MSMA: A toxic herbicide? Monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA) is an arsenic-based herbicide. It is one of the most common herbicides used on golf courses to control of weeds such as crabgrass. ...more

October 23, 2009

One of three benchmark Sun City Center golf courses for sale by WCI Communities closed Oct. 5. ...more

October 14, 2009

Because of an editor's error, a story in Friday's Out & About, "Get Ready to cough it up at the '09 Fur Ball," contained incorrect information. ...more

September 12, 2009

What is happening to our county? ...more

July 4, 2009

The Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in northern Pinellas County has completed a $26 million renovation project and joined the Preferred Hotels & Resorts and the Preferred Golf Club brands. Innisbrook owner Sheila Johnson launched the project immediately after buying the property in July 2007 for about $35 million. ...more

May 7, 2009

Some folks out here that are against buying the courses are trying to ignore the two 800 pound gorillas in the room. One is the fact that it is going to cost $1.8 million to construct lakes and $500,000 to dredge (de-silt) the canals. ...more

March 29, 2009

Golf carts to Wal-Mart? The so-called Community Beautification Program? Golf course Task Force? ...more

March 25, 2009

As a concerned resident of Spring Lake, and owning property here for 12 years, I am strongly in favor of SLIDS'sroposed purchase of the Spring Lake Golf Resort. A previous letter to the editor indicated that a canvassing of many of the residents indicated 100 percent of them were not in favor of the purchase of the golf course. I have also discussed this purchase with a number of Spring Lake residents, probably over 100, only one said they were not in favor of the purchase and that a couple in fact had their home for sale for over a year and hope to move to another golf community. It seems to me that having a esethically looking, well maintained golf course that Kitson and Partners (the proposed managers of the golf course) have proven they will do as they have done on the rest of the golf courses they have managed, would improve all residents of Spring Lake's value which has been proven in hundreds of golf communities throughout Florida. ...more

March 14, 2009

The CA Board Workshop, which took place Feb. 4 was enlightening. ...more

February 11, 2009

As you all know by this time, there's a SCC Community Association Task Force report recommending that a study be done of the North Lakes and Sandpiper golf courses to ascertain their value, financial potential, infrastructure needs and all the things we - as a community - need to know in the light of WCI's bankruptcy and uncertain future. ...more

February 4, 2009