HUNTER'S GREEN - Amanda Louise Martin, whose murder-mystery became the talk of the neighborhood, died June 19 of complications from lupus. Martin, 36, published her first book, "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood," in November. Diagnosed at age 17, Martin had end-stage renal disease and wrote the manuscript for "Beautiful Day" in longhand while hooked up to a home dialysis machine. ...more

June 23, 2008

Twenty-nine women were inducted into the New Tampa Junior Woman's club at its recent installation and awards ceremony. ...more

June 21, 2008

Several works about Sen. Barack Obama, the Democrats' presumptive presidential candidate, are planned for the summer and fall, from children's stories and photographs to attacks from the left and the right. ...more

June 8, 2008

Borders Group Inc. is returning to online retailing after seven years paired with Amazon.com, but analysts say it will be a challenge for the nation's second-largest bookseller to compete with established Web retailers. ...more

May 29, 2008

Genealogists are among the world's most voracious readers. Perhaps that is due, in part, to the fact that we have to be well-versed in so many topics in order to research and understand the wide variety of records that produce genealogical material. ...more

May 9, 2008

Things To Do is a list of some of the most interesting upcoming events. For a complete list of Tampa Bay area events, see this week's Friday Extra. ...more

December 26, 2007

Pasco County got a new mall in 2007, and there are two more on the way. ...more

December 25, 2007

Forty-four Apollo Beach Elementary School students recently learned that giving to others was also a gift to themselves. ...more

December 22, 2007

Things To Do is a list of some of the most interesting upcoming events. For a complete list of Tampa Bay area events, see this week's Friday Extra. ...more

December 19, 2007

Barnes & Noble has donated millions of books to organizations as part of its annual Holiday Book Drive over the past decade. ...more

December 15, 2007