Boys and girls sat in small circles on the dance floor, awaiting turns to try on ballet slippers. Their names and shoe sizes were jotted down on paper. ...more

December 21, 2009

Carol Sivard opened the plastic trash bag wide. "Oh my, what is that curly thing?" she said. ...more

December 7, 2009

The cat is climbing the roof, again. "We just quietly put him back up," said A.J. Russo, general manager of Adams & Jennings Funeral Home at 6900 N. Nebraska Ave. in Seminole Heights. ...more

November 23, 2009

The Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa will hold its 17th annual fundraising luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 29 at the downtown Hyatt Regency, 211 N. Tampa St. ...more

September 16, 2009

The Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa will hold its 17th annual fundraising luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 29 at the downtown Hyatt Regency, 211 N. Tampa St. ...more

September 16, 2009

City Council last week approved the sale of beer and wine at a convenience store at Kirby Street and Florida Avenue, across from the Oaks at Riverview complex. ...more

August 26, 2009

A luncheonette selling hot dogs, charbroiled burgers, pizza, tacos and more than 40 flavors of Italian ices is opening at 117 S. Hyde Park Ave., next to The Retreat bar. ...more

August 3, 2009

Software installation dragged at a snail's pace for Duane Geary. His classmates fairly zipped through their Windows XP instructions. ...more

August 3, 2009

A proposed air-conditioning system has come under fire from residents and a contractor for being too expensive and too large for the Seminole Heights Garden Center. ...more

July 22, 2009

The city council on Thursday asked the city's legal staff and police marine unit to devise a strategy to persuade the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to take a new look at allowing an ordinance setting speed limits and a no-wake zone on an approximately mile-long stretch of the Hillsborough River. The city can approve an ordinance, but officials say the state probably would nix it because of a lack of statistics showing accidents, injuries or fatalities. ...more

July 18, 2009