An even more eclectic variety of art will be on display this winter during the 34th Palm Harbor Chamber of Commerce Fine Arts and Fine Crafts Show. Chamber President Connie Davis said the chamber is happy to return the art show to downtown Florida Avenue after its 3-year stint on the Tarpon Springs Campus of St. Petersburg College. ...more

August 16, 2008

About 75 people waited patiently at Club Renaissance recently to learn who won the three-month race for honorary mayor of Apollo Beach. ...more

July 2, 2008

PALM HARBOR - This year's Greater Palm Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce honorary mayor's contest has been transformed into a popularity contest for local restaurateurs. The 4-month-long contest has also been expanded to allow more candidates to participate. ...more

June 28, 2008

Plans are moving forward for a regional hurricane shelter and health care clinic in Hudson. ...more

June 25, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY Plans are moving forward for a regional hurricane shelter and health care clinic in Hudson. The county commission at a meeting today in New Port Richey awarded a $7.5 million contract to Spring Engineering and Bandes Construction to design and build the facility off Denton Avenue. The project is being funded with state and federal grants. According to the terms of the agreement, the shelter must comply with the latest federal standards, to withstand winds up to 200 miles per hour and the pressures of an F5 tornado. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has, however, exempted the facility from the more stringent rules, Assistant County Attorney Jane Fagan said, and the cost of construction may decrease in light of the exemption. ...more

June 24, 2008

Lawyer Steve Booth, cardiologist Rao Musunuru and Publix store manager Brian Singletary earned some of the top honors during the West Pasco Chamber of Commerce's annual banquet Friday night. ...more

June 16, 2008

SEBRING — Sun 'n Lake Golf & Country Club is selling $250 covered tables to watch its July 5 fireworks event, and it's sponsoring a July 26 golf tournament. Megan L. Klootwyk, director of membership and marketing, said the money will go to the Greater Sebring Chamber of Commerce. Robert and Heide Miller of Cherokee Janitorial Service in Avon Park are donating a percentage of its revenues to the Red Cross, the American Cancer Society and the Sebring chamber. And Shawn Marler of the Boy Scouts is planning a joint fundraiser with the chamber. "If there's ever been a time for community support, it's now," said Interim Chamber President Sarah Pallone. ...more

June 11, 2008

It was hard to find a parking place near the Trinkle center on the local Hillsborough Community College campus during the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce's sixth annual Community Expo. ...more

May 21, 2008

Reid Sigmon, executive director of the Tampa Bay Super Bowl Host Committee, will address the Ybor City Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday at the Columbia Restaurant, 2117 E. Seventh Ave. ...more

May 8, 2008

DADE CITY - Hundreds of people lined a bustling downtown street today to watch the funeral procession of Sgt. Marcus Mathes, killed by a mortar attack in Baghdad on April 28. ...more

May 6, 2008