My wife and I recently motored to Virginia, where she officiated at a friend's wedding. ...more

September 10, 2008

Fresh from New Hampshire, Kier Barbour sat on the veranda of venerable Plant Hall at the University of Tampa late Monday, reveling in the warm weather, the stately oak trees and his financial accounting textbook. ...more

August 26, 2008

The minaret-capped UT campus cranked up the fall semester this year with nearly 6,000 students -- a record for the 75-year-old college. ...more

August 25, 2008

A showcase for artists. This is how Ann Larsen, executive director of the Pasco Arts Council, describes the Pasco Art 2008 Exhibition, a judged art show and competition that will run from Sept. 12 to Oct. 24 at the council. ...more

August 23, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS - A proposal to construct a 128-unit "workforce" housing complex on 9-acres at Rainville Road and Alt 19 was deferred Monday night by the Planning and Zoning Board. The city staff had been recommending approval of a preliminary development plan for the project, known as Raintree Cove Apartments. Other details on the plan the developer offered Monday night, however, changed staff's view on the project, city planner Rodney Chatman said. ...more

August 2, 2008

For years officials in Pinellas County pushed the Florida Department of Transportation to extend the Gandy Bridge, a major span crossing Tampa Bay, to the Crosstown Expressway. This, they said, was needed to improve traffic flow during hurricane evacuation. ...more

July 26, 2008

It's 4:50 p.m., and traffic is backing up to the hump on the Kennedy Boulevard Bridge approaching Ashley Drive. ...more

June 30, 2008

DUNEDIN -- The public will get a chance to hear the latest information about the city's plans for reconstructing Pinehurst Road and give their comments at a town hall meeting next month. The community meeting is scheduled for 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 30, at the Dunedin Community Center. ...more

June 27, 2008

Central Pasco's home-building boom may have ended for the moment, but the road-building boom is only beginning. ...more

June 12, 2008

Lost Without The GPS This past weekend, the PW and I spent an awful amount of time learning how to get around on the streets of an unfamiliar location without our navigation device. We were in the Ellenton area where the tanker truck destroyed the bridge over State Road 301 on the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 last week. Our motel was located in the Prime Outlets Mall area, within a half mile of the accident. Thank goodness we had a few friends who were familiar with the area and gave us maps to use to get around most of the congestion. Even so, it was impossible not to get into some standstill traffic jams. But before we left Sunday morning, the authorities had devised routes and some rerouting of traffic, which made traffic flow almost normally. ...more

June 12, 2008