Home sales prices across the country declined at record rates in September, when compared with the year-ago period. The Tampa Bay area was no exception. ...more

November 26, 2008

Home sales prices declined at record rates across the country in September. In the Tampa Bay area, prices continued to fall but hovered around the same rate of decline as the previous month. Bay area sales prices fell 18.5 percent in September compared with a year ago, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index released this morning. ...more

November 25, 2008

Early Signing Day was four years in the making for Hillsborough High senior baseball players Marlon Mitchell and Jay Laurienzo. ...more

November 19, 2008

Hillsborough County's extension service will offer residents the latest information Thursday afternoon about a disease attacking cabbage palms in southern Hillsborough and northern Manatee counties. ...more

November 12, 2008

The rate at which Tampa area home prices are falling slowed down for the fourth consecutive month, according to a report released today. It's a sign home prices may be getting closer to a bottom, but the report cautioned against assuming the market has stabilized. Experts have been warning sales prices need to keep falling to work off excess inventory. ...more

September 30, 2008

On Sept. 17, there was a letter admonishing Mayr Malool. I would just like to say that I have read her comments and find them truthful and artfully done. I enjoy reading her comments, as well as others. I keep most letters to re-read as comments warrant. ...more

September 20, 2008

One beauty of the Internet is that you can research topics of interest. So, when Phoenix Sheriff Joe Arpaio was mentioned as a good role model for our sheriff position by Sheriff Benton's challenger and his supporters, I looked him up on the net. ...more

September 14, 2008

This is the Marcus & Millichap 2008 ranking of industrial markets based on various indicators, including employment growth, construction, amount of industrial vacancy and rent growth. ...more

September 11, 2008

Hillsborough High's Marlon Mitchell has waited patiently the last few weeks for this moment to arrive, and now that it's here he's ready to make the most of the opportunity. ...more

July 10, 2008

Hillsborough's Marlon Mitchell and Mitchell's Patrick Shuster are among 144 players from across the nation vying for a coveted spot at the 18-under National Baseball Team Trials this week at the invite-only Tournament of Stars at the USA Baseball Complex in Cary, N.C. ...more

June 16, 2008