In Sun City Center, the golf cart is king. Every day, hundreds of the low-speed electric vehicles ferry residents down wide, palm-tree-lined streets in this south Hillsborough retirement community. Cars are rarely needed here: doctors' offices, restaurants and shops are within walking - or carting - distance. ...more

October 31, 2009

But three years ago, retail giant Walmart moved across busy U.S. 301, cutting seniors off from low-cost medications and discounted merchandise that helped them stretch their fixed incomes. A solution to the problem may come Wednesday, when Hillsborough County commissioners consider building a cart path across a field from East Del Webb Boulevard to a signalized crossing at U.S. 301 and Cape Stone Avenue. ...more

October 30, 2009

She sat patiently in her wheelchair, as scurrying volunteers gathered ham, a turkey, canned goods, bread, and bags of potatoes, apples and pungent onions in a storeroom with sporadic drafts of frigid air from outside. ...more

December 26, 2008

Retail giant Wal-Mart has called a halt to its controversial plans to build one of its Supercenter retail complexes in Tarpon Springs, near the Anclote River. ...more

November 21, 2008

Circuit City Stores Inc. said Monday that it is closing 20 percent of its U.S. stores, but the Tampa Bay area was spared in the latest cutbacks by the struggling electronics retailer. ...more

November 4, 2008

GANDY/SUN BAY SOUTH - Mildred McFadden has lived on Pearl Avenue since 1960. She loves the tree-lined street, her generous lot and the community. ...more

August 6, 2008

There will be no new Wal-Marts in Hernando County for a while. That is the word from a regional spokeswoman for the retail giant. ...more

July 4, 2008

RETAILER REASSESSING GROWTH STRATEGY, LOOKING HARDER AT PASCO COUNTY ...more

July 3, 2008

"This Land Is Their Land: Reports From A Divided Nation," by Barbara Ehrenreich (Metropolitan Books, $25) ...more

June 29, 2008

A man in his 50s walked into the Wal-Mart on Broad Street recently and walked out as one of the first people in the county to buy an electric bicycle from the retail giant. ...more

June 28, 2008