The new year brings challenges to the home gardener with the new water restrictions and the normal dry season, which lasts until June. ...more

December 31, 2008

The owner of this suburban community's signature golf course wants to make the area more beautiful. ...more

October 8, 2008

PEBBLE CREEK - The Pebble Creek subdivision is known for its golf course and casual suburban living. Now the owner of the golf club wants to help it become a more lush community. ...more

October 3, 2008

Twice, the arsonists tried to burn Rose Mohr out. The first blaze was small. On Sept. 25, someone broke into her store, the Massachusetts Avenue Farm Market, stole the cash register and intentionally set a fire with gasoline. ...more

January 7, 2008

An emergency rule designed to guard Florida's citrus crop against a fungus that might be on California fruit shipped into the state withstood an initial court challenge Wednesday. ...more

December 20, 2007

LAKE PLACID — If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then Lake Placid is becoming an attention grabber. With $1.3 million of guaranteed state and federal grants slated for beautification and landscaping projects, the Caladium Capital of the world is poised to become greener. The projects will complement local private and business donors who banded together in 1987 to form the Keep Lake Placid Beautiful Committee. About $300,000 of federal funding, funneled through the Florida Department of Transportation, will pay for the extension of roadway median improvements on U.S. 27. ...more

December 8, 2007