Regarding "Landfill a Good Deal for Pasco," (Other Views, Dec. 26) Bill Newton is only telling part of the story about the landfill proposed for Pasco County. The issue is not the need for a hi-tech way to dispose of garbage. The reason many of us oppose it is that the developers want to put the landfill close to the Green Swamp, which supplies all the water for the Hillsborough County watershed. ...more

December 31, 2008

PLANT CITY More than 40 students at Shiloh Charter School spent a day last month cleaning two local parks because they wanted to give back to their community. ...more

December 29, 2008

Local self-storage business is collecting blankets for the area's homeless. ...more

December 27, 2008

Garbage pick up over the Christmas period will be as follows: In the city of Sebring, Avon Park and Highlands County, there will be no pick up on Thursday, Dec. 25. Thursday's pick up will be on Wednesday, Dec. 24; regular schedule will resume on Friday, Dec. 26. ...more

December 24, 2008

A Palm Harbor woman was arrested Monday afternoon on charges she left her four daughters alone for two days while she went to break up with a boyfriend, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

December 9, 2008

Don Perna, a winter resident of the Hudson area, says the cleanliness of area roads leave a lot to be desired. ...more

December 6, 2008

PLANT CITY There will be no municipal garbage or recycling pickups Nov. 27 and Nov. 28 due to the Thanksgiving. ...more

November 13, 2008

PLANT CITY Don't forget to put those trash cans at curbside Tuesday. ...more

November 5, 2008

The sound of tinkling glass is ringing in the air again at county recycling stations and transfer centers. ...more

October 10, 2008

Condo owners who are current with their payments can be affected by the mortgage crisis when others hit foreclosure. When neighbors don't pay their bills, the condo association falls short of revenue and, the next thing you know, the grass isn't green but the pool water is. ...more

August 21, 2008