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Springstead High teams up with Lightning in anti-bullying campaign
By Paulette Lash Ritchie, Times Correspondent Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Tod Leiweke, left, CEO of the Tampa Bay Lightning, looks on as Springstead High School principal Susan Duval presents an...
View ArticleHernando class notes, Oct. 6
By Paulette Lash Ritchie, Times Correspondent Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Essay contest: Sons of Italy Nature Coast Lodge No. 2502 is sponsoring an essay contest for high school and middle school...
View ArticleSpringstead High assistant principal Gina Machelicka wins literacy award
By Paulette Lash Ritchie, Times Correspondent Wednesday, October 5, 2011 SPRING HILLAssistant principal wins literacy awardGina Machelicka, assistant principal at Springstead High School, has won one...
View ArticleSpringstead's Horror High is not for the timid
By Paulette Lash Ritchie, Times Correspondent Wednesday, October 5, 2011 SPRING HILL — Terrible, horrible things are expected to happen at Horror High on Halloween weekend. The squeamish and timid...
View ArticleSafety Harbor rethinks price of 13 acres in deal with spa owner
By Demorris A. Lee, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, October 5, 2011 SAFETY HARBOR — The city will attempt to renegotiate the purchase price for 13 acres of Safety Harbor Resort and Spa property after the...
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Renovated Palm Harbor shopping center puts focus on dining, retail
By Piper Castillo, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Lee Roy Selmon’s restaurant opened in June as the anchor of the newly renovated Park Avenue shopping center in Palm Harbor. The $3.5...
View ArticleIn jobs game, grass is always greener where incentives lurk
By Robert Trigaux, Times Business Columnist Wednesday, October 5, 2011 What one Florida business incentive giveth, another Texas business incentive taketh away.This is a cautionary tale of two...
View ArticleProposed Tampa panhandling ban faces yet another possible twist
By Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, October 5, 2011 TAMPA — Nothing about Tampa's panhandling problem has been simple or easy for the City Council, so why should today's vote on a...
View ArticleOldsmar residents may be paying more for sewer service
By Lorri Helfand, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, October 5, 2011 OLDSMAR — The rate that residents pay for city sewer service may begin escalating next year if Oldsmar takes the advice of its...
View ArticleTampa International Airport CEO declines a pay raise
By Luis Perez, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, October 5, 2011 TAMPA — His boss wanted him to have a nice boost in pay, but Tampa International Airport CEO Joe Lopano said Wednesday he'll pass on a raise...
View ArticleTampa International Airport CEO Lopano declines a pay raise
By Luis Perez, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, October 5, 2011 TAMPA — His boss wanted him to have a nice boost in pay, but Tampa International Airport CEO Joe Lopano said Wednesday he'll pass on a raise...
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Coast Guard awards posthumous honor for heroics averting disaster off New...
By Beth N. Gray, Times Correspondent Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Thomas Thorne of Spring Hill receives the U.S. Coast Guard Commendation Medal on behalf of his late father, James Thorne, from Capt....
View ArticleHillsborough looking at new ways to crack down on hookers, customers
By Bill Varian, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, October 5, 2011 TAMPA — Hillsborough County authorities are looking for ways to make it easier for authorities to arrest suspected prostitutes working the...
View ArticleHillsborough looking at new ways to crack down on prostitutes and customers
By Bill Varian, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, October 5, 2011 TAMPA — Hillsborough County authorities are looking for ways to make it easier for authorities to arrest suspected prostitutes working the...
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Students, faculty proud of renovations at Pasco High, Pasco Middle schools
By Jeffrey S. Solochek, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, October 5, 2011 At Pasco High, a freshly landscaped red-bricked quad replaced a dusty, nearly grassless courtyard. The renovations at Pasco High...
View ArticleCharges upgraded against former Marine accused of trying to kill Hillsborough...
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, October 5, 2011 TAMPA — Charges against a former Marine accused of trying to kill a Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy were upgraded...
View ArticleIn wake of reported rape, Hillsborough schools reviewing routines and security
By Kim Wilmath and Marlene Sokol, Times Staff Writers Wednesday, October 5, 2011 TAMPA — Felicia Jones snaked around the pick-up line to Chamberlain High School on Wednesday afternoon, feeling a little...
View ArticleTea party influenced Pinellas commission vote to eliminate fluoride in...
David DeCamp, Times staff writer Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Eight years ago, Pinellas County commissioners decided to add fluoride to the drinking water.On Tuesday, the board eliminated fluoride...
View ArticleToby the horse put generations of students on his back
By Andrew Meacham, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Times Staff WriterSEMINOLE — In the spring of 1978, a time when Jimmy Carter was president and Annie Hall was the best picture of the...
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Toby the horse was well-loved at Seminole Vocational Educational Center
By Andrew Meacham, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Toby, an Appaloosa, was born at Seminole Vocational Education Center and was a beloved ambassador for the school. He was injured on...
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