Tampa City Councilwoman Mary Mulhern thinks what this town needs are community gardens. What with the tough economic times, she says what we should be doing is putting vegetable gardens where there are vacant lots. She's talking about putting them all across town, from Hyde Park to New Tampa. ...more

February 18, 2009

Holy jurisprudence. Ybor City's Batman is getting his mask back. Hillsborough County Judge John Conrad on Monday dismissed two misdemeanor charges Tampa police lodged against Walsh Ian Nichols when he refused orders to take off his Batman mask. ...more

February 17, 2009

Holy jurisprudence. Ybor City's Batman is getting his mask back. Hillsborough County Judge John Conrad today dismissed two misdemeanor charges Tampa police lodged against Walsh Ian Nichols when he refused orders to take off his Batman mask. ...more

February 16, 2009

Batman has had a slew of enemies over the years - The Joker, The Riddler, Catwoman - but in Ybor City last year, he added a new nemesis: Tampa police. ...more

January 25, 2009

Batman has had a slew of enemies over the years – The Joker, The Riddler, Catwoman – but in Ybor City last year, he added a new nemesis: Tampa police. Ybor City's version of the Caped Crusader –his real name is Walsh Ian Nichols – was sitting on a curb eating sushi on Oct. 21 when an officer arrested him for wearing a mask on a public street. Nichols, 21, failed to use a batarang or fancy equipment to escape the officer. Now he is fighting back in court. His lawyer has filed a motion to dismiss, which will be heard next month. ...more

January 23, 2009

Well it's finally over. I didn't think the day would ever come when the signs would come tumbling down. Actually I missed a lot of the Election Day excitement by voting early, but we did drive by our precinct just to see how much of a line we would have had to wait in. When we got there, there was none. Precinct Sheriff Jim Smith, who was featured on the front page of our paper a week or so ago, said they had a large turnout but it was more of a steady flow, which kept the lines down. ...more

November 8, 2008

It's a puzzle worthy of The Riddler: Why is there no video game based on "The Dark Knight"? ...more

August 11, 2008

This weekend, ''The Dark Knight'' flies onto the big screen while at Red Bull Flugtag USA, local teams just attempt for an airborne moment. ...more

July 16, 2008