To discourage prying eyes, New York Yankees star Derek Jeter wants to put up a privacy fence in front of his new 31,000-square-foot mansion on Davis Islands. ...more

August 5, 2009

When you're preparing a home for rock stars, the details matter. Jessica Carlson of A.J. Home Rentals spent Wednesday of last week adding finishing touches to a waterfront home in Tampa before the Canadian rock band Nickelback rented it for Super Bowl weekend. ...more

February 6, 2009

When you're preparing a home for rock stars, the details matter. Jessica Carlson of A.J. Home Rentals spent Wednesday adding finishing touches to a waterfront South Tampa home before Nickelback rents it for Super Bowl weekend. ...more

January 29, 2009

"Lost River," by David Fulmer (Houghton Mifflin, $25) ...more

January 18, 2009

The cost to secure zoning reviews and building permits for everything from fences to mansions are about to rise in the city of Brooksville. ...more

December 3, 2008

Thousands of football fans will converge on the Tampa Bay area for Super Bowl week in February, and they'll need a place to stay. ...more

November 8, 2008

Well before Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain rose to the top of their parties, a partisan shift was under way at the local and state level. For more than three years starting in 2005, there has been a reduction in the number of voters who register with the Republican Party and a rise among voters who affiliate with Democrats and, almost as often, with no party at all. ...more

August 5, 2008

We Have To Change I became licensed to drive in 1976. Shortly thereafter, we had our first oil crisis and waiting in line to buy gas, sometimes for two hours at a time, had a great impact on me that I have never forgotten. ...more

June 14, 2008

The disasters in Burma and New Orleans should serve as examples of the continued destruction of coastal areas in Hillsborough and Pinellas for purposes of development. Replacing hurricane-abating mangroves with mansions seems excessively foolhardy here in the Sunshine State. ...more

May 8, 2008