My favorite thing: Orlando’s parks offer urban sanctuary
I live less than a mile from the high-rises of downtown Orlando — and within blocks of four lovely dollops of nature preserved by the city's parks. Within their boundaries...
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Here’s how you can help, or get help
Friends and family of the mass nightclub shooting — and those who want to help them — can get information and offer aid in the following ways, suggested by the...
Best beaches for dogs? Here are several
It's summertime, and the living is miserable. If you want relief from oppressive heat and humidity, think of how your fur-coat-clad best friend feels. So where can you take a...
Opening speeches at NAACP convention urge action in Trayvon Martin’s name
Amid impassioned chants of "We are Trayvon Martin," black leaders Monday called on thousands of supporters gathered at the NAACP's national convention in Orlando to use the teen's death as...
Sheriff: We will not ‘tolerate’ violence after Zimmerman verdict
Seminole County Sheriff Don Eslinger gathered with Sanford's police chief shortly after jurors began deliberating George Zimmerman's fate, and issued a stern warning to the public: "We will not tolerate...
Putting the brakes on a foreclosure
Carolyn Patmon has lived in what she calls her "modest little house" for 38 years. At one point, she owned it free and clear. Then she took out a loan...
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
By Day 5, the populace had divided into two camps -- the Haves and the Have-Nots. And the Have-Nots were getting mighty testy. Although power had been restored to roughly...
Saturday, August 14, 2004
Sunlight brought our first view of a post-Charley landscape, our first chance to assess the toll. For some, there was relief. For others, despair. Marilyn Bean, her yellow rain slicker...
Hurricane turns life into obstacle course
When the sun finally came up on The Morning After, when people peeked out their windows to survey Charley's ruin, the reaction was largely: Where do we start? Check on...