TAMPA - Several Tampa Bay area agencies will share a $500,000 federal grant aimed at helping children whose families have been devastated by methamphetamine use. ...more

October 16, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Progress on a new civic center and shelter is well under way. Land was obtained, architectural plans were drawn and about 10 percent of the funding was tentatively promised, leaving only the major question of how to fund a proposed $4 million civic center and hurricane shelter. ...more

October 12, 2007

When Joe Abed opened Manolo's Italian Restaurant five years ago, he spent two months buffing and sanding the floors, scrubbing off a quarter-inch layer of tar that hid the old hardwood. ...more

October 8, 2007

TAMPA - Waterfront residents in South Tampa who want to tax themselves to pay for canal dredging say their proposal has strong support as it heads toward an Oct. 25 review by the Tampa City Council. ...more

October 7, 2007

It's going to get really cozy around the Palm Harbor Library next year. Throughout 2008, the Library will undergo a remodeling that will cost around $1.3 million, said Library Director Gene Coppola. Another $6 million in Penny for Pinellas sales tax revenue the county has set aside for library expansion will not be ready until sometime after 2010. ...more

October 6, 2007

Waterfront residents who want to tax themselves to pay for canal dredging say their proposal has strong support as it heads toward an Oct. 25 review by the city council. ...more

October 6, 2007

A group of waterfront residents supporting canal dredging near West Shore Boulevard and on Davis Islands will host two meetings next week to discuss the issue. ...more

September 29, 2007