A task force charged with refining parade safety has recommended the city ban protruding wheels on floats, limit the number of parade units and take other measures to enhance safety. ...more

September 24, 2008

A task force charged with refining parade safety has recommended the city ban protruding wheels on floats, limit the number of parade units and take other measures to enhance safety. ...more

September 23, 2008

An ambitious update of a vision statement guiding Plant City's future has been enthusiastically endorsed by commissioners. ...more

September 17, 2008

Folks lamenting January's passage of Amendment 1 miss no opportunity to proclaim the approach of a thousand mini-Armageddons. From Tallahassee to Tavares, life as we cherished it is about to end. ...more

September 14, 2008

PLANT CITY An ambitious update of a vision statement guiding Plant City's future has been enthusiastically endorsed by commissioners. ...more

September 11, 2008

In a city where public meeting space is at a premium, the American Legion building on Church Avenue filled a need and did it for free. ...more

September 11, 2008

Tarpon Springs city commissioners want to control where chain-store businesses and restaurants can locate within the city. ...more

September 6, 2008

Dunedin's Community Redevelopment Agency will learn today about plans by its staff and the Dunedin Historical Society to expand and renovate the society's downtown headquarters and museum. At the City Hall meeting starting at 5 p.m. Thursday, city commissioners, acting as the CRA board, will also hear a proposal from agency staff to improve the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail Plaza, in front of the former railroad depot turned museum. ...more

September 4, 2008

The Tarpon Springs Fire Rescue will still be understaffed, even after the department institutes a mandatory overtime policy that was instituted Tuesday in an effort to add an additional firefighter to some shifts. ...more

September 3, 2008

Noteworthy items from the Aug. 25 Plant City Commission meeting include: •City commissioners approved City Manager David Sollenberger's recommendation to commit $200,000 to secure a matching grant for the fourth phase of development of Ellis-Methvin Park near Cherry Street and Park Road. ...more

September 3, 2008