From the way the students at Cotee Elementary School stampeded out onto the playground last Friday, you'd think it was the first time they'd had recess in years. They'd had recess, all right, but for more than 18 months, they've been having it in an open grassy area while a playground full of broken down, unusable equipment stood tantalizingly nearby. Student Council President Nico Buonsanto and another student, Gabe Coronado, cut the ribbon and led the way up the ramp of the playground's new centerpiece, a multistation jungle gym that comes with a slide, monkey bars and several other playground staples. ...more

February 25, 2009

The support was almost overwhelming. The end product was a playground for East Tampa children. ...more

February 4, 2009

"Let the Right One In" is one of the essential horror films of the decade. It's also one of the most enthralling romances and one of the best films about children. While it contains spurts of violence that are as shocking as a splash of blood on snow, it is a touching, moody romance. ...more

January 2, 2009

When Susan Gillespie and her sister Cindi became housemates six years ago, there was nothing in their backyard but a jungle gym. ...more

November 14, 2008

Nine-year-old Dayron Fernandez was like a kid with a new toy this morning, skipping from one playground apparatus to the next at Al Lopez Park. Well, actually, he was a kid with a new toy. ...more

November 10, 2008

Jennifer Zumarraga has her hands full when she takes her children to Ballast Point Park. ...more

September 3, 2008

Former Mayor George Fee is willing to do whatever it takes to help improve the quality of life for residents of the city he treasures. ...more

June 7, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - Former Mayor George Fee is willing to do whatever it takes to help improve the quality of life for residents of the city he treasures. And like so many others in the community, his good friend Perry Jacobsen knows it. It was almost a given, then, when Jacobsen, a Temple Terrace Rotarian, recently asked Fee to contribute to the club's fundraising efforts to help renovate the rundown Linwood Park at 62nd Street and 113th Avenue. ...more

June 5, 2008

A banquet hall inside the Westin Bristol Place Hotel dished out its fair share of torture over the weekend to a roomful of teenagers put through an assembly line of physical tests. ...more

June 3, 2008