My name is Albin Pelski. I am the president of Toby the Clown Foundation located in Lake Placid. Keith "Toby" Stokes started Toby's Clown Alley and Toby the Clown Foundation many years ago. Since then we have graduated over 700 clowns from our clown school. ...more

January 24, 2008

When Alex Fyffe played youth football in a league run by volunteers, his mother, Teresa Fyffe-Farmer, tackled unsportsmanlike conduct on the field and in the boardroom. ...more

January 23, 2008

Disgraced political donor Norman Hsu was sentenced Friday to three years in prison after a judge refused to throw out his 1992 no-contest plea to fraud. ...more

January 5, 2008

The future of the Guida House, the former home of the man known as Mr. West Tampa, remains unclear. ...more

December 26, 2007

With Christmas only a few days away, this week's holiday Smackdown features Bucs quarterback Jeff Garcia against linebacker Derrick Brooks to determine who is "The Most Charitable Player." Regardless who wins this contest, both are victors for championing causes they believe in. ...more

December 21, 2007

AVON PARK — Three weeks after the Boys and Girls Club's Avon Park branch opened at Memorial Field, the club is still getting a second portable ready, and is working on a deck to connect its two trailers. But membership has already shot up well beyond what Executive Director Wally Randall predicted. The branch's new location has 74 members, and 65 children can be found either studying or screaming, racing and playing around the two portables on any given weekday after school. That's slightly more than the number of kids at the club's main branch in Sebring. "We were expecting 40. On the first day, close to 60 showed up," Randall said. ...more

December 8, 2007

Three Jesuit High School sophomores celebrated their 16th birthdays by hosting a party that raised $1,100 for the Guardian ad Litem's Voices for Children Toy Drive. ...more

November 28, 2007

A recent letter to the editor made an excellent point about politicians constantly raising money for their next election. The writer stated that if these politicians focused instead on representing their constituents, and being real leaders, they wouldn't need nearly as much money to be re-elected. That's the point that almost no one gets anymore. It's also what's ruining our country. It's a lot easier to win a race by holding fundraisers and kissing the rings of special interests than it is to be a real leader. The money buys smoke and mirrors, sound bites and enough attack ads to win an election. To be a strong leader, well, that requires work, backbone, integrity and brains. It seems like few of our leaders at the state and national levels have enough – or any – of these attributes. Try to name a few leaders over the last 50 years who let their records win the election for them. Come on, be honest. How many members of Congress or presidents can you name who truly were great – or even good – leaders? The list is painfully short. ...more

November 25, 2007

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Joe DiPaula didn't grow up dreaming of owning a bead distribution business, and he doesn't romanticize the reason why he bought The Bead Warehouse a little more than a year ago. ...more

November 1, 2007

Key West's 10-day Fantasy Fest has begun with the selection of the mask-and-costume celebration's king and queen. ...more

October 21, 2007