You can almost hear the sleigh bells starting to ring. This week city commissioners praised interim City Manager Mark LeCouris for his sprucing-up of downtown Tarpon Avenue by having holiday decorations placed on utility poles. ...more

November 29, 2008

Now that Wal-Mart has shelved - at least for now - its plans to build one of its Supercenter stores along U.S. 19, city officials would like to acquire the property. ...more

November 29, 2008

Recently revised rules for the Plant City Christmas Parade disregard the city's ban on distributing candy and beads, instead dictating such trinkets be dispensed only from behind floats, and never thrown. ...more

November 26, 2008

Recently revised rules for the Plant City Christmas Parade disregard the city's ban on distributing candy and beads, instead dictating such trinkets be dispensed only from behind floats, and never thrown. ...more

November 26, 2008

City officials have decided to deal with neighbors' complaints about the Jack Willie's Tarpon Turtle Grill and Marina by seeking a legal remedy. ...more

November 22, 2008

You can almost hear the sleigh bells starting to ring in Tarpon Springs. This week city commissioners praised interim City Manager Mark LeCouris' for his sprucing-up of downtown Tarpon Avenue by having holiday decorations placed on utility poles. ...more

November 21, 2008

It was an offer the Tarpon Springs City Commission could refuse. City commissioners were less than eager during their meeting Tuesday night to pay $5 million for an 8-acre parcel of land on the south bank of the Anclote River. ...more

November 21, 2008

Dade City Commissioners passed a resolution this week to formally oppose a plan to extend the Florida State Fair from 12 to 18 days. ...more

November 21, 2008

It took nearly a decade, but a memorial bearing the image of slain Tampa police Detective Ricky Childers has been dedicated at a site his family members say is appropriate: the place he received law enforcement training. ...more

November 19, 2008

This time next year, Courier Field should be home to a monument to all veterans surrounded by landscaping and other amenities. ...more

November 19, 2008