Newland Communities Inc. won county approval last week to add 162 acres and 918 homes to its Waterset community that will be built on land between Big Bend Road in Apollo Beach and 19th Avenue in Ruskin. ...more

May 21, 2008

Newland Communities won county approval last week to add 162 acres and 918 homes to its Waterset community, which will be built between Big Bend Road in Apollo Beach and 19th Avenue in Ruskin. ...more

May 21, 2008

Wal-Mart has scrapped plans to build one of its supercenter grocery-discount stores at State Road 54 and Grand Boulevard, a company official said Friday. ...more

May 12, 2008

A poll to gauge residents' support of a program that buys land for conservation will go forward with the blessing of the Hillsborough County Commission. ...more

April 17, 2008

The city of Dunedin is still tiptoeing around the question of whether to buy a parcel of land along Alt. 19 with St. Joseph Sound on one side and the Pinellas Trail on the other. It would be nice to turn this land, owned by businessman and musician J.C. Weaver, into a city park to ensure it isn't developed. ...more

February 12, 2008

Wildlife has a good chance at keeping some room to roam after county commissioners approved spending $480,000 to buy 28 acres on a peninsula between the Little Manatee River and Hayes Bayou. ...more

January 23, 2008

On paper, it looks like Hillsborough County is willing to pay nearly 20 times the official value of about 7 acres of swamp to add it to a 2,000-acre preservation parcel known as the Alafia South Prong. ...more

January 16, 2008

On paper, it looks like Hillsborough County is willing to pay nearly 20 times the official value of about 7 acres of swamp to add it to a 2,000-acre preservation parcel known as the Alafia South Prong. ...more

January 12, 2008

On paper, it looks like Hillsborough County is willing to pay nearly 20 times the official value of about 7 acres of swamp to add it to a 2,000-acre preservation parcel known as the Alafia South Prong. ...more

January 12, 2008

From global warming to sucking the life out of our nonrenewable resources, we Earthlings have been working fast and furious to cripple our home planet. But, one by one, we're getting the message of salvation: If everybody makes an effort to save a gallon of gas, a gallon of water or an extra tree, we can come closer to conserving our riches and preserving the rock on which we all live. ...more

December 27, 2007