Fifty years ago, the Tribune printed an intriguing headline: "And Just Why Shouldn't Tampa Have a Woman Mayor?" ...more

March 8, 2009

2008 Deaths Of Note In The Tampa Bay Area ...more

December 29, 2008

The town is tagged as "A City for Living" and James Chambers has helped make it that way, Cheri Donohue says. ...more

June 4, 2008

One after the other, the speakers talked about Marlene Duffy Young's actions. They cited the acts of kindness, competence and will - carried out in public and private - almost like a litany. ...more

May 31, 2008

WINTER HAVEN - One after the other, the speakers talked about Marlene Duffy Young's actions. They cited the acts of kindness, competence and will — carried out in public and private — almost like a litany. Young helped create Polk's countywide library system. She paid her ill sister's rent each month. She took in battered women. She established a rape recovery center. She served as Winter Haven's first female mayor. She was president of the Florida Association of Counties. She trained a racehorse. She helped protect the green swamp. She raised three children in a strong marriage. ...more

May 30, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - The town is tagged as "A City for Living" and James Chambers has helped make it that way, Cheri Donohue says. That's why Donohue, director of the Greater Temple Terrace Chamber of Commerce, and Helen Harper, her assistant, nominated Chambers for the fourth annual Fran Barford Public Service Award, which is sponsored by the Temple Terrace Woman's Club. Barford was a member of the club for more than 30 years and also served eight years as a Temple Terrace councilwoman and six years as the city's first female mayor. ...more

May 30, 2008

For many years, Agnes Lamb was the woman behind the scenes here, the one who made things happen. ...more

January 23, 2008