Customers of the Placid Utilities water system are being advised to boil their water before drinking, cooking, or brushing their teeth. ...more

February 15, 2009

While I'm no fan of Barack Obama, it's hard to not be proud of the fact that Americans have shed enough of their prejudices to elect a black man president. ...more

November 19, 2008

While I'm no fan of Barack Obama, it's hard to not be proud of the fact that Americans have shed enough of their prejudices to elect a black man president. As a nation we're not that far removed from segregated classrooms, separate drinking fountains and other racist policies, but we have progressed mightily very quickly. ...more

November 19, 2008

We've pinched and reorganized our household budgets. But we still often overpay for commercially bottled water. On an annual basis, the typical American consumer spends $1,400 on bottled water versus 49 cents for the same amount of water from our kitchen faucet, according to the Center for a New American Dream, a nonprofit consumer group in Maryland. ...more

August 21, 2008

The cost of gasoline for transportation has caused a big reduction in the amount of traffic on the roads, which indicates we are all staying home unless absolutely necessary. This is going to eventually cause the syndrome of "cabin fever" to affect many of us and possibly the real fever of increased illnesses. ...more

August 15, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - A crowd of dignitaries and community leaders turned out recently to celebrate the grand opening of the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority's Northwest Transfer Center. ...more

August 13, 2008

Thousands of gallons of water pulse through cascading waterfalls and rapids at Adventure Mini Golf in Lake Worth. The Palm Beach County course, which covers about an acre, features different elevations with two sets of stairs connecting them. ...more

July 25, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - When the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority holds a grand opening Tuesday for its new Northwest Transfer Center, public bus riders will have cause to celebrate. ...more

July 23, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Although Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority staff members expected the Northwest Transfer Center to be completed by this month, the opening date has been held off a month. ...more

May 31, 2008

The recent dust-up between presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama over the role of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in passing the 1964 Civil Rights Act was unfortunate but timely, occurring as it did a few weeks before the nation honors the civil rights leader on this national holiday. ...more

January 21, 2008