Music is fun, expressive, imaginative, beautiful, energizing, relaxing, interesting and freeing. ...more

July 11, 2009

The crushing full-court press wasn't getting anything done against unflappable Siena. A double-digit lead had evaporated. And, from those black folding chairs on the Louisville bench to the plastic red-and-blue seats all around the arena, it was clear to everyone that the top-seeded team was starting to panic. ...more

March 23, 2009

Lawmakers vowed Tuesday to all but strip AIG executives of their $165 million in bonuses as expressions of outrage swelled in Congress over eye-catching extra income for employees of a firm that has received billions in taxpayer bailout money. ...more

March 18, 2009

The 2008 holiday season only comes around once, but the memories can live on through treasured photographs of family and friends. ...more

December 14, 2008

As the past national commander of a congressionally chartered veterans' organization, I have opportunities to visit VA hospitals and clinics across the county. As I tour the hospital wards talking to returning servicemen and women, one striking difference between today and the Vietnam era is evident. Today, our citizens are openly showing their support and patriotism to our returning soldiers, sailors, Marines, Coast Guard and airmen. Everywhere I look in the hospitals I see gift baskets, visitors and get-well wishes on cards and banners from schools. ...more

July 4, 2008

Residents and businesses are coping with a rash of graffiti. The spray-painted scrawls began appearing several weeks ago at numerous locations in the neighborhood, including a sea wall near Martinique Avenue, a utility box on Channel Drive, a gas station on East Davis Boulevard and in the 400 block of Danube Avenue. ...more

June 28, 2008

We're All Values Voters Regarding David Caton's commentary "Morality Can Be Legislated" (Other Views, May 15): ...more

May 24, 2008

The Upper Tampa Bay Regional Library will host an exhibit, "Expressions of Westchase," that opens in March. ...more

February 23, 2008

Opponents of a proposed apartment complex east of the Albertson's shopping plaza at Bloomingdale Avenue and Lithia-Pinecrest Road are trusting there is strength in numbers. ...more

December 26, 2007

The Thursday Musicale, a 50-woman nonsectarian chorus now in its 60th year, will present a concert on Thursday. ...more

December 5, 2007