I was reading the food favorites in Sunday's Highlands Today the other day and thought I would give my opinion on a great restaurant. ...more

September 28, 2009

Get your lawn chairs out and head down to the Sebring Circle. The Heartland Idol contest is in full swing. There is no contest this Thursday, Sept. 24, but will resume Oct. 1 at 6 p.m. ...more

September 22, 2009

Al Noto started the fundraiser for Tampa's MacDonald Training Center 34 years ago. It has grown to an event that attracts people from all walks of life, who come to eat spaghetti and reconnect with old friends. This year an estimated 1,200 people attended the March 19 lunch in West Tampa. More than $19,000 was raised. The money helps the center, a nonprofit effort that helps developmentally disabled adults. ...more

April 1, 2009

For Anthony Furlong, hopefully the eighth time is the charm. ...more

March 20, 2009

For Anthony Furlong, hopefully the eighth time is the charm. Furlong, a professional skateboarder and Gaither High graduate, is one of the many pro skaters in town for this weekend's Tampa Pro at the Skatepark of Tampa. ...more

March 20, 2009

Every community has an identity. Sometimes that identity is negative, sometimes it's so-so and other times it's something special. In Sebring, that image is all about international car racing and to the people who care about fast cars and a historic, grueling 12-hour race, nothing is better than the 12 Hours Of Sebring. ...more

March 18, 2009

Rocco Baldelli led the major leagues in love Friday. The Rays were reunited at last with those pesky Red Sox, and Baldelli made the trip up from Fort Myers to be DH - designated hugger. He saw old friends everywhere, faces from the Rays' from-nowhere run to the World Series, which carried past Boston in the American League Championship Series. More incredible, Baldelli was part of it. ...more

February 28, 2009

Lisa DeCarr and Jessie LaDon Albach were like sisters. ...more

February 18, 2009

"Revelation," by C.J. Sansom (Viking, $26) Matthew Shardlake is a hunchback lawyer living in London during the reign of Henry VIII. The year is 1543, and the king wants to marry Catherine Parr. ...more

February 1, 2009

As he drove home to Rhode Island from Boston on Friday afternoon, about 24 hours after officially joining the Red Sox, Rocco Baldelli estimated he had heard from "almost everyone" he counts among his friends in the Rays organization. And it's a long list. ...more

January 9, 2009