The city recently dedicated a new playground at Al Lopez Park that includes a keyboard and hopscotch area that emit sounds when stepped on - a first for parks on the East Coast, said Linda Carlo, parks and recreation department spokeswoman. ...more

November 19, 2008

Grady Elementary recently unveiled a new playground for its 400 or so students. ...more

November 5, 2008

Hillsborough School Board Chairwoman Jennifer Faliero only has a little more than a month left at the helm of this panel and given the dysfunction of this board and Faliero's attempts to muzzle opponents, that's a good thing. ...more

October 24, 2008

The Rays' dream season will end on baseball's grandest stage. Facing elimination for the first time in their first trip to the playoffs, the maturing-by-the-day Rays came through like grizzled veterans Sunday night. ...more

October 20, 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

Efforts to force Kiddie Campus University, Inc. to put up a wall to separate its playground from the neighboring Manor Oaks subdivision have failed. ...more

September 17, 2008

Rain continues to drench every corner of Polk County, but emergency management officials have shut down their operations. ...more

August 19, 2008

Nancy Giordano appreciated the New Port Richey Parks and Recreation Department's quick response to "bad words" graffiti children found at Sims Park playground. ...more

June 14, 2008

Was it worth it? Was it worth having Carl Crawford, James Shields, Akinori Iwamura, Edwin Jackson and Jonny Gomes suspended? Was it worth essentially conceding a game where the Rays trailed by only two runs in just the second inning? ...more

June 7, 2008