Temple Beth David in Spring Hill makes interfaith couples feel welcome
By Gail Hollenbeck, Time Correspondent Friday, September 3, 2010 Robert and Sandra George are an interfaith couple who attend Temple Beth David in Spring Hill. He’s Protestant. She’s Jewish. SPRING...
View ArticleSome Brooksville businesses teaming up to fight fire fees
By Logan Neill, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — When the Brooksville City Council voted in June to adopt a fire assessment on all residential and commercial property in the...
View ArticleOldsmar pantry's former donors now seek its help
By Rodney Thrash, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 Chairman Mike McKnight said Oldsmar Cares has shortages of peanut butter, pasta, spaghetti sauce and canned fruit. OLDSMAR — Bonnie Dunn...
View ArticleHernando County gets federal grant to upgrade water lines, make other...
By Barbara Behrendt, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — After more than two years of work to make long-overdue improvements in the south Brooksville area, the county's...
View ArticleTeen dancer takes it a step at a time toward Broadway
By Laura J. Nelson, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 Ashlyn Bolton, 14, rehearses on barre in August in an intensive ballet course at the Patel Conservatory in Tampa. Students are admitted...
View ArticleOnce he fired her, now they're getting married
By Erin Sullivan, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 Kelly Irish and Casey O’Keefe will marry under this canopy of oak trees this evening at West Winds Assisted Living Facility in...
View ArticleGunshots fired outside Lakewood-Gibbs football game
By Jamal Thalji, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — A wild scene erupted during the football game between Lakewood and Gibbs high schools Friday night when gunshots were...
View ArticleHernando schools breathing easier over enrollments
By Tony Marrero, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — It was a number big enough to make even veteran Hernando school officials a little uneasy.The district typically starts the...
View ArticleOne dead after Manatee County pursuit ends with crash in St. Petersburg
By Kameel Stanley and Jamal Thalji, Times Staff Writers Friday, September 3, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — A police pursuit that began in Manatee County ended with a crash in St. Petersburg that killed the...
View ArticlePolice: 16-year-old drove stolen SUV in fatal Friday crash
By Jamal Thalji and Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writers Friday, September 3, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — Authorities have identified the driver accused of leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase...
View ArticleNorth Pinellas religion briefs
Friday, September 3, 2010 African Methodist EpiscopalSt. James AME Church, 1436 S Madison Ave., Clearwater. Call (727) 442-2336.AnglicanAnglican Church of Saints Peter and Paul, 1625 Union St.,...
View ArticleMen are Zephyrhills church's main mission
By Sarah Whitman, Times Correspondent Friday, September 3, 2010 Chuck Owens, left, celebrates after being baptized by Gary Baldus, senior pastor of New Walk Church of Zephyrhills on Aug. 1, 2009, at...
View ArticlePolice union ratifies contract that includes same-sex health benefits
Times Staff Friday, September 3, 2010 The city's police union ratified a new labor contract on Friday that includes same-sex health benefits. The vote was 216-2, said St. Petersburg Detective Mark...
View ArticleVicki Harris made tattooing a legitimate business in Tampa
By Andrew Meacham, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 TAMPA — In the late 1980s, the city of Tampa finally legalized tattoo studios.It came at the urging of Vicki Harris, a tattoo advocate...
View ArticleParents, stay informed of teens' changing world
Ernest Hooper, Metro Columnist Friday, September 3, 2010 When I asked aloud in the newsroom if anyone had heard about college students using prescription stimulants to fuel all-night cram sessions, a...
View ArticleFour kids hurt when all-terrain vehicle collides with truck in Pasco
By Kim Wilmath, Times Staff Writer Saturday, September 4, 2010 HUDSON — Four kids riding on an all-terrain vehicle early Saturday were injured when they were hit by a Ford Ranger on Denton Avenue. It...
View ArticleNew Port Richey memorial service will honor victims of Sept. 11
Times staff Saturday, September 4, 2010 NEW PORT RICHEYService will honor victims in 9/11 attacksA memorial service to honor the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is scheduled for 7...
View ArticleFamily of victim in high-speed chase outraged by police chase
By Ron Matus, Times Staff Writer Saturday, September 4, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG –– The family of a St. Petersburg man killed after Manatee County sheriff's deputies chased the driver of a stolen vehicle...
View ArticleFamily of St. Petersburg crash victim outraged by Manatee deputies' pursuit...
By Ron Matus, Kameel Stanley and Kim Wilmath, Times Staff Writers Saturday, September 4, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — The family of a St. Petersburg man killed after Manatee County sheriff's deputies chased...
View ArticleThings to do in North Pinellas
Saturday, September 4, 2010 iStockphoto.com Today and MondayGolfers nationwide have the opportunity to donate $1 to the Folds of Honor Foundation to provide educational scholarships for families of...
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