Representatives of state and county agencies overseeing environmental preservation and related issues will meet Tuesday with residents of the southernmost portion of Hillsborough County to discuss how growth will affect natural resources. The discussion is part of the development of the South Side Community Plan, which is expected to guide county planners and shape the look of the community south of the Little Manatee River in years to come. ...more

July 3, 2008

Tampa Bay lost another corporate headquarters today when shareholders of St. Petersburg- and London-based Danka Business Systems PLC voted to approve a $240 million sale of the office equipment and services company to Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA of Ramsey, N.J. ...more

June 27, 2008

SEBRING — Congressman Mahoney will tour the site of the new Veterans Services Building, for which he helped secure a $400,000 grant to expand the office's capacity to assist local Veterans, from noon until 1:30 p.m.on Saturday, June 21, located at 7205 S. George Blvd. Sebring. Mahoney will also present an official flag to the Highlands Veterans Service Officer, Joseph A. Dionne. Joseph plans to walk the Congressman back to the property site of the proposed new VSO building. ...more

June 20, 2008

There are lessons from childhood which have major value to this day. It has been quite a number of years since I took biology classes; however, I distinctly remember learning that plants - grasses, bushes, trees - clean the air and water. That's something which is of great benefit to the well being of our bodies. The more we create emissions, the more plants we need to help clean the air and water. ...more

June 2, 2008

The crowded Nov. 4 ballot will include a measure that has more to do with fish and wildlife than Democrats and Republicans. ...more

May 22, 2008

The future of Hillsborough County's conservation land-buying program, which has preserved more than 46,000 acres since 1990, likely will be decided by voters in November. ...more

May 20, 2008

Clearwater-based computer distributor Tech Data Corp. completed a deal that adds to its operations in Europe through a new acquisition. ...more

May 20, 2008

A poll to gauge residents' support of a program that buys land for conservation will go forward with the blessing of the Hillsborough County Commission. ...more

April 17, 2008

Prudential Tropical Realty has acquired First Choice Realty, the fourth acquisition in as many months for the Trinity-based real estate firm. The company is now the second largest real estate company on the Suncoast, with 14 offices and more than 600 sales executives and employees. ...more

February 23, 2008

In a bid to halt Google's growing dominance online, Microsoft has offered to buy struggling Internet giant Yahoo for $44.6 billion, an acquisition that would unite the world's most influential software company with the Web's most-trafficked site. ...more

February 2, 2008