Well done Tanglewood! This year's total of $55,000 raised is amazing. On behalf of the "Tanglewood Ride for the Cure" thanks is extended to the many volunteers who made this a success. As well, a special thank you is extended to Sweetbay, Winn-Dixie and Publix for their contributions; the ride raised $1,400. ...more

February 25, 2009

An area church is offering a helping hand in tough economic times. Springhead Baptist Church in Plant City is offering discount groceries through Angel Food Ministries, a nonprofit, nondenominational organization providing "grocery relief" to communities in 35 states. People have been coming from as far away as Zephyrhills. ...more

February 22, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Shoppers can soon save a little cash while helping a good cause. ...more

February 18, 2009

TAMPA Dorothy Ford volunteered occasionally at Graham Elementary where her nieces and nephews attended. But she wanted to do more. "I was sitting at home getting fat, and I thought it was about time I got to doing something," said Ford, 68, who is retired. Through another volunteer at the school Ford learned of the foster grandparent program. It modestly reimburses volunteers, ranging in age from 60 to 93, who spend at least 20 hours a week helping in school classrooms, Head Start programs and shelters such as The Spring and Child Abuse Council. "It gives them the financial ability to volunteer," said Nancy McWilliams, Director of Community Relations for Seniors in Service Tampa Bay, which sponsors the program. ...more

February 18, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Shoppers can soon save a little cash while helping a good cause. ...more

February 17, 2009

Your opinion piece "State Lawmaker's Bark Aimed at Wrong Tree" (Our Opinion, Feb. 16) was cutely titled but incomplete and somewhat misleading. Do your editors think putting homeless animals to death is cute? ...more

February 17, 2009

Authorities in north Florida have scaled back their search for a missing 5-year-old girl who vanished from her home last week and a volunteer search group has ended its efforts. ...more

February 16, 2009

The moment Middleton High School students step into the H.O.P.E. Community Center, a sign reminds them they are not there to play. ...more

February 14, 2009

Union Congregational Church's Solid Grounds, a meet and greet eatery, is operating in violation of the city's Land Development regulations, according to the city attorney's interpretation of the Central Florida Regional Planning Council's statement on the issue. ...more

February 11, 2009

TAMPA -- Cities across the country are turning landscapes of concrete, asphalt and glass into bountiful gardens by committing vacant land to urban gardeners for agriculture. City Councilwoman Mary Mulhern thinks Tampa should be doing the same. ...more

February 11, 2009