Some say a planned condominium complex with 29 boat slips on Ruskin Inlet will improve a neighborhood off Shell Point Road, but others say it will change the character of a waterway long flanked by single-family homes with backyard docks. ...more

November 5, 2007

There was interesting timing in Pasco County's decision on vested rights for the Gulf Landings project, which has been 50 years in the planning. ...more

October 31, 2007

By a 4-1 vote Tuesday, the county commission affirmed that the owners of Gulf Landings have 'vested rights' to build commercial and multifamily housing on three tracts west of U.S. 19, finishing a project approved 50 years ago. ...more

October 26, 2007

U.S. Marines have just deployed the V-22 Osprey to Iraq despite serious questions about the vertical-landing aircraft's safety and utility. ...more

October 16, 2007

Amberjack used to be the 'easy' big game fish, with clouds of the huge, muscular fighters found around every offshore wreck. 'AJs' as they are affectionately known to many anglers, have a reputation of being pound-for-pound one of the strongest fish in offshore waters. And until the mid-1980s they were abundant to a fault. There were often so many of them around some wrecks and reefs that getting a live bait past them to catch a big gag or red grouper was a real struggle. AJs of 30 to 40 pounds were common, and occasionally were decked at double that size - a nice 'problem' to have. ...more

September 9, 2007