The county's embattled former fleet department manager, Jack Stepongzi, received a scathing job performance review on his last evaluation in June and was warned of termination if he didn't improve. ...more

November 4, 2009

Lake Placid, Sebring and Avon Park have set trick or treat hours for Saturday, Halloween Day. ...more

October 28, 2009

Certainly in the journey through life, IQ score is not a predictor of a successful life. ...more

March 6, 2009

School Superintendent Wayne Alexander has tendered his resignation, citing the need to return to Connecticut to be with his family. ...more

February 5, 2009

"You're Not Who You Think You Are," by Albert Clayton Gaulden (Atria, $22) ...more

January 4, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Life coach Carrie Kukuda wants to help people turn their "someday" promises into realities. ...more

January 3, 2009

Land O' Lakes life coach Carrie Kukuda wants to help people turn their "someday" promises into present realities. ...more

December 31, 2008

Recently, several readers sent me e-mails about birds and the winter garden, and I had a request from a reader asking me to send her a column on the subject that was published a few years ago. Here's that column, somewhat updated, with some thoughts about birds in winter. ...more

December 28, 2008

A Harvard researcher says students who start at two-year schools are more likely to face obstacles on their way to a diploma. ...more

October 7, 2008

As Florida's public universities reject more applicants and drive them to community colleges, a Harvard researcher said that students who start at two-year schools are more likely to face obstacles on their way to a diploma. In a report for the National Bureau of Economic Research, Harvard education Professor Bridget Terry Long writes that students who start at two-year colleges are "significantly less likely" to get a bachelor's degree in six years than students who start at four year schools. ...more

October 6, 2008