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Lisa Buie
Screen comedy masks tragic reality
[Times photo: Special to the Times]
The 5-year-old giggled as she remembered the movie preview of the goofy-looking man bouncing across the landscape. |
Jan Glidewell
In Pasco, tree green is the color of the day
Pasco County government, for those of you who might not have noticed, is all excited about saving and replacing trees, which is another way of saying that we have entered the Irony Zone where all things must be seen in terms of barn doors and horses.
Worried callers ask about West Nile
A day after announcing that a dead bird had West Nile, Health Department officials repeat their advice on combating mosquitoes.
Community patrol, with a twist
They hadn't been working even a day, but the name of the new Sheriff's Office unit was already known to the criminal element around Dade City's Lock Street area.
County picked wrong new kind of voting system
Editor: So, the commissioners have voted to spend up to $4.6-million on touch screen voting machines. This is crazy. Of the available alternatives, they should have gone with optical scan machines. Not as sexy, I guess.
Man sentenced to 7 years for attack
While the 18-year-old man goes to prison, his father awaits trial on more serious charges in the attack.
Police reports
Owner suspects vandals in theft of 11 pigeons
Attorney asks to dig for possible evidence
The lawyer for a convicted murderer wants to excavate a pit where trash was burned.
This week
COMING UP
Block party offers hot night on the town
There will be music all around Main Street in New Port Richey. And several restaurants are getting into the spirit of "A Night in the Tropics."
Crash course for Hudson
Without a spring game, the Cobras have to cram a lot of learning into tonight's preseason Classic against Lecanto. Also, Ridgewood faces Citrus.
Strength and numbers for LOL
LAND O'LAKES -- No team in the county was better than Land O'Lakes' unbeaten girls last season.
Pirates have big weapon in Year 2
Brett Clark "can jump in any event and do well for us," coach Russ Rosenbauer says.
Decision to dive paying dividends
Going to state last year made Michelle Mendonca concentrate on diving over other sports.
Mitchell has 2 new coaches
TRINITY -- Mitchell wants to have its coaches teaching on-campus, which is why Pio Rizzo and Toby Myers are the school's newest coaches.
