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Maxwell: Park sustains vital connection with nature

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:17:39 -0400

By BILL MAXWELL - I moved to St. Petersburg in 1994 from Bronson, Fla., a small town between Gainesville and Cedar Key. I lived in the woods with a lot of wild animals, including rattlesnakes too close to my house. I owned an Appaloosa that I rode most days after work. During the first couple of months in this urban landscape, I was miserable. I missed the woods and the solitude.

Reynolds: Danny Ainge's toughest decision on the Celtics...

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:53:18 -0400

By BILL REYNOLDS - You are Boston Celtics coach Danny Ainge and you have a huge decision to make.

Maxwell: After 'Jesus' lesson, professor walks on...

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:17:41 -0400

By BILL MAXWELL - Kafkaesque describes how the life of professor Deandre Poole of Florida Atlantic University has morphed. His career may be ruined.

Maxwell: A special ed teacher who's changing liives

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:19:11 -0400

About five years ago, Jim and Tobi Szewc, both teachers at Mintz Elementary in Brandon, Fla., learned they were going to have a child. At 36 weeks of the pregnancy, a doctor said their unborn child, a boy, had a heart defect that might lead to Down syndrome. - Even before Thomas James, or TJ, was born, the Szewcs knew what they would do: plan a successful future for their son. That plan would start with a colleague at Mintz, Tamara Hansen, who taught in the Early Exceptional Learning Program.

Maxwell: For conservatives, it's all about race

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:17:10 -0400

By BILL MAXWELL - When I was a journalism professor in 2005 at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, a white student from the University of Alabama came to my campus and handed me a bullet-ridden sheet of standard copy paper.