Big lawns aren't the scene in the urban core where most homes are built near the sidewalk, leaving just enough room on the front yard for hedges, plants and flowers. ...more

July 23, 2008

It really doesn't pay to get too cocky about your garden. Because just when you think you've got it looking right, that you wouldn't change a thing, something is bound to happen. ...more

July 3, 2008

I may have saved "Joe's" life. At least I hope I did. Joe isn't his real name, but it's as good as any other, and it would be wrong to put his real name in the paper. ...more

June 25, 2008

Attention all homeowners of Sun 'N Lakes south, there is an opportunity for the community to get the sidewalk extended to the south along Sun 'N Lakes Boulevard, which will give those who live south of Sweetheart Avenue, safer walking. The existing sidewalk gets a lot of use by those who get their daily exercise by walking along that half mile that goes to Highway 29. ...more

June 19, 2008

Bids for the long-anticipated widening of U.S. 301 through southern Riverview came in Wednesday well under the budgeted $91 million, and state transportation officials said they're optimistic the project can start construction in a few months. The lowest of 12 bids was about $61 million. The highest was $83 million. ...more

June 18, 2008

CLEARWATER - The Florida Highway Patrol has identified the second person killed in a wreck early Monday as Robert L. Snedeker, 43, of Clearwater. ...more

June 18, 2008

RICHEY - Shannon Stephen's fate may rest on eyewitness testimony putting him near a truck that hit and killed two people. ...more

June 18, 2008

CLEARWATER - Two motorists died this morning after their vehicles collided at Keene and Nursery roads, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

June 17, 2008

Debris from a collapsing roof pushed a woman against a wall today outside of a Circle K convenience store in Valrico, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

June 17, 2008

Throughout the 1940s, our house was mostly quiet in the evening. My family lived in a borough outside of Pittsburgh, and I was a small child. I liked to loll on the window seat and look at picture books. My sleepy-eyed dad would be sprawled on the couch, a magazine open across his chest. Grandma was in the wingchair, working the crossword, and Mother would be in her easy chair. ...more

June 15, 2008