Perhaps the best measure of Ruskin after 100 years is its people. Forged by pioneer families who plucked a living from land and sea, the community has an enduring character that, in many ways, remains the same, despite encroaching development. ...more

August 6, 2008

The Los Angeles Dodgers made their departure from Vero Beach official, terminating their facility use agreement. ...more

July 13, 2008

In the cool, early morning country air, Haley Fabrizio, 10, freshened up a stall and then moved on to feeding and watering horses at Waterford Stables. ...more

June 25, 2008

Boys in plastic chainmail and bejeweled cardboard crowns and girls in long dresses wearing tall, cone-shaped hats with sheer fabric drapes crossed a wooden bridge over a moat full of vinyl alligators. ...more

June 7, 2008

The gated community adjacent to the Seven Springs Golf and Country Club got a new status symbol last Saturday, an historical marker commemorating the place where the Seven Springs community got its name and start. "We spend a lot of our time at our meetings deciding on the wording for these things," said Scott Black, co-chair of the Pasco County Historical Preservation Committee. ...more

January 19, 2008

You could almost read the horse's mind as it glanced at the wooden bridge lying flat on the dirt arena. 'Why go over it when I could just walk around? ...more

October 10, 2007

You could almost read the horse's mind as it glanced at the wooden bridge lying flat on the dirt arena. 'Why go over it when I could just walk around? ...more

October 6, 2007