The city's fire department wants to expand its reach into New Tampa with a new fire station off Bruce B. Downs Boulevard near County Line Road. ...more

November 5, 2008

A proposed Sangria's restaurant needs approval from the city's Architectural Review Commission before its owners can remodel and enlarge a former auto repair shop. ...more

November 5, 2008

3:03 p.m.: Hillsborough County Property Appraiser Rob Turner is in the midst of a final push to get out the vote. He is visiting voting precincts from one end of the county to the other. ...more

November 4, 2008

If you had $19.1 million to buy and redevelop foreclosed properties, how would you spend it? That's the question the Hillsborough County Commission will consider at a public hearing Thursday. ...more

November 3, 2008

Early voting in Hillsborough County is over but elections offices will be open from 1-5 p.m. for voters to pick up and fill out absentee ballots. ...more

November 2, 2008

Urban landscapes are often viewed as unwelcoming scenes of concrete, asphalt, metal and glass. But it doesn't have to be that way, some city officials say. In recent years, cities across the country have committed plots of land for agricultural projects aimed at turning trash-strewn vacant properties into bountiful gardens. To that aim, the city council will hold a special workshop today to discuss ways Tampa might be able to reconnect with the natural world through urban gardening. ...more

October 23, 2008

The Organization of American States program originally scheduled for 12:15 p.m. Friday has been rescheduled to 8:30 a.m. Nov. 7. Jane Barbar Thery, head of the Organization of American States-U.S. Relations program in Washington, is scheduled to speak at The Tampa Club, 101 E. Kennedy Blvd. on "What Lies Ahead Under A New Administration: Future Political and Economic Trends in Latin America." ...more

October 15, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Rosemarie Middleton loves the idea of bringing professional soccer back to the Tampa Bay area - but not near her neighborhood. ...more

October 15, 2008

Community activists and some area residents say it doesn't make sense to allow more commercial development on the northern end of North Dale Mabry Highway, contending that there are already plenty of places to shop and lots of empty storefronts. ...more

October 15, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Rosemarie Middleton loves the idea of bringing professional soccer back to the Tampa Bay area - but not near her neighborhood. ...more

October 15, 2008