Two dozen dogs, seized as part of a hoarding investigation in Tennessee, have been moved to the SPCA Tampa Bay for care and adoption. ...more

November 17, 2009

Dear Mr. HandyPerson, I read your column regularly and find many sensible solutions to problems. However, in your column on discouraging raccoons, you left out fox urine as a deterrent. ...more

March 22, 2009

Animal control officers have seized five horses and a goat from a Sarasota County woman who has been cited numerous times for failing to take care of her pets. ...more

November 6, 2008

If you're looking for inspiration in this time of uncertainty at home and abroad, look no further than to a bird barely bigger than a box of Easter Peeps. ...more

October 25, 2008

Jim Gries's letter about Social Security is unnecessary fear mongering. Social Security is simply an income transfer program. Workers today pay a tax to support retirees and disabled people. In exchange, workers get the promise that when they retire, a new generation of workers will support them. As Gries notes, the program has a substantial surplus. By law, that surplus is invested in bonds issued by the U.S. government. ...more

August 7, 2008

OPEC and the oil futures parasites may have inadvertently resuscitated downtown Sebrings across the United States. Sensible medical doctors could serve patients from offices within their homes. Grocers might stroll from nearby residences to send fairly priced products from their markets. ...more

June 26, 2008

One of the pygmy killer whales found stranded on Monday in south Florida underwent an MRI test today at Axcess Diagnostics in Sarasota. ...more

June 18, 2008

As it does about every two months, a 400-foot barge that hauled molten sulfur from Texas made a slight side trip Wednesday to The Florida Aquarium to disgorge 300,000 gallons of saltwater. ...more

April 10, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Nineteen animals were found amid their own waste at Cynthia Annette Cuervo's home Friday, authorities say. ...more

February 7, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Nineteen animals were found in a sea of their own waste at Cynthia Annette Cuervo's home Friday, including the remains of what was thought to have been a dog, authorities say. ...more

February 6, 2008