Students at the Ybor Child Development Center recently congratulated Jennifer Frances, founder of Bess the Book Bus mobile literacy program, for winning $2,500 in CITGO gift cards from Fueling Good. ...more

October 28, 2009

It was a ribbon-cutting ceremony with a revivalist spirit. About 200 people gathered last week to dedicate the Chloe Coney Urban Enterprise Center and honor the woman for whom the center is named. ...more

March 25, 2009

When developers approached Hillsborough County in 2006 about creating a gated community on a spit of land jutting into the Little Manatee River, environmentalists and community activists responded with e-mail blitzes, T-shirt campaigns and emotional speeches. ...more

January 21, 2009

Developers who want to turn a spit of land on the Little Manatee River into a gated community will test a new Hillsborough Planning Commission policy that some believe will allow more urban sprawl in the rural community. Little Manatee Reserve LLC wants to rezone 46 acres, mostly wetlands, from Agricultural Rural into Planned Development, then add 10 more houses on urban-sized lots to the 22 already approved on an adjacent tract. ...more

January 16, 2009

Organizers of New Tampa's third Rotary Club plan to roll out the group's inaugural meeting Thursday at the Hunter's Green Golf and Country Club. ...more

January 14, 2009

NEW TAMPA - Organizers of New Tampa's third Rotary Club plan to roll out the group's inaugural meeting Thursday at the Hunter's Green Golf and Country Club. ...more

January 8, 2009

A war brought Marine Lance Cpl. John T. Doody to Tampa Bay's doorstep. ...more

December 17, 2008

RIVERVIEW -- A war brought Marine Lance Cpl. John T. Doody to Tampa Bay's doorstep. A caring community offered him a warm welcome to his new home in Riverview on Monday. ...more

December 16, 2008

Until about six weeks ago, a privately owned strip of land through an endangered scrub preserve was a narrow dirt path traversed by low riders like indigo snakes and gopher tortoises, along with the occasional sod truck. ...more

November 16, 2008

Community activists and some area residents say it doesn't make sense to allow more commercial development on the northern end of North Dale Mabry Highway, contending that there are already plenty of places to shop and lots of empty storefronts. ...more

October 15, 2008