The August Garden of the Month goes to Judy and Herb Roberts, who live on Concord Way in Walden Lake. ...more

November 4, 2009

The gigantic Confederate flag flying at an Interstate 75 approach to Tampa will stay up indefinitely, the property owner says. ...more

September 4, 2008

When I was a girl in the 1920s, celebrating May Day was one of Tampa's annual traditions. I don't know when the tradition started or when it ended, but the May Day Festival was a big event for more than 25 years. ...more

May 18, 2008

It was called Hog Island when a young Swiss immigrant named Henry Scharrer made it his port in a storm one rough night in 1888. He anchored his newly purchased 30-foot sloop, Anna, on its sandy beach and secured the sails before riding out the gusts in the cabin below. ...more

November 18, 2007