Tampa community leaders hope a new processing plant for lead acid batteries can help revitalize a poor East Tampa neighborhood, create jobs and clean up a contaminated property. ...more

November 13, 2009

For a third time, Town 'N Country residents are being asked to avoid Sweetwater Creek because of a sewage spill. ...more

March 26, 2009

Two Hillsborough legislators are backing efforts by Florida developers to eliminate local regulatory agencies such as Hillsborough County's Environmental Protection Commission. ...more

March 7, 2009

Town 'N Country area residents are advised to avoid Sweetwater Creek and the area where it flows into Tampa Bay for the next few days, after a large sewage spill Sunday. ...more

October 13, 2008

A broken sewer line has spilled about 300,000 gallons of sewage into Sweetwater Creek in the Town N' Country area and residents are warned to avoid contact with the creek and where it flows into Tampa Bay for the next several days. ...more

October 12, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Approximately 200,000 gallons of untreated sewage spilled into Sweetwater Creek on Friday afternoon, prompting a warning to residents along the creek to avoid the water, Hillsborough County officials said. ...more

September 13, 2008

SEBRING — An enthusiastic crowd of more than 200 people filled the parking lot of the Agri-Civic Center Wednesday for the first-ever Highlands County Conservation Connection community festival. "We will definitely have another event, because it was a good community event," said Corine Burgess, the natural resources specialist for the county's Soil & Water Conservation District. Representatives of 17 county, regional and state environmental agencies not only passed out information and answered questions, but also had displays and handed out dozens of "give-aways." The crowd would have been much larger, many festival goers said, if it was held on a Saturday instead of a week day and if it also was held in the winter instead of during the heat of late June. ...more

June 26, 2008

SEBRING — If you have any question about just about anything related to conservation, farming, natural resources and local outdoor recreation, circle June 25 on your calendar. Environmental agencies from Highlands County and the state will be there with personnel and exhibits for the first-ever Highlands County Conservation Connection Day. Set for 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, June 25, at the Highlands County Agri-Civic Center, this event is designed for both children and adults. ...more

June 19, 2008

Hillsborough County officials are asking residents of the FishHawk Ranch area to stay away from the water after a pipe burst this afternoon and spilled about 10,000 gallons of sewage into a creek and a nearby retention pond. ...more

February 19, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - When Brian Garry moved into his Bay Crest Park home in 1977, he and his children would fish for blue crabs off the dock in their backyard. ...more

December 20, 2007