FAIRS & FESTS Today Rock, Rib & Ride Festival features food, rides and games, live music, hands-on activities, rib-tasting competition, charity poker run, celebrity fashion show, and a wine and food gala; 10 a.m. today; Florida State Fairgrounds, 4800 U.S. 301 N., Tampa; (813) 689-6889. ...more

October 19, 2008

James Garrison came early and stayed late. That's what often happens to leaders. In his Eagle Scout community project last month, 17-year-old James arrived an hour before his volunteers and closed up shop an hour after everyone else had called it a day. In December, James organized and led an effort to create additional wildlife habitat around Dunedin's Lake Paloma. The small lake is near San Christopher Drive and Bayshore Boulevard, northwest of the downtown area. ...more

January 26, 2008

The impact a proposed Florida Property Tax Amendment might have on lives of residents and local government will be discussed at a special forum in Dunedin next week. ...more

January 5, 2008