On Causeway Boulevard, customer traffic has plunged at Florida Discount Transmissions and half the usual number of tables are occupied at the Seafood Palace. ...more

October 27, 2008

Businesses on Causeway Boulevard are struggling. Customer traffic has plunged at Florida Discount Transmissions and half the usual number of tables are occupied at the Seafood Palace. Small businesses on that three-mile stretch between U.S. 41 and U.S. 301 say the $42.6 million widening of the causeway, now entering its 10th month, is hurting business. Trucks, piles of dirt, dust and a parade of orange barrels is chasing away customers, they say. ...more

October 23, 2008

Linda Walsh and Maverick stand in a field at Camp Cloverleaf. Gerard Thanhoffer and a dozen other dog owners crowd around on both sides. Close. Closer. The German shepherd doesn't spook. He watches carefully, he understands it was a test, and therefore he didn't mind. ...more

October 13, 2008

Perhaps you enjoyed "Snakes on a Plane" as an entertaining movie. But it's a whole lot less fun when it's snakes in your home's foundation, as this reader discovered. ...more

August 24, 2008

Perhaps you enjoyed "Snakes on a Plane" as an entertaining movie. But it's a whole lot less fun when it's snakes in your home's foundation, as this reader discovered. ...more

August 24, 2008

A number of agricultural operations across Hillsborough County will save millions of gallons of water by recycling water flowing off their crops. ...more

January 9, 2008

A number of agricultural operations across Hillsborough County will save millions of gallons of water by recycling water flowing off their crops. ...more

January 7, 2008

The vibrant 'leap frog green' walls, neatly lined rows of skateboards and bookshelves adorned with metal plumbing were all part of Chris Cusanelli's design. ...more

October 8, 2007