TAMPA - The once-weekly watering rules people have lived with for 18 months will go on until September. ...more

June 24, 2008

The developer of a massive town home project could be exempted from the new municipal sprinkler law, under a tentative agreement reached with city officials. ...more

June 23, 2008

I live on a long, long, long street in Carrollwood. Many front lawns, many approaches to watering. ...more

June 12, 2008

The city's fire marshal's office has cited a former cigar factory that houses artists' studios for not having enough exits and not having the fire alarms and sprinklers inspected annually. ...more

May 31, 2008

Zephyrhills City Council postpones Lennar Homes' appeal of the city's new sprinkler regulations ...more

May 12, 2008

It Would Never Happen The recent passing of a new sign ordinance and the latest rash of "public control" citations issued by our code enforcement storm troopers have me thinking of times gone by. ...more

February 23, 2008

It is a sight familiar to East Hillsborough early birds who rise in time to see strawberry fields and orange groves transformed on some winter days into sparkling ice sculptures. ...more

January 9, 2008

Strawberry growers in the Tampa Bay area were expecting a bumper crop - and bumper sales - this season. Wednesday night's frigid temperatures, however, have put those expectations on ice for now. ...more

January 3, 2008

and bumper sales - this season. Wednesday night's frigid temperatures, however, have put those expectations on ice for now. ...more

January 3, 2008

The National Weather Service says temperatures could fall below freezing over most of the Tampa Bay area for six hours or longer tonight and early Thursday morning. ...more

January 2, 2008