Efforts to rename the New Tampa Regional Library took a hit Thursday. The Tampa-Hillsborough County Library Board accepted the recommendation of its policies and bylaws committee not to change the name of the library at 10001 Cross Creek Blvd. The review committee decided neither candidate met the criteria to have a library named in their honor. ...more

December 5, 2008

Members of Holiday Lake Estates Security Patrol take pride in their neighborhood, so they recently put up new Neighborhood Watch signs. ...more

November 26, 2008

A community effort to add civic activist Carol Poland's name to the New Tampa Regional Library grows louder. ...more

November 19, 2008

Not one in the packed house could recall a moment of danger or bedlam that ended with someone catching a criminal in the act. ...more

October 5, 2008

Police Chief Stephen Hogue stood on the wraparound porch of a Suwanee Heights house Wednesday night and delivered good news to a crowd gathered on the front lawn. ...more

August 28, 2008

Police Chief Stephen Hogue said the city's crime rate dropped 12 percent in the first six months of this year compared with the same time period in 2007. ...more

August 27, 2008

Commissioner District 3 (Republican) Republican Matt Matey, candidate for County Commission District 3, will run against the incumbent, Ann Hildebrand, and challenger Wil Nickerson in the Aug. 26 GOP primary. ...more

August 16, 2008

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August 16, 2008

As several youngsters tested their skills on a rock-climbing wall and other visitors focused on a car crash simulator, a "crime" scene unfolded nearby. ...more

August 13, 2008

Think of it as a re-invention of the village. Neighbors greet each other by name. Unfamiliar cars are recognized, scrutinized. And once a month everyone pitches in to clean up the streets. ...more

August 7, 2008