Some 25,000 boat enthusiasts and sailors from around the state are expected to attend the annual St. Petersburg Show and Strictly Sail, which runs through the weekend at the Mahaffey Theater Yacht Basin and Albert Whitted Park. There are more than 500 boats on land and sea, promoter Dane Graziano said. Some cost as little as $8,000, trailer included. Others aren't so inexpensive - the priciest is a 75-foot Hatteras luxury yacht that costs more than $4 million, Graziano said. ...more

December 6, 2008

CARVER CITY/LINCOLN GARDENS - People at MacDonald Training Center raised more than $200 by collecting aluminum cans from their lunch room. They used the money to buy school supplies for Roland Park Elementary, donating the supplies at an event Nov. 18. Participants were part of the Turning Point Club, a service and leadership movement organized by Brewster Technical Center for MacDonald Training Center, an organization that has served disabled adults in the Tampa Bay area since 1955. ...more

December 3, 2008

Looking for a way to get into the holiday spirit? The Henry B. Plant Museum can help. ...more

December 3, 2008

Paul Silvage of Port Richey, a representative of the National Association of Atomic Veterans, appreciate salute to veterans at Schrader Elementary School. ...more

November 15, 2008

Fifth-grade students in Casey Turner's class at James Sanderlin Elementary School in St. Petersburg spent a couple of days working with Canadian environmental scientist Don Waite, who is known for singing songs about science as a teaching tool for adults and students. ...more

November 14, 2008

If you think they're out to get you, you're not alone. Paranoia, once assumed to afflict only schizophrenics, may be a lot more common than previously thought. ...more

November 13, 2008