The Nature Coast Festival Singers have been rehearsing for their upcoming Christmas concerts since August. Their first show will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 25, at Nativity Lutheran Church in Weeki Wachee. Their next two performances will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, at Wesleyan Village Church in Brooksville and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at St. Mark's Presbyterian Church in Hudson. For more information, call 597-2235. ...more

November 25, 2007

A number of surveys show that many people are unprepared for the cost of a prolonged illness, especially in their senior years. ...more

November 18, 2007

Developers of a proposed 55,227-square-foot nursing home on North Dale Mabry Highway received the go-ahead to build the facility under one roof. ...more

October 15, 2007

Fever, chills, dry cough, sore throat and muscle aches signal the onset of flu season every winter. More than 200,000 people are hospitalized yearly with influenza complications, and an estimated 36,000 die — mostly elderly, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...more

October 4, 2007