TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Anyone given a Don Pablo's gift card for Christmas may have to travel to use it. ...more

January 16, 2008

SEBRING — Downtown businesses continue to try to lure people to the City on the Circle, and now the Community Redevelopment Agency is considering hiring a marketing coordinator to help with these efforts. Linda Kegley, owner of LK Artworks Gallery and Graphics, submitted a proposal to CRA members to create the position of a marketing coordinator to advertise downtown as a destination and coordinate events to generate traffic downtown. Kegley, who has more than 25 years of advertising and marketing experience, said she would like to be considered for this position, at a rate of $24 per hour or about $24,000 per year for 20 hours of work per week. ...more

January 16, 2008

LARGO - Police are looking for two men who used stolen credit cards from a vehicle they burglarized at a gym's parking lot at 2178 East Bay Drive. ...more

January 15, 2008

NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest retailer, said Wednesday it was having problems processing gift cards. ...more

December 27, 2007

Shopping the day after Christmas this year was no Black Friday, when throngs of bargain hunters lined up in pre-dawn hours. ...more

December 27, 2007

BRANDON - Shopping the day after Christmas was no Black Friday as throngs of bargain hunters lined up in pre-dawn hours. ...more

December 26, 2007

Fifty-nine children in the Hillsborough County Head Start program got an early visit from Santa, thanks to some generous county employees and Wal-Mart. ...more

December 26, 2007

Remember those warnings that started popping up before Thanksgiving? "Only 60 Shopping Days Until Christmas!" Well, now you've done it. You've waited until Christmas Eve, and you still have shopping to do. On what is a workday for many of us, no less. This is not the time for scoldings, though. This is the time for action. Here is a game plan to get you started. ...more

December 24, 2007

The Apollo Beach Chamber of Commerce and Winn-Dixie of Apollo Beach recently partnered to sponsor the community's 17th annual Christmas Lighting Contest. ...more

December 22, 2007

Fresh Start for Pasco, a philanthropic effort that provides a variety of services for those in need, is planning a massive West Pasco Holiday Center distribution of food and toys for more than 500 disadvantaged families. First, though, the agency needs the support of Pasco County residents to aid their distribution, conducted in conjunction with Metropolitan Ministries. ...more

December 19, 2007