Dianne McNeilly's vision is to unify communities. The new president of the Riverside Heights Civic Association said one of her initiatives will be to work with other neighborhoods to build consensus on issues facing the urban core as it grows and changes. ...more

September 10, 2008

Ramon Bustamonte III, a 30-year-old St. Petersburg man arrested Wednesday in a February wreck that left a woman dead, had a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit, police said. ...more

September 5, 2008

Ramon Bustamonte III, the 30-year-old St. Petersburg man arrested Wednesday in a February wreck that left a woman dead, had a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit, police said. ...more

September 4, 2008

Barack Obama is such a dynamic orator that you could almost overlook the boilerplate liberal tenets in his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night: Increase taxes on corporations, but spare the middle class; use government to lift the poor and increase the minimum wage; help families pay for college and make it easier for unions to sign up workers. ...more

August 30, 2008

"The Story of Edgar Sawtelle," by David Wroblewski (Ecco, $25.95) ...more

August 24, 2008

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has been scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention on the same night Arizona Sen. John McCain will give his acceptance speech for the nomination. ...more

August 21, 2008

It started with 112 electric can openers. In 1977, radio disc jockey Bob Circosta was hosting a talk show on WWQT-AM 1470 in Clearwater when an advertiser called to say it had run short on cash to pay its bill. Would the station take some Rival-brand can openers instead? Sure, Circosta decided. He went on air to sell the openers, and sold out in an hour. ...more

August 20, 2008

TRINITY -- On a hillside in Heredia, a town just northwest of the bustling Costa Rican capital of San Jose, Pasteje sits. Meaning "high green pastures," Pasteje is the farmland vision of Bob and Janet Wilmarth, former New Port Richey residents now going into their 26th year on the Central American isthmus. ...more

August 6, 2008

Environmentalists and longtime homeowners continued their call Tuesday for a community plan for south of the Little Manatee River that would keep the area rural and protect natural areas from dense development. ...more

July 24, 2008

A portion of the roof and west wall of the old Gary Adult High School has collapsed. No injuries were reported. ...more

July 23, 2008