In a couple of recent letters to Highlands Today, local writers referred to the celebration of the birth of Christ as "the reason for the season." ...more

December 18, 2009

A local pastor approached the Sebring City Council Tuesday to address what he termed "unfettered crime and violence" in the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Lemon Street area of Washington Heights. ...more

December 17, 2009

In a recent letter a writer vilified the Highlands Today for using "Xmas" instead of "Christmas" in a headline. The editorial stated that such writing was the word of "liberals and atheists." ...more

December 13, 2009

At least three times a week I read something in the newspaper that "boils my oil" and makes me want to move to a deserted island where I would be surrounded by trees, plants and critters. ...more

December 10, 2009

They say there are two sides to every story. In the case of an Avon Park home allegedly looted and located on 914 W. Pleasant St., there's Sandra Snelling's, Donald Hensley Jr.'s and the Avon Park police's. ...more

December 1, 2009

A survivor was omitted from the obituary for Thomas Edward Gilliard of Avon Park, who died Nov. 26. ...more

November 30, 2009

Due to incorrect information given to Highlands Today, the wrong name of a contestant in the Lake Placid pageant appeared in the Nov. 16 edition. Emily Lundy was chosen as Miss Congeniality among the older girls. We regret any confusion that may have been caused. ...more

November 24, 2009

Reading the letter from Betty Prescott in the Nov. 4 edition of the Highlands Today only increased my feeling of gloom and despair about the way our country is speedily heading down the drain. I had heard the news about no Social Security increase for 2010. In the very next story, it was reported that Brother Obama has plans to send $7.5 billion in aid to Pakistan. ...more

November 23, 2009

Have any Thanksgiving recipes been passed down from generation to generation in your family or are you cooking something outside of the box this year? Highlands Today reporter Aiyana Baida is interested in your Thanksgiving family food traditions. Contact her at 863-386-5855 or at nbaida@highlandstoday.com ...more

November 23, 2009

I am writing to voice my disgust about the cover of an advertising supplement included with the Nov.10 edition of Highlands Today. The cover shows a beautiful, joyous, young lady frolicking with the American flag announcing this retailer's Veterans Day sale. The message being: celebrate yet another holiday by gleefully shopping. The advertising copy also goes on to say that this is all part of "the magic of..." this company. They can keep their magic in as much as I plan to never set foot in one of their stores. To use Veterans Day to promote a wonderful time to have a sale is tasteless and disrespectful. Of course, I am absolutely certain that no one from that retailer, the ad agency, the media that distributes the circular will step up to the plate and admit to it being in bad taste. I could suggest that every veteran and their families boycott companies that have a flagrant disregard for the meaning of Veterans Day by using it for commercial self-promotion, but, those companies could care less unless it hurts their public image on a national scale. ...more

November 16, 2009