Religion briefs
Times staff Friday, September 24, 2010 Simchat Torah Congregation Ohr Chadash, 3190 Gulf-to-Bay Blvd., Clearwater. Call (727) 726-1472. Visit ohrchadash.org. • The synagogue will present a special...
View ArticleState House candidate Diane Rowden moves to district she hopes to represent
By Barbara Behrendt, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 24, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — Diane Rowden, the Democrat hoping to unseat Republican Robert Schenck as the state House member from District 44, has...
View ArticleAngel Food Ministries accepting orders Saturday in Brooksville
Times staff Friday, September 24, 2010 BrooksvilleAngel Food Ministries to accept orders todayAngel Food Ministries food orders are being taken from 9 to 11 a.m. today at Christ Lutheran Church, 475...
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USF taps into solar energy with special golf cart
By Arleen Spenceley, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 24, 2010 Jose Rodriguez, 56, shows off the solar-powered golf cart that hasn’t needed to be charged since January. NORTH TAMPA — At the...
View ArticleFacebook: a new tool for debt collectors
By Curtis Krueger, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 24, 2010 Times Staff WriterMelanie Beacham is on Facebook, the social networking site "that connects people with friends and others who work,...
View ArticleWoman sues debt collector for contacting her family via Facebook
By Curtis Krueger, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 24, 2010 Melanie Beacham is on Facebook, the social networking site "that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live...
View ArticleAlzheimer's Association Memory Walk 2010 is Oct. 2 at Weeki Wachee Springs
Times staff Friday, September 24, 2010 Weeki WacheeAlzheimer's memory walk set for Oct. 2The Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk 2010 will be Oct. 2 at Weeki Wachee Springs, 6131 Commercial Way....
View ArticleCouple escapes after garage catches fire
Times staff Friday, September 24, 2010 Tarpon SpringsCouple escapes after garage catches fireA couple escaped an early morning fire uninjured, Tarpon Springs Fire District Chief Scott Young said. When...
View ArticleHernando County schools spend nearly $2 million to meet class-size caps
By Tony Marrero, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 24, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — It's taking a lot of work and hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the Hernando County School District is closing in on...
View ArticleTarpon Springs raises property tax rate, dips into reserve fund
By Demorris A. Lee, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 24, 2010 TARPON SPRINGS — The City Commission has voted to increase the city's tax rate and pull money from its reserve fund to balance its...
View ArticleHernando County, CCA at odds over unpaid $1.86M bill
By Barbara Behrendt, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 24, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — Corrections Corp. of America wants the $1.86 million it says Hernando County owes it for running the county jail, and...
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CSX delays on rail repair job irks Clearwater officials, business owner
By Mike Brassfield, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 24, 2010 Bike store owner Mike Riordon, left, with Mike Henry, is upset that East Avenue beside his store, rear, has been torn up for weeks as...
View ArticleDunedin pledges $43,000 to expand Jolley Trolley route
By Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 24, 2010 DUNEDIN — The Jolley Trolley rolled one stop closer to the mainland Thursday when the City Commission unanimously voted to pledge up to...
View ArticleWar hero Col. Thomas S. Jones promoted Elvis Presley to sergeant
By Andrew Meacham, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 24, 2010 Times Staff WriterSAFETY HARBOR — Col. Thomas S. Jones might have been beheaded, as were the other members of his unit in the...
View ArticleHernando County religion calendar
By Gail Hollenbeck, Times Correspondent Friday, September 24, 2010 BROOKSVILLEGreat Life Church is a new nondenominational church that meets at 10:30 a.m. Sundays at the Hernando Christian Academy,...
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Quite a comeback
By Steve Huettel, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 24, 2010 Travelers claim their gear at the recently renovated and redecorated St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport baggage claim...
View ArticleOptical shops targeted by burglars looking for high-end sunglasses
By Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 24, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — Police are investigating a rash of burglaries in which optical shops have been cleaned out of high-end sunglasses.At...
View ArticlePort Richey police identify man found dead in river
Times staff Friday, September 24, 2010 PORT RICHEYPolice identify man found dead in river Aug. 26Authorities have released the name of a man found dead in the Pithlachascotee River on Aug. 26 — but...
View ArticleHackworth uses catchy sign slogan to criticize Latvala's well-funded coffers
By David DeCamp, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 24, 2010 CLEARWATER — Brainstorming with his dad, Pinellas County Commission candidate Bob Hackworth devised the sassiest yard-sign slogan yet in...
View ArticleGlazers don't deserve cheap shots
Ernest Hooper, Metro Columnist Friday, September 24, 2010 Many of the Glazer family's 14 children will be on hand today for the grand opening of the Glazer Children's Museum in Tampa.They will join...
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