A Tampa man's new book shows how his family's business defined the city's look in the '50s and '60s. ...more

February 13, 2009

A Nanny State I read with interest in the Trib that the Democratic Congress had passed a law to delay the change from analog television to digital until summer. We have had three years of constant public announcements and millions of dollars in certificates to get new boxes, and some people are still not on board. ...more

February 6, 2009

Liduvina "Lucy" Nieves sat on a new sofa in her new house Friday, overwhelmed and nearly speechless. ...more

February 4, 2009

It's been a few days now, but I wanted to tell you about the hottest Super Bowl party of them all: Baby's party. ...more

February 4, 2009

Liduvina "Lucy" Nieves sat on a new sofa in her new house Friday morning, overwhelmed and nearly speechless. ...more

January 31, 2009

Liduvina "Lucy" Nieves sat on a new sofa in her new house this morning, overwhelmed and nearly speechless. "The change is incredible," said Nieves, 66, who has lived on Union Street for 30 years. Nieves' home was one of 20 in her neighborhood rehabilitated and completed today as part of Kickoff to Rebuild, a project sponsored by the nonprofit Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay and the National Football League. ...more

January 30, 2009

The city plans to pump an additional $1.5 million in federal and state grants into a program to buy foreclosed and abandoned homes in neighborhoods hardest hit by the mortgage crisis. ...more

January 30, 2009

and, as events bespoke, not only me - when the original site for the sixth more-or-less annual "Lingerie Bowl" succumbed to West Tampa neighborhood standards that the readymade venue for such an epic sporting event was just up the road in the thumping heart of Pasco County. ...more

January 28, 2009

Roselyn Martinez sat front and center with a wide grin. She had Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Luke McCown on one side of her and free safety Tanard Jackson on the other. ...more

January 28, 2009

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Luke McCown and free safety Tanard Jackson on Friday visited the West Tampa Elementary School classroom of fifth-grade student Roselyn Martinez. ...more

January 24, 2009