You know the routine: It's time to make resolutions to exercise more, eat more fruit and vegetables and maintain (or obtain) a healthy weight. In the Tampa Bay area, you don't have to sign up for a gym membership you'll never use or join a regimented diet program to reach your health goals. The area's rich resources put a healthy lifestyle within your reach - picturesque hiking trails and parks, walking paths at the water's edge, a population with a zest for sports, and organic farms and farmers markets offering fresh produce. Here are a few of the local options. ...more

January 1, 2010

The New Tampa Chamber of Commerce will have back-to-back events next week. ...more

December 9, 2009

Hillsborough County detectives are trying to track down a woman who used a stolen debit card to withdraw money from Washington Mutual Bank, 2802 E. Fletcher Ave., about 5:30 p.m. March 10. ...more

March 20, 2009

The carrier door swung open and the otter took a cautious step before breaking into a trot toward the water and disappearing with a splash. ...more

December 10, 2008

Mike Fradera of Lakeland is a self-proclaimed optimist. Despite losing both legs on Aug., 17, 2007, when an improvised explosive device blew up during an Army patrol assignment in Bagdad, the 30-year-old longtime sportsman looks enthusiastically toward the future. ...more

October 15, 2008

Mike Fradera of Lakeland is a self-proclaimed optimist. Despite losing both legs on Aug., 17, 2007, when an improvised explosive device blew up during an Army patrol assignment in Bagdad, the 30-year-old longtime sportsman looks enthusiastically toward the future. ...more

October 15, 2008

Mike Fradera of Lakeland is a self-proclaimed optimist. Despite losing both legs on Aug., 17, 2007, when an improvised explosive device blew up during an Army patrol assignment in Bagdad, the 30-year-old longtime sportsman looks enthusiastically toward the future. ...more

October 15, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - No one was hurt after a two-alarm fire heavily damaged three units this afternoon at Carlton Arms North Apartments, fire officials said. ...more

June 5, 2008

The Tampa Audubon Society and the Tampa Audubon Photo Club will hold a joint meeting and covered-dish luncheon May 17. ...more

May 10, 2008

CALENDAR Boating CONTINUOUS: U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary meets second Tuesday monthly at Brandon Rec Center, 402 E. Sadie Dr., Brandon, 7:30 p.m.; www.cgaux74.org. ...more

December 27, 2007