GARDEN NOTES Events ORCHID SHOW & SALE: The Florida West Coast Orchid Society's annual show and sale is noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 3, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 4 and 5 at the The Honeywell MinReg Building, 6340 126th Ave. Largo. Questions? Call Brent Finke at (727) 460-4606. ...more

September 25, 2008

A Pinellas County deputy stopped a car early Sunday driven by a Pasco County deputy who smelled of alcohol and was allowed to call someone to pick him up, according to a report. ...more

September 25, 2008

A Pinellas County deputy stopped a car early Sunday driven by a Pasco County deputy who smelled of alcohol and was allowed to call someone to pick him up, according to a report. ...more

September 24, 2008

State transportation officials last night wanted to talk about their long-range vision for U.S. 19: constructing elevated interchanges at some of its most congested intersections in 10 to 20 years. But area residents who attend a Florida Department of Transportation workshop Thursday night seemed to be more interested in talking about projects some two years away for continuous right turn lanes and redesigned medians. ...more

August 29, 2008

Former professional basketball player Matt Geiger is suing a Delaware-based company, saying it agreed to buy his Tarpon Springs property for $21 million but never followed through. ...more

July 23, 2008

Former professional basketball player Matt Geiger is suing a Delaware-based company, saying it agreed to buy his Tarpon Springs property for $21 million but never followed through. ...more

July 22, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS -- Police and Cycadia Cemetery officials would like to know who stole a 75-pound marble sphere from atop a monument in the municipal graveyard. The 71-year old marker that was vandalized is a memorial to Viola Keeney Beekman. She donated property to start the cemetery in 1887. ...more

July 9, 2008

Kathy Painter was waiting for the pain. She was preparing for her second day of North Pinellas Adventure Boot Camp for Women and still wasn't sore. "Tomorrow, I probably won't be able to move," she said with a laugh. The experience so far? "I absolutely love it." ...more

July 5, 2008

EAST LAKE - Pinellas County officials' plan to designate 900 acres of the Brooker Creek Preserve for a future water treatment facility has drawn fire from environmentalists and others. At a Tuesday night's town hall meeting at the Brooker Creek Preserve Education Center, county land management and utilities officials presented a revised management plan for the 8,000-plus-acre county-owned preserve. ...more

June 14, 2008

EAST LAKE -- Pinellas County officials' plan to designate 900 acres of the Brooker Creek Preserve for a future water treatment facility has drawn fire from environmentalists and others. At a Tuesday night town hall meeting at the Brooker Creek Preserve Education Center, county land management and utilities officials presented a revised management plan for the 8,000-plus-acre county-owned preserve. ...more

June 11, 2008