After more than three years of organizing, petition-signing and meeting with local politicians, Sun City Center residents were successful today in getting approval for a golf cart path that will help them get across U.S. 301 to Walmart. Hillsborough County commissioners voted unanimously this morning to spend between $250,000 and $300,000 on the paved path, which will cross a vacant field to a signalized crossing of U.S. 301 at Cape Stone Avenue. ...more

November 4, 2009

In Sun City Center, the golf cart is king. Every day, hundreds of the low-speed electric vehicles ferry residents down wide, palm-tree-lined streets in this south Hillsborough retirement community. Cars are rarely needed here: doctors' offices, restaurants and shops are within walking - or carting - distance. ...more

October 31, 2009

But three years ago, retail giant Walmart moved across busy U.S. 301, cutting seniors off from low-cost medications and discounted merchandise that helped them stretch their fixed incomes. A solution to the problem may come Wednesday, when Hillsborough County commissioners consider building a cart path across a field from East Del Webb Boulevard to a signalized crossing at U.S. 301 and Cape Stone Avenue. ...more

October 30, 2009

Sean O'Hair survived a windy, rugged test Saturday at Bay Hill and wound up in the final group with Tiger Woods for the second straight year - with one big difference. ...more

March 29, 2009

Elaine and Dick Gibbs of Sun City Center take to heart a Sun City Center Emergency Squad motto, "neighbors taking care of neighbors." ...more

March 11, 2009

For family health reasons, I had to be in the northland last weekend and Connecticut did its very best to remind me why I moved to Florida. Chilly rain changing to ice and snow made driving between Norwalk Hospital to my old home in the north hills of Wilton just plain nasty. ...more

March 4, 2009

GOLF Hernando Oaks Golf and Country Club draws raves reviews from residents, and presents visual challenges for the golfer. ...more

September 1, 2008

Tiger Woods grimaced. He limped. He hopped on one foot after hitting a shot while standing on a concrete cart path, his left foot slipping and the surgically repaired knee twisting slightly. ...more

June 14, 2008

Once again, we're reminded how many business transactions are executed along the cart path. ...more

December 23, 2007

SEBRING — Children and adults can now play a little less in the streets than they did at the Sun 'n Lake of Sebring Improvement District. The addition of a new eight-foot-wide concrete multi-use cart path gives bikers, joggers, walkers and golf cart drivers a safer alternative to riding in the roadway on Sun 'n Lake Boulevard. The new mile-long path starts at the snack shack for the golf club and stretches to Cortez Boulevard while running parallel to Sun 'n Lake Boulevard. Al Grieshaber Jr., SNL general manager, said preparation, which included landscape removal in a "non-functional wetlands, " plus grading and installation took about 45 days and cost $110,000. Grieshaber expects to eventually extend the path another mile west to Balboa Boulevard and connect with the main trail head of the Sun 'n Lake Preserve, an off-road biking park with several miles of single and double track trails. ...more

November 24, 2007