I would appreciate information on the duties of the association cleaning common areas. For years I have hired workers to clean the dirt and mildew from my front walk and the walls around my front doorway. Recently, a neighbor informed me that my association board is responsible for such cleaning. She said it should be automatically done before the snowbirds return. Just who is responsible? ...more

December 27, 2009

The Senate Special Committee on Aging estimates that as many as five million Americans may be victims of elder abuse every year. ...more

December 17, 2009

For the man in your life ...more

December 15, 2009

The 5-year-old girl was wearing a nightgown and sneakers; the 2-year-old boy was clad only in a "very soiled diaper" and pajama shirt. ...more

September 17, 2009

Traffic heading west on the Howard Frankland Bridge is moving again after a crash involving a dump truck. ...more

July 7, 2009

A dump trunk overturned Monday morning along U.S. 19, causing a road to close and traffic to be re-routed for more than two hours, troopers said. ...more

May 11, 2009

Fans of The Dirt: Penny and I will be at the Tampa GreenFest from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, and we'd love for you to stop by and say hi. We'll swap stories about our gardening successes, commiserate about our failures and suck up every tidbit of advice you might give us until you swat us away. GreenFest will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and March 29 at Plant Park on the University of Tampa campus. Children 12 and younger get in free; there is a $3 suggested donation for adults. ...more

March 22, 2009

Weakened by the bug that has been rolling through the Rays' clubhouse, Scott Kazmir wasn't terribly effective in his start this afternoon against the Cardinals. ...more

March 19, 2009

PASADENA, Calif. - Did NASA's Phoenix Mars lander find evidence of liquid water before it froze to death? ...more

March 11, 2009

Winning a spot on the New York Yankees' roster was at the forefront for Jason Johnson. Then the cause of blurred vision in his right eye changed everything just days before spring training began. ...more

February 23, 2009