I find myself actually agreeing wholeheartedly with a letter by Gabriel Read. Read wrote to encourage your readers to fill in the void taken up by our snowbirds. His emphasis was volunteerism; something of a shock because I would have expected his answer to be more government involved. ...more

April 4, 2009

Sickles senior and North Carolina-bound power forward John Henson has been named a Parade Magazine First Team All-American. The 6-foot-10 center, rated the No. 3 prospect in the country by ESPN, averaged 17.8 points, 12.3 rebounds and 6.1 blocks per game this past season and led Sickles to the Class 6A region semifinals. ...more

March 30, 2009

Melinda Roy, a former principal dancer with New York City Ballet, held a free master class attended by 40 students at the Patel Conservatory at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center on March 7. Roy is one of several guest artists whom the conservatory brings to conduct free master classes and workshops. Roy was in town to schedule rehearsals for the Balanchine ballet "Valse-Fantaisie," to be presented in "An American Dream" at the performing arts center May 17, and to stage the ballet with students from the Orlando Ballet School at the Patel Conservatory. ...more

March 25, 2009

Daniel Bernard Romain, a hip-hop violinist from New York City, worked with children at Metropolitan Ministries Academy on March 10 as an outreach of the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center's Patel Conservatory. Romain also performed in concert at the conservatory's TECO Theater on March 12. ...more

March 25, 2009

Family members are planning a private farewell for actress Natasha Richardson in the town in New York's Hudson Valley where she wed actor Liam Neeson and raised their two sons. ...more

March 22, 2009

Helga Zipser of South Tampa celebrated her 84th birthday March 2 at the Plant City Strawberry Festival. ...more

March 11, 2009

Poor Rich's Chess Club will host chess expert and teacher Federico Mahinay. ...more

March 6, 2009

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March 1, 2009

A man who caused a disturbance on a Delta flight from New York City to Tampa on Thursday was arrested after he scuffled at the gate with Tampa International Airport police, according to an affidavit. Robert M. Waugh, 32, of Brooklyn, N.Y., who told authorities he was an investment banker with Goldman Sachs, was charged with four counts of battery on a law enforcement officer and disorderly intoxication and resisting arrest. He remained in the Orient Road Jail this morning. Bail was set at $10,250. ...more

February 20, 2009

No one is injured in a fire at Tracy Morgan's New York City apartment. ...more

February 19, 2009