okke, but she has yet to accept the offer. ...more

February 26, 2009

MANATEE COUNTY – Authorities say a 78-year-old man charged at a contractor with a machete, threatening to chop him up and throw him in a pond because the man did not want fish removed from the neighborhood lakes. ...more

February 25, 2009

You can expect more gridlock on New Tampa roads later this year as two major projects are scheduled to get under way about the same time. ...more

February 25, 2009

You can expect more gridlock on New Tampa roads later this year as two major projects are scheduled to get under way about the same time. ...more

February 25, 2009

An upscale St. Petersburg neighborhood is suing one of its residents because he consistently parks a boat trailer in his driveway. ...more

February 18, 2009

The residents of the Briar Patch development says thanks to New Port Richey City Manager Tom O'Neill and Councilwoman Marilynn deChant for handling problem in timely manner. ...more

February 18, 2009

You can expect more gridlock on New Tampa roads later this year as two major projects are scheduled to get under way. Steve Daignault, Tampa's public works director, said construction of a bridge over Interstate 75 linking New Tampa Boulevard to Commerce Park Boulevard is expected to begin by October. The city will seek bid requests beginning in March. The city plans to launch the controversial $22 million project about the same time Hillsborough County begins widening Bruce B. Downs Boulevard in Tampa Palms. ...more

February 13, 2009

Runners, dust off those sneakers because two community races will take place next month. ...more

February 11, 2009

Following an 8.4 percent decrease last year, the total taxable value of property in Highlands County could drop by more than twice that rate this year, according to Highlands County Property Appraiser Raymond McIntyre. ...more

February 10, 2009