TAMPA BAY AREA Envirofuels Asks For Delay The Tampa Port Authority staff has recommended approving a pair of three-month lease extensions sought by Port Sutton Envirofuels, which wants more time to study how it could use the site where it plans to build an ethanol plant. Envirofuels also wants its permitted use to include biofuel and ethanol-related uses, including production, tank storage, blending and distribution. The Tampa Port Authority is scheduled to consider the lease option at its monthly business meeting Tuesday at 1101 Channelside Drive. ...more

February 14, 2008

Bill Starkey was characteristically humble after being named the Civitan Citizen of the Year at the Florida State Fair's Governor's Day Luncheon Monday. ...more

February 12, 2008

William E. "Bill" Starkey, a former GTE executive and longtime Tampa civic activist, was named as the Civitan Club's Citizen of the Year at the annual Governor's Lunch at the Florida State Fair on Monday. ...more

February 11, 2008

The South Tampa Chamber of Commerce has named Robinson High senior Amanda Mason as its Outstanding Student of the Month for January. ...more

January 30, 2008

Mayor Pam Iorio doesn't support the statewide property tax referendum but predicts it will pass Tuesday. ...more

January 23, 2008

The South Tampa Chamber of Commerce has moved into new offices at 3715 W. Horatio St. ...more

January 23, 2008

TAMPA The city's crime statistics are still being finalized, but an early look shows that crime reported within the city limits appears to have dropped for the fifth consecutive year, police and Mayor Pam Iorio said Wednesday. ...more

January 16, 2008

Its sense of community, its proximity to the Hillsborough River, its major university and its wide range of activities that appeal to all ages draw a diverse population to the Temple Terrace area. ...more

January 10, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE Its sense of community, its proximity to the Hillsborough River, its major university and its wide range of activities that appeal to all ages draw a diverse population to the Temple Terrace area. There is another factor that helps define the community's quality of life – its businesses, according to Cheri Donohue, executive director of the Greater Temple Terrace Chamber of Commerce. ...more

January 8, 2008

Quincy Michael Newton has "this almost irresistible urge to take vehicles," his attorney says. ...more

December 19, 2007