Two companies have been ordered to make restitution for trees taken out without proper permits at Learning Gate Community School and the house next door. ...more

December 27, 2007

Developers soon will pay higher fees to have their projects reviewed as an understaffed planning department tries to recoup expenses and farm out work to consultants. ...more

December 23, 2007

Two companies have been ordered to make restitution for trees taken out without proper permits at Learning Gate Community School and at the house next door. ...more

December 22, 2007

Another hearing will have to be held before a ruling can be made on a proposed borrow pit on the north side of Lutz-Lake Fern Road, just west of the Suncoast Parkway. ...more

December 19, 2007

Another hearing will have to be held before a ruling can be made on a proposed borrow pit on the north side of Lutz-Lake Fern Road, just west of the Suncoast Parkway. ...more

December 15, 2007

A public hearing on a request to permit a small private school on Livingston Avenue, south of Regal Drive, will be continued until Feb. 1. ...more

December 12, 2007

SEBRING – Highlands County could hire a new tourism director in February 2008 if the interview process moves along without a hitch, according to county Administrator Carl Cool. Cool presented the job description for the position and talked in general about the hiring process during Thursday's Highlands County Tourist Development Council meeting. The county will be seeking a replacement for Jim Brantley, who resigned as director earlier this year. Brantley is continuing to work for the county as a consultant. Cool told the council there was a difference of opinion between the county's Human Resources department and Brantley regarding the minimum amount of education for the position. The county staff wants the individual to have a four-year college degree, while Brantley doesn't believe it should be required. ...more

December 9, 2007

Is development attorney Joel Tew running Pasco County? I sat in the Pasco County Development Review Committee meeting Nov. 29 and watched as Tew misrepresented one important fact about the Citrus Ridge project, proposed on 112 acres just west of the Dade City city limits off St. Joe Road, for well over an hour. ...more

December 9, 2007

Electronic message signs are nixed by county commissioners on 3-2 vote ...more

December 5, 2007

Right-of-way acquisition has begun for a long-awaited Keystone Road widening project. ...more

December 1, 2007