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High time for lowly kumquat
[Times photo: Lance Rothstein]
DADE CITY -- Annette and Marvin Platzner came to the fifth annual Kumquat Festival Saturday in Dade City because when they lived in Boca Raton they always went to the big fairs. |
Jan Glidewell
Politics in folkieland: Music soars above din
When I first got involved in Florida folk music in the 1980s, I promised myself to stay out of the politics associated with the movement.
Cracking mysteries of eating habits
NEW PORT RICHEY -- Maryann Kane does it in bed. Giovanni Renella does it when he's bored. And Jon Folsom can't help but do it when it involves French or Italian.
Evasive builders vex buyers
In March, Jeffrey Rowles contracted with Nugent Homes to build a three-bedroom house in Wesley Chapel's Quail Hollow neighborhood. During construction, he planned to live in a two-bedroom apartment with his wife, two kids, two dogs and two hamsters. The house was supposed to be ready in November.
Why not spend an extra penny in our county?
Editor: The Friends of the Pasco County Library System are disappointed that the Pasco County Commission decided to delay a decision about A Penny for Pasco until 2004. This means new capital improvement projects could not be started until 2005 at the earliest. As Friends of the Library, we are concerned about the need for new libraries in the high-growth areas of Wesley Chapel and Trinity/Odessa as well as the expansion of some of our current facilities.
Proposed fire service fee takes from the poor
Pasco County wants to take from the poor and give to the rich.
Jury's verdict: Man guilty of DUI manslaughter
NEW PORT RICHEY -- A jury early Saturday convicted a 35-year-old Port Richey man of driving drunk on Easter 1999 and killing an elderly man who was standing behind his broken-down car on the side of U.S. 19 in Hudson.
Police reports
Task force on U.S. 19 tickets 191 people
Knights defied expectations for winning season
NEW PORT RICHEY -- Nobody thought River Ridge would be this good.
Road gets bumpier at districts
William Shakespeare never directly addressed playoff soccer in his works, but centuries later, one line rings true for coaches preparing for this week's district tournaments: "What's past is prologue."
