Andy Allshouse's work is all play. ...more

March 15, 2009

For the fifth year, the Cinderella Project will provide new or gently used prom dresses and accessories at no cost to young Pasco County women who find themselves without a budget for prom season. The program is open to girls attending any Pasco County public high school. ...more

March 14, 2009

Calling all young wordsmiths. To commemorate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, the West Pasco Bar Association wants sixth graders in Pasco County to write an essay on Lincoln. ...more

March 13, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - In a money-saving move, the Pasco-Hernando Early Learning Coalition plans to let its staff handle services that previously have been contracted to an outside agency. ...more

March 13, 2009

Sam Steffey, Pasco County's chief planner, will retire in less than 60 days, leaving the county's Growth Management department without a leader as Pasco County embarks on major changes to how it conducts business. ...more

March 7, 2009

Dee Morva of Hudson was appalled by story in a letter to the area of a woman panhandling in the Hudson area asking a woman for more money so she would have enough to buy the narcotic Vicodin. ...more

March 7, 2009

HSBC Finance Corp., a unit of banking giant HSBC Holdings plc, will shut six Suncoast lending offices, including one in West Pasco, as it pulls out of the U.S. consumer lending business. ...more

March 6, 2009

A judge has ruled against a former Pasco County sheriff's deputy who claimed he was improperly fired from the agency. ...more

March 5, 2009

Kids might disagree, but to be perfectly candid, the Tooth Fairy is overrated. What else can you say about someone who is only interested in children's teeth after it's too late, and then only thinks they're worth small change? What else can you say about someone who is only interested in children's teeth after it's too late, and then only thinks they're worth small change? The West Pasco Dental Association, on the other hand, is concerned about children's dental health, and it proved it once again by participating in the sixth annual Give Kids a Smile program. ...more

March 4, 2009

It doesn't look like much yet, but there's something growing out in front of Peace Hall, on an irregular shaped patch of ground defined by a rail fence. Inside the fenced-in area, hand-painted signs identify the sprigs already emerging from the ground in places and proclaim what the still-bare patches of dirt will soon yield. If all goes as planned, nearly two-dozen varieties of fruit, vegetables and herbs will soon grow in the tight little space across the street from Sims Park. ...more

March 4, 2009