A section of Main Street will be closed from 3 p.m. Sunday until early 8 a.m. Tuesday while construction crews install a new underground drainage pipe. ...more

December 1, 2007

St. Petersburg Drive's glory days may soon return. Oldsmar officials hope recently initiated traffic-calming measures will spark an influx of new businesses along a roadway on which motorists are traveling slow enough to notice what's available. ...more

November 30, 2007

There won't be a caboose or even a train depot involved, but the city's long-awaited Railroad Square beautification project is finally back on track. ...more

November 24, 2007

Talk Is Cheap The Zephyrhills Jaycees had a booth on Veterans Day with an assortment of Christmas cards for citizens to sign for the troops. The booth was on the main thoroughfare, with the cards displayed on the tables alongside numerous pens and chairs in the shade so people could be comfortable while signing the cards. ...more

November 19, 2007

Like most people who routinely drive on State Road 54 east of Interstate 75, Kruth Sombutmai is tired of the congestion. ...more

November 15, 2007

Ever drive through a city and get the feeling upon entering the city limits that citizens there value beauty and serenity? ...more

October 25, 2007

It's been a tough year for Main Street's merchants. The economy is bad, nearby strip malls continue to siphon customers from the city's downtown thoroughfare, and then there's the ongoing, problem-plagued drainage project. ...more

October 19, 2007

New Port Richey officials are making good on their word to help alleviate the strain on downtown business owners caused by the slow-moving Missouri Avenue drainage improvement project. One move the city made late last week has drawn a rave review from one downtown business person. ...more

October 17, 2007

You don't have to live here to appreciate Founders Day. That's the premise, and the promise, of the annual celebration, which offers a little bit of NASCAR, a pinch of pumpkin time and a whole bunch of tunes and home-style entertainment. ...more

September 28, 2007

WESTCHASE - A teenage driver fatally struck a man today who was riding a motorbike along Countryway Boulevard, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Sixteen-year-old John Holland Jr., a 10th-grader at Alonso High School, was driving a car north on the roadway when he lost control for unknown reasons, veering into the southbound lane and striking the man who was headed south on a scooter or moped, a sheriff's report states. Holland's vehicle then went off the road into a pond, where he and his 16-year-old passenger, Trevor Ekovich, also a 10th-grader at Alonso High School, were able to escape unharmed, the report states. The driver of the motor bike, who died at the scene, was not identified today because deputies were trying to contact next of kin. ...more

September 26, 2007