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Confederates and crafts
[Times photo: Dan McDuffie]
The festival concludes a full weekend with a re-enactment and other activities. |
Jan Glidewell
Ban lies in politics? Don't do it!
California seems to be the birthplace of some good political initiatives, like legalizing marijuana, and some bad ones, like tax caps that strangle the ability to provide social services.
Blue Angel a beacon in hard times
The sudden deaths of two loved ones spur a Dade City woman to create a group to help others deal with the details and expenses of funerals.
Traveler scatters bottles, awaits far-off replies
SPRING HILL -- What else is a guy to do, with weeks at sea on a Navy ship on a secret mission, but drain a liquor bottle and throw it overboard with a message?
On two wheels, another stage of childhood arrives
It's Sunday afternoon, and there's way too much to be done around the house. But the to-do list will have to wait. It's time for the youngest to try out the hand-me-down two-wheeler with the purple and white streamers.
Murals will put history on walls
An artist is painting a street scene from the late 19th century on the first of 25 downtown Brooksville buildings.
Licensing for trucks too easy
Editor: After reading another story about another fatal accident on U.S. 19 involving a truck and a car, I think it is about time that both the Sheriff's Office and the Florida Highway Patrol start cracking down on the thick-headed fools who drive those multiton missiles of death.
Pollution cleanup effort can't stop now
More than a dozen years ago, the Pithlachascotee River was the talk of the town in New Port Richey. For all the wrong reasons.
Teams to watch -- Mitchell, Ridgewood and River Ridge
NEW PORT RICHEY -- Mitchell will be chasing. Ridgewood can be expected to contend. And River Ridge, in the words of Knights coach Eric Hermanson, "will surprise some people."
After 17 tries, Saint Leo women record first soccer win
SAINT LEO -- A win. Finally, a win.
Tomlin, Boyd lead Wildcats to opening win
WESLEY CHAPEL -- Lake Placid was marching deep into Wesley Chapel territory Friday night with the Wildcats defense desperate to protect a 21-14 lead and the first season-opening victory in school history.
Race is on to catch Sheridan
NEW PORT RICHEY -- Gulf coach Dean Lofton would like to have the county's top runner again this year. Heck, that has been the case for the last four seasons, and it's a luxury he could get used to.
Team to beat -- Gulf
NEW PORT RICHEY -- It lost the county's best runner, a four-time Sunshine Athletic Conference champion, and yet when area coaches scan the cross country landscape, they still see the backsides of the Gulf girls team.
Police reports
Man accused of fleeing police, home invasion
AARP lists September driver safety courses
AARP has announced upcoming classes for the 55 Alive Driver Safety Courses.
