They're not just kidding around. These young people are serious about community service and their desire to help other kids in need, said Stacey Efaw, executive director of the Emergency Care Help Organization. ...more

November 5, 2008

GARDEN NOTES Events PLANT SALE & WOW DEMO: The annual Plant Sale and Flea Market from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday includes a 10 a.m. workshop on sensational special effects. The event is sponsored by the Sunset Park Garden Club, 4624 W. Browning Ave., Tampa. Horticulturist Val Van Orden, who has worked for Busch Gardens and Cypress Gardens will provide the "wow!" demonstration. ...more

October 19, 2008

Mayor Rick Baker, who has led the city since 2001, has been chosen America's Mayor of the Year by Governing magazine. ...more

October 9, 2008

The city's commitment to building neighborhood parks has won it a $70,000 grant for a new playground in Childs Park, Mayor Rick Baker said Wednesday. ...more

September 27, 2008

St. Petersburg's commitment to building neighborhood parks has won it a $70,000 grant for a new playground in Childs Park, Mayor Rick Baker said today. The grant was among three awards the city received Monday at the America's Promise Alliance National Forum on Youth in Washington, D.C. ...more

September 24, 2008

Tampa General Hospital's Nurse Practice Council recently hosted "Stuff the Bus," a back-to-school supply drive for needy children. ...more

September 17, 2008

Area schools are back in session, but some of the sting was taken out of the return to homework and tests by a family fun day sponsored by a local church. ...more

September 3, 2008

With hurricanes flanking the state and confusing the political season, your letters and e-mails ranged across the spectrum this week. Here are some samplings: ...more

September 1, 2008

A Wal-Mart Supercenter was evacuated for about two hours Saturday after a passerby smelled gas leaking from a natural gas meter outside the building. ...more

August 10, 2008

Jonathan Freeman gives me hope. Not because he's an excellent student in the International Baccalaureate program at Hillsborough High. Not because he's an accomplished violinist and fencer. And not because he's good with children, animals and is generally a nice kid to be around. ...more

August 2, 2008