University Plaza shopping center, home to a new Office Depot and Aldi supermarket, could be home to a new Walgreens drugstore, as well. ...more

August 13, 2008

Coral Gables probably seemed like a million miles away when Alan Jay Wildstein was growing up. South Florida was his home - and it's still where most of his family lives. About 16 years ago that all changed, and he's built a mini-automotive empire here in Highlands County. ...more

August 3, 2008

QUESTION: "Following some recent heavy rain, I noticed a LOT of tiny bright green weeds suddenly sprouting up through the mulched beds in front of our house. I mean there are hundreds of them. ...more

July 20, 2008

Kathy Painter was waiting for the pain. She was preparing for her second day of North Pinellas Adventure Boot Camp for Women and still wasn't sore. "Tomorrow, I probably won't be able to move," she said with a laugh. The experience so far? "I absolutely love it." ...more

July 5, 2008

Polk County deputies are looking for an 18-year-old in the fatal stabbing Thursday of a man outside a supermarket in Mulberry. ...more

June 27, 2008

LAKELAND - A teenager was fatally stabbed outside of a supermarket in southwest Lakeland this afternoon and deputies are looking for a suspect, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 26, 2008

Saturday is my day to shop for food and other household supplies. ...more

June 4, 2008

Publix advertised a Hibachi grill in the store circular. Stella at the courtesy counter took my name and phone number, and promised to call when the grills came in. I phoned the store late afternoon. Dave volunteered to call around to other stores to locate a grill for me. ...more

May 22, 2008

I didn't think the disposal of 100 billion plastic bags a year in this country was all that much. Los Angeles, however, does and is apparently leading the country in adopting legislation to eliminate the "paper or plastic" option by banning the plastic bag. Elsewhere some retailers are voluntarily doing the same. Still there is a group of us around who share a kind of save-it-just-in-case mentality. We recycle stuff by using it for purposes never dreamed of by the inventors. In fact we would be very tempted to sign a "Save the Bag" petition if one started making the rounds. Sure a "bring a bag to market" or "rent a bag" movement is admirable, but how often do you simply pop into a supermarket just for a quart of milk only to get a text message from someone at home with a list long enough to fill up two carts? ...more

May 2, 2008

TAMPA - Deputies have arrested a man who they said took a knife from a grocery store in Largo this afternoon then used it minutes later during a robbery of a nearby pharmacy, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

February 24, 2008