TOWN 'N COUNTRY - When Fran Boster bought her home on Cluster Avenue, she didn't realize one of her neighbors would be a several-story-high dirt pile. ...more

February 16, 2008

even those with private insurance. ...more

December 2, 2007

Where can you go to buy wood spoons one minute and a 1996 Buick the next? ...more

November 25, 2007

Standings points earned early in the season are like an insurance policy. You want to know they are there when you need them in case times get tough during a potential playoff drive. ...more

November 21, 2007

My Safe Florida Home officials have spent months, and millions of dollars inspecting homes, trying to tell residents whether their houses can withstand a hurricane, and whether they are eligible for insurance discounts. ...more

November 9, 2007

The city council unanimously approved a deal Thursday to lease waterfront land to the Salvador Dali Museum for 99 years. ...more

November 2, 2007

My Safe Florida Home inspectors consistently disagree about key inspection data, according to a state report released Wednesday. ...more

November 1, 2007

TAMPA — The state My Safe Florida Home program announced today it has cut ties with four more inspection companies. The sweeping overhaul also includes changes to the program standards for inspectors hired to review homes statewide. My Safe Florida Home exists to tell homeowners whether their houses can withstand a hurricane, and to offer financial incentives to eligible residents to make safety improvements. ...more

October 29, 2007

Robert Dammers' Carrollwood home is one of more than 98,000 inspected as part of the My Safe Florida Home program. It was also re-inspected during a quality-assurance review. There were 123 discrepancies between the two inspections, which are supposed to gauge how well a home would fare in a hurricane. 'I'm outraged,' he said. 'What is either of the reports worth? Which one do we believe?' ...more

October 14, 2007

Looking like Noah's Ark after the flood, a sleek, 158-foot yacht driven aground by a hurricane lies just offshore, mired for most of the past two years in a dispute with the government over how to free it without doing too much damage to seagrass. ...more

October 7, 2007