NEW PORT RICHEY -- Freda Abrams looked shocked. "You've never heard of Hummels?" she asked, gazing at her visitor as if not quite believing an ignorance of Hummels is impossible. Abrams has a number of the figurines. ...more

June 25, 2008

NORTH CAROLINA - They aren't America's heaviest newborn twins on record, but they certainly tip the scales: Sean William Maynard and Abigail Rose Maynard weighed in at a combined 23 pounds and 1 ounce at birth this week, a North Carolina hospital announced Friday. ...more

June 22, 2008

SEBRING — With the whole school assembled at the bus loop at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, something special had to be in store for the Woodlawn Elementary students and teachers. Cheers and applause erupted when they spotted a horse-drawn carriage with three special passengers – retiring teachers Carol Todd and Freda Hoffman and Assistant Principal Laura Waldon, who is departing to be principal of Fred Wild Elementary School. "Isn't this exciting," Woodlawn Elementary Principal Kaye Bowers said as the retirees and Waldon prepared for the carriage ride around the school. ...more

June 4, 2008

Freda Abrams walked away with goodbye hugs five times over and recognition of her 22 years of service to Pasco County. ...more

December 26, 2007