It will be almost another 18 months before old-fashioned streetlights illuminate Tarpon and Pinellas avenues. ...more

May 10, 2008

One of the main goals for nighttime lighting is to have good safety and security at night. However, the task is to be safe, not just to feel safe. Good lighting can be a help; poor lighting always compromises safety. Current and past studies by competent crime authorities has been summarized as follows: "The lack of data precludes any definitive statement regarding the relationship of lighting and crime." ...more

February 18, 2008

UNIVERSITY AREA More than 65 percent of residents who participated in the first phase of a community survey said they definitely would or probably would move from the University Area within a year. A report on the survey, conducted by the Jim Walter Partnership Center at the University of South Florida, stated that people wanted to move to get better housing costs, better schools for their children, better stores and other facilities and to live in an area with less racial or ethnic tension. ...more

February 13, 2008

Pearl Chiarenza toured dozens of houses for sale in Hillsborough County, but she said the minute she pulled off Bell Shoals Road to see a listing in South Oak, she knew she had found her family's new home. ...more

November 28, 2007

An average of 3,500 car crashes with injuries happen every year on U.S. 19 in the 95-mile stretch between Pinellas and Citrus counties, according to the Florida Department of Transportation. ...more

October 8, 2007

The city council on Tuesday signed off on a $43.9 million budget for the 2007-08 fiscal year that includes a property tax reduction and no service cuts. ...more

September 5, 2007