TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Cigarette butts. Oil and chemicals. Dirt and sand. Lawn clippings. Construction debris. Water. ...more

June 21, 2008

A dump truck overturned at the northbound U.S. 301 onramp to the eastbound Lee Roy Selmon Expressway early this morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

January 11, 2008

At their final meeting of the year, county commissioners talked trash, approved the purchase of a large tract of land for preservation and honored a fallen deputy. ...more

December 6, 2007

For months, a proposed landfill has stirred debate in east Pasco County, where people have hoisted signs and packed public meetings to attack the plans of a company that wants to build a 90-acre facility off Enterprise Road. ...more

November 30, 2007

A vote nearly two weeks ago on changes to a trash hauling ordinance didn't resolve the issue for Hillsborough County commissioners. ...more

November 19, 2007

In a modest country home, tucked down a dirt lane far from the city bustle, Marcella O'Steen harbors a morgue of county documents, zoning maps and speech drafts. ...more

November 17, 2007

County commissioners gave independent trash haulers what they wanted Wednesday evening, voting 4-3 to reject amendments to a trash hauling ordinance that a judge ruled is flawed. ...more

November 8, 2007

County commissioners have received hundreds of phone calls, e-mail messages and faxes in recent days about proposed changes to a trash-hauling ordinance, and lobbying will ratchet up considerably today, when independent haulers are planning demonstrations outside the County Center at 601 E. Kennedy Blvd. ...more

November 7, 2007

It's a messy problem. County commissioners on Wednesday will be asked to vote on changes that could put several trash-hauling companies out of business in Hillsborough County. ...more

November 5, 2007

At the risk of being called potty-mouthed, county commissioners recently dumped criticism on companies that virtually abandon portable toilets at unfinished construction sites. ...more

October 31, 2007