February 2009 - Page 3

DAYTONA – New openings in Daytona Beach include: The Daytona Beach area’s entertainment, convention and sports complex, Ocean Center, will open its doors after a two-year, $76 million expansion and renovation project

ORLANDO – The Burnham Institute for Medical Research, one of the nation’s top medical research facilities, opens at Lake Nona this spring. The Institute, along with the University of Central Florida’s College

PUNTA GORDA – Muscle Car City museum recently opened and is ready to show off its collection of more than 200 high performance GM cars and Chevys, along with a 1950s diner

PORT CHARLOTTE – Major league baseball returns to the area when the Grapefruit League opens Feb. 29 and runs through April 1. The American League Champions, Tampa Bay Rays, will play in

FISHER ISLAND – The Fisher Island Club in Miami recently renovated its par-35, nine-hole golf course. The $3.9 million renovation included not only adding difficulty and lush landscaping to the course, but

BOYNTON BEACH – Good earth. Today’s Florida fun story is Elvis Alonzo Barrett, 46, who fled from police trying to stop him for a traffic infraction. Police said he ran through red