Scott Warren has stepped down as branch executive of the Plant City Family YMCA to take a similar job at a new YMCA branch in Pembroke Pines. ...more

October 21, 2009

As they prepared for next year's 2010 Census, Pasco County officials last week revealed one more indication of how much the county has grown in the past decade: The number of census tracts has doubled. ...more

March 6, 2009

As they prepare for next year's 2010 Census, Pasco County officials this week revealed one more indication of how much the county has grown in the past decade: The number of census tracts has doubled. ...more

February 27, 2009

As they prepare for next year's 2010 Census, Pasco County officials this week revealed one more indication of how much the county has grown in the last decade: The number of census tracts has more than doubled. ...more

February 26, 2009

With tightened credit markets strangling the supply of home loans, a growing number of buyers in the Tampa Bay area have turned for help to an obscure program run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ...more

February 6, 2009

In San Francisco, I rode the bus back and forth to work every day. In Sacramento, I rode the bus home from work every day. Then I moved out of the city and I haven't ridden a bus since. ...more

June 27, 2008

Although cities are hot spots for global warming, people living in them turn out to be greener than their country cousins. ...more

May 29, 2008

MacDill Air Force Base has long been a tremendous community asset and key component of the national defense, yet local leaders dare not take its presence for granted. ...more

February 17, 2008

Nine haulers may find themselves competing to keep doing business in Pasco County as commissioners consider converting to a franchise system for trash and recycling collections. ...more

January 17, 2008

The modern version of "Go west, young man," may very well be, "Go west, aging boomer." Demographers who track retirement trends report increasing numbers of baby boomers are retiring to Wyoming and Montana. This past year, we read articles titled "Forget Florida or Arizona, More Baby Boomers Are Heading West" and "More Boomers Head to Mountain West." We didn't put much stock in such news. We didn't want to believe the "rumors" of a somewhat surprising trend. That was, before we received a call from lifelong friends. They told us they'd sold their home in Dallas, Texas, and were retiring to Saratoga, Wyo. ...more

January 11, 2008