About 50 residents of unincorporated Tierra Verde in southern Pinellas County came to St. Petersburg City Hall today to protest the proposed annexation of part of their community. ...more

November 6, 2008

Unless another tropical storm visits Highlands County, City Pier Beach may remain closed for the rest of the summer. ...more

September 13, 2008

SEBRING — When Bobby Clark, 23, drowned at 3 p.m. Saturday, he stepped from shallow water into a 12-foot deep dredge hole, diver Preston Colby told city, county and state officials in a meeting Tuesday morning at city hall. Fire Chief Brad Batz, who was asked to investigate the Lake Jackson incident, said the hole used to be in a no-swim zone several hundred feet from City Pier Beach. The lake has lost so much water from two years of drought, however, the hole is now a few dozen feet from the beach. The hole was probably dredged in the 1960s to fill a park area behind the Civic Center park, City Manager Bob Hoffman said. "I think it's a man-made hole." Batz said Clark knew the hole existed. ...more

June 10, 2008

The Tampa City Council late Tuesday pushed forward a plan that by next fall could mean residents of several West Shore neighborhoods will be taxed about $8,000 to dredge the silted canals in their backyards. ...more

December 19, 2007

I want to make this simple for the City Council, the city attorney and the Tampa Port Authority's attorney. ...more

December 11, 2007

Some say a planned condominium complex with 29 boat slips on Ruskin Inlet will improve a neighborhood off Shell Point Road, but others say it will change the character of a waterway long flanked by single-family homes with backyard docks. ...more

November 5, 2007