I live in a deed-restricted town home community and have a neighbor who thinks the county's right of way is her personal property. She will not allow me to put out my trash bags for pickup and throws my garbage and yard waste onto my driveway when I do. The association, various police officers, and waste removal service representatives have all spoken to her about this, and yet she refuses to allow me to utilize this service area. It makes a mess and has to be rebundled. ...more

November 22, 2009

Some friends were talking the other day about cinch bugs, brown patches and other banes of lawn care. ...more

November 13, 2009

Restoration of Beach Park's main entry is scheduled to begin this week, culminating a five-year effort to beautify the arches that date from when the community was platted in 1926. ...more

November 9, 2009

The entryway to a prominent South Tampa neighborhood will be refurbished. ...more

November 4, 2009

This month marks one year since the foreclosed home across the street from me was supposed to be sold at auction at the courthouse. ...more

November 1, 2009

The future is uncertain for another big Tampa Bay area condominium project that was foreclosed on today. Corus Bank, the lender of the $74.8 million Lansbrook Village Condominiums in Palm Harbor, took back the property today after its Atlanta-based developer defaulted on payments, according to online Pinellas County court records. ...more

August 12, 2009

A new state law that went into effect July 1 states that homeowners' associations can no longer prohibit residents from installing drought-tolerant, Florida-friendly grass and landscaping. ...more

July 8, 2009

A new state law that went into effect July 1 states that homeowners associations can no longer prohibit residents from installing drought-tolerant, Florida-friendly grass and landscaping. ...more

July 8, 2009

Sunset Park Homeowners Association President Marlin Anderson, left, presented Coleman Middle School Principal Michael Hoskinson with a $300 check on May 26. The check was a donation from the homeowners' association to help defray expenses associated with grounds improvements at the school's track area, which the community uses when school is not in session. Hoskinson plans to use the money to buy a permanent water fountain, which he hopes will help reduce the number of water bottles left on the campus. ...more

June 24, 2009

Being honked off doesn't give you a right to honk on, a judge told a woman who vented at a neighbor by leaning on her car horn at 6 a.m. ...more

June 9, 2009