Two months ago, Jacksonville, was threatened with cancellation of its 2009 Veterans Day parade after the City Council cut the parade's funding. Only a firestorm of protests from the city's residents restored the parade. ...more

November 10, 2009

City commissioners were surprised to learn two mega-events will converge in what will be a crowded downtown, the same day and time in late March - the annual Greek Independence Day Parade and Tarpon Springs Chamber's Fine Art Show. ...more

February 14, 2009

"I have a dream," the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said in his most famous speech, "that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." ...more

January 20, 2009

A flag ceremony at Pasco-Hernando Community College will help launch observances of Veterans Day. The public is invited to the event at 4:30 p.m. Monday, the afternoon before Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, a college spokeswoman, Courtney Boettcher, reports. ...more

November 8, 2008

"Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It," by Julia Keller (Viking, $25.95) ...more

September 28, 2008