Pasco school notes
By Michele Miller, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 14, 2010 Anclote Elementary: Book fair ends Friday.Gulfside Elementary: Book fair, Friday through Sept. 23. All Pro Dad Breakfast, 9 a.m. Sept....
View ArticleLargo budget, with $3.5 million cut, gets tentative approval
By Dominick Tao, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 14, 2010 LARGO — City commissioners approved Largo's tentative 2011 budget Monday night, relying on a variety of measures to reduce general fund...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg's City Place Senior Living opens to rave reviews
By Waveney Ann Moore, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 14, 2010 Diane Stewart, 65, recently moved into her new home at City Place, a new senior rental apartment community at 298 Eighth St. N in...
View ArticleAmerican, Cuban, Mexican scientists will meet to study Gulf of Mexico
By Jamal Thalji, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 14, 2010 Whether flowing past the shores of the United States, Cuba or Mexico, the life that teems in the Gulf of Mexico knows no political or...
View ArticleSpring Hill Rotary Club selling holiday wreaths for fundraiser
Times staff Tuesday, September 14, 2010 COUNTYWIDERotary selling wreaths for the holidaysThe Rotary Club of Spring Hill is taking orders now through Nov. 1 for its holiday wreath fundraiser. The...
View ArticleOut and about in Pinellas County: Sept. 15-16
Times staff Tuesday, September 14, 2010 TodayQiGong: QiGong warmup, movement progression and meditation with a certified instructor. Wednesdays and Fridays. 9-10 a.m. First session free. $3 for...
View Article40-foot boat abandoned in St. Joseph Sound
By Rodney Thrash, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 14, 2010 Over Labor Day weekend, this boat was abandoned in St. Joseph Sound. The county will call a salvage company if necessary and bill and...
View ArticleJim Laughlin, Debbie Struk named Mr. & Mrs. Countryside 2010
By Nova Beall, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 14, 2010 The Countryside Rotary presented the titles of Mr. & Mrs. Countryside 2010 to Jim Laughlin and Debbie Struk at its awards event Monday...
View ArticlePinellas school board rejects request to move official to key post
By Ron Matus, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 14, 2010 An embattled Pinellas school district administrator accused of creating a "culture of fear" in her department will not be moving to another...
View ArticleFire tears through business
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 State Fire Marshal investigators work the scene of a fire that ripped through the Suncoast Mattress Depot in Spring Hill on Monday night. The rest of the building was...
View ArticleHernando County woman arrested on charge of impersonating law enforcement...
By Joel Anderson, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 14, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — Hernando deputies have arrested a 31-year-old woman on a warrant that accuses her of impersonating a law enforcement...
View ArticleHernando will apply for federal funds to staff fire trucks despite its cost...
By Barbara Behrendt, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 14, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — Reluctant to burn an option that would bring the Hernando fire service to a higher safety standard, the County...
View ArticleNehr outpaces McKone in fundraising in House District 48 race
By Demorris A. Lee, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 14, 2010 State Rep. Peter Nehr has raised more than five times as much money as his Democratic opponent for the upcoming Nov. 2 showdown for...
View ArticleInfluential Tampa architect's drawings now at Tampa Bay History Center
By Jared Leone, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 14, 2010 Carastro & Associates recently found hundreds M. Leo Elliott’s original drawings. Elliott’s designs include old Tampa City Hall....
View ArticleTwo Pinellas residents indicted on charges of selling counterfeit circuits to...
By Luis Perez, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 14, 2010 The owner and a manager of a Pinellas County electronics company have been indicted on federal charges that they sold nearly 60,000...
View ArticleVan driver dies after hitting concrete pole in Pinellas Park
Times staff Tuesday, September 14, 2010 PINELLAS PARK Van driver dies after hitting concrete pole A 43-year-old Clearwater man was killed Tuesday after his van crashed into a concrete pole, police...
View ArticleKathi Trautwein resigns as director of Religious Community Services Food Bank
By Mike Brassfield, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 14, 2010 Kathi Trautwein, right, accepting a food donation from the Rev. Dennis Reid at the Trinity Presbyterian Church in Clearwater....
View ArticleOfficer shoots and injures attacker outside hospital, Tampa police say
By Robbyn Mitchell, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 14, 2010 TAMPA — An officer stopped a knife attack outside St. Joseph's Children's Hospital by shooting and injuring the attacker Tuesday...
View ArticleHearing could delay Tarpon Springs water project's permit for months
By Demorris A. Lee, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 14, 2010 Henry Ross, 72, questions Tarpon Springs public services program manager Bob Robertson during a hearing Tuesday at City Hall. ...
View ArticleTampa City Council gives first approval to 2011 budget
By Robbyn Mitchell, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 14, 2010 TAMPA — City Council members voted 6-1 Tuesday to tentatively approve a proposed budget and property tax rate for 2011. The lone...
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